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Any file type can be stored in Swivle. However, for commonly used types Swivle creates thumbnails and previews. Additionally, the system extracts and embeds metadata within the files. The following table shows the common file types that are supported.

Image files

Standard file types

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as various-size jpeg)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata*
ai	x	x	x	x
bmp	x	x	x
eps	x	x	x	x
gif	x	x	x	x
jpeg	x	x	x	x
png	x	x	x	x
psb**	x	x	x	x
psd	x	x	x	x
svg	x	x	x
tiff	x	x	x	x
tga	x	x	x	x
HEIC/HEIF4	x	x	x	x

* Not all file types support embedding of all types of metadata fields, for example PNG files have very limited support for metadata embedding and some older EPS files have no support for metadata embedding because they were saved in a Postscript only structure.

** The preview will be taken from the embedded thumbnail that is stored in the XMP-metadata of the PSB file.

Raw camera files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as various-size jpeg)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata
3fr	x	x	x	x
arw	x	x	x	x
crw	x	x	x	x
cr2	x	x	x	x
dcr	x	x	x	x
dng	x	x	x	x
erf	x	x	x	x
iig	x	x	x	x
kdc	x	x	x	x
mrw	x	x	x	x
nef	x	x	x	x
nrw	x	x	x	x
orf	x	x	x	x
pef	x	x	x	x
raf	x	x	x	x
raw	x	x	x	x
rw2	x	x	x	x
sr2	x	x	x	x
srw	x	x	x	x
x3f	x	x	x	x

Video files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as low-res flv or mp4)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata
3gp	x	x	x
3g2	x	x	x
asf	x	x	x
avi	x	x	x
dv	x	x	x
f4v	x	x	x
flv	x	x	x
gxf	x	x	x
m2ts	x	x	x
m4v	x	x	x
mj2	x	x	x
mkv	x	x	x
mov	x	x	x
mp4	x	x	x
mpeg	x	x	x
mts	x	x	x
mxf	x	x	x
prores	x	x	x
qt	x	x	x
rm	x	x	x
srt2	x	x	x
vc1	x	x	x
vob	x	x	x
wmv	x	x	x

Audio files

Type	Wave Form	Preview (as low-quality flv)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata
aac		x	x
aiff		x	x
amr		x	x
m4a		x	x
mp3		x	x
ogg		x	x
wav		x	x
wma		x	x

3D files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as various-size jpeg)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata
blend	x	x

Document files

For common document formats, Swivle extracts text content to make it possible to search for any text contained in the file.

Standard file types

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as low-quality flv)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
PDF	x	As various-size jpeg	x	x	x
ps	x	As various-size jpeg	x	x	x
rtf	x	As HTML	x		x
txt	x	As HTML			x

InDesign / InCopy file types

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as low-quality flv)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
indd	x	x	x	x
icml	x	x	x	x	x
icmt	x	x	x	x	x
incx		x	x	x	x
wcml	x	x	x	x	x
wcmt	x	x	x	x	x
wwcx	x	x	x	x	x
idms	x	x	x	x	x

Tip: InDesign previews can be improved in the InDesign application where the document was created or edited. In the InDesign preferences you can change the file handling to create higher quality previews (up to 1024 pixels) from 1, 2, 5 or all pages (depending on the InDesign version). Swivle will use those previews when available.

Word file types

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (HTML)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
doc	x	x	x		x
docx	x	x	x		x
dot	x	x	x		x
dotx	x	x	x		x

Powerpoint file types

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (HTML)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
ppt	x	x	x		x
pps	x	x	x		x
pptx	x	x	x		x

Excel file types

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (HTML)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
xls	x	x	x	x	x
xlsx	x	x	x	x	x

Web files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as HTML)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
css
html		x	x		x
js

Flash files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
as
fla			x		x
swf		As original swf	x

XML files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as HTML)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
xml	x	x	x		x

Archive files

Type	Thumbnail	Preview (as HTML)	Extract Metadata	Embed Metadata	Extract text content
7z
arj
bz2
cab
gz
gzip
iso
jar
lha
rar
sit
tar
zip