TGA
Truevision TGA (TARGA)
What is TGA?
TGA (Truevision Graphics Adapter, also known as TARGA) is a raster image format developed by Truevision. It supports uncompressed and RLE-compressed images with 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits per pixel, including an alpha channel for transparency. TGA has been widely used in the video game industry and 3D rendering pipelines due to its simplicity and alpha channel support.
Key Features
Common Use Cases
Advantages
- Simple and well-understood format
- Full alpha channel support
- Supports RLE compression
- Widely used in game development and 3D graphics
- Fast to read and write
- Supports various color depths
Limitations
- Large file sizes (especially uncompressed)
- Limited browser and web support
- No metadata support
- Being replaced by more modern formats in game engines
- Limited compression options
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