This document provides an overview of file formats supported in Illustrator. For information about specific formats and their use, see Illustrator Help.

File formats supported for opening

• Adobe Idea file (idea)
  
• Adobe Illustrator (ai, ait)
• Adobe Illustrator Line (line)
• Adobe PDF (pdf)
• AutoCAD Drawing ( dwg )
  
• AutoCAD Interchange File ( dxf )
• BMP ( bmp , rle , dib)
• Computer Graphics Metafile ( cgm )
• CorelDRAW 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (cdr)
• Encapsulated PostScript (eps, epsf , ps)
  
• Enhanced Metafile (emf)
• GIF89a (gif)
• High Efficiency Image (heic, heif)
• Illustrator EPS (eps,  epsf , ps)
  
• JPEG (jpg, jpe , jpeg)
• JPEG2000 ( jpf , jpx , jp2, j2k, j2c, jpc )
• Macintosh PICT (pic, pct)
• Microsoft RTF ( rtf )
  
• Microsoft Word (doc)
  
• Microsoft Word DOCX ( docx )
  
• PCX (pcx)
  
• Photoshop (psd, pdd)
  
• Pixar (pxr)
• PNG (png, pns)
  
• SVG (svg)
  
• SVG Compressed (svgz)
  
• Targa (tga, vda, icb, vst)
  
• Text (txt)
  
• TIFF (tif, tiff)
  
• WebP (webp)
• Windows Metafile ( wmf )

File formats supported for placing

• Adobe Illustrator (ai, ait)
• Adobe PDF (pdf)
• AutoCAD Drawing (dwg)
  
• AutoCAD Interchange File (dxf)
• BMP (bmp, rle, dib)
  
• Computer Graphics Metafile (cgm)
  
• CorelDRAW 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (cdr)
  
• Encapsulated PostScript (eps, epsf, ps)
  
• Enhanced Metafile (emf)
• GIF89a (gif)
• High Efficiency Image (heic, heif)
• JPEG (jpg, jpe, jpeg)
• JPEG2000 (jpf, jpx, jp2, j2k, j2c, jpc)
• Macintosh PICT (pic, pct)
• Microsoft RTF (rtf)
  
• Microsoft Word (doc)
  
• Microsoft Word DOCX (docx)
  
• PCX (pcx)
  
• Photoshop (psd, pdd)
• Pixar (pxr)
  
• PNG (png, pns)
  
• SVG (svg)
  
• SVG Compressed (svgz)
  
• Targa (tga, vda, icb, vst)
• Text (txt)
• TIFF (tif, tiff)
• WebP (webp)
• Windows Metafile (wmf)
  

File formats supported for saving

• Adobe Illustrator (ai)
• Adobe PDF (pdf)
  
• Illustrator EPS(eps)
• Illustrator Template (ait)
• SVG (svg)
• SVG Compressed (svgz)
  

File formats supported for exporting

• AutoCAD Drawing (dwg)
• AutoCAD Interchange File (dxf)
  
• BMP (bmp)
  
• CSS (css)
• Enhanced Metafile (emf)
• JPEG (jpg)
• Macintosh PICT (pct)
• Photoshop (psd)
• PNG (png)
  
• SVG (svg)
• Targa (tga)
• Text Format (txt)
• TIFF (tif)
  
• Windows Metafile (wmf)

File formats supported for saving for web

• GIF (gif)
• JPEG (jpg)
• PNG (png)
  

File formats supported for saving for screens

• Adobe PDF (pdf)
• JPEG (jpg)
• PNG (png)
• SVG (svg)