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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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3g2 | x | x | x |
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asf | x | x | x |
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avi | x | x | x |
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dv | x | x | x |
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f4v | x | x | x |
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flv | x | x | x |
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gxf | x | x | x |
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m2ts | x | x | x |
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m4v | x | x | x |
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mj2 | x | x | x |
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mkv | x | x | x |
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mov | x | x | x |
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mp4 | x | x | x |
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mpeg | x | x | x |
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mts | x | x | x |
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mxf | x | x | x |
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prores | x | x | x |
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qt | x | x | x |
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rm | x | x | x |
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srt2 | x | x | x |
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vc1 | x | x | x |
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vob | x | x | x |
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wmv | x | x | x |
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Audio files
Type | Wave Form | Preview (as low-quality flv) | Extract Metadata | Embed Metadata |
aac |
| x | x |
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aiff |
| x | x |
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amr |
| x | x |
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m4a |
| x | x |
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mp3 |
| x | x |
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ogg |
| x | x |
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wav |
| x | x |
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wma |
| x | x |
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3D files
Type | Thumbnail | Preview (as various-size jpeg) | Extract Metadata | Embed Metadata |
blend | x | x |
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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 |
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 |
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| x |
InDesign / InCopy file types
Type | Thumbnail | Preview (as low-quality flv) | Extract Metadata | Embed Metadata | Extract text content |
indd | x | x | x | x |
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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 |
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html |
| x | x |
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js |
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Flash files
Type | Thumbnail | Preview | Extract Metadata | Embed Metadata | Extract text content |
as |
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fla |
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swf |
| As original swf | x |
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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 |
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arj |
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bz2 |
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cab |
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gz |
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gzip |
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iso |
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jar |
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lha |
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rar |
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sit |
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tar |
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zip |
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