Valve Texture Format

Writable

image

The Valve Texture Format is used by the Valve Corporation's Source engine to represent textures in models and environments.

Identify it

Extensions	`.vtf`
MIME types	`image/vnd.valve.source.texture`
Signatures	`00465456` at byte 0 (Valve Texture Format little endian) `56544600` at byte 0 (Valve Texture Format big endian) `5654460007000000` at byte 0
PRONOM	`fmt/985`
Wikidata	`Q28207412`

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