XWD
Writableimage
image file format
Identify it
| Extensions | .xwd |
|---|---|
| MIME types | image/x-xwindowdump |
| PRONOM | fmt/401x-fmt/300 |
| Wikidata | Q105601274 |
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Open it
- GIMPOpen source
- ImageMagickOpen source
Convert it
| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| PNG | ImageMagick | Lossless | convert in.xwd out.pngPixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped. |
| TIFF | ImageMagick | Lossless | convert in.xwd out.tifPixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped. |
| GIF 89a | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.xwd out.gifReduced to 256 colours. |
| JFIF 1.02 | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.xwd out.jpgLossy compression. |
| WebP | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.xwd out.webpLossy compression. |
Versions and variants (2)
- X-Windows Screen Dump X11Partly documented
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-26.