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| Name | YUV |
| Full name | YUV, YUV Encoded Image File |
| File extension | .yuv |
| MIME type | |
| Developed by | Unknown |
| Type of format | Raster image |
| Description | The file extension YUV is assigned to images stored in this special format. Thanks to the splitting up of color information, YUV files can store these kind of information a lot more accurate than images that are stored with RGB. In general, images that have been encoded using YCbCr are referred to by the term YUV. |
| Technical details | The color inside YUV images is split across different components. Matching the file extension name, they are named Y, U and V respectively. Brightness information are stored as Y, while U and V contain the color information. YUV files can be encoded in a variety of bit ranges, namely 12, 16 or 24 bits. |
| Associated programs | Datahammer 7yuv YUV Viewer (Windows), Elecard YUV Viewer (Windows), ImageMagick (Windows), XnViewMP (Windows, Mac & Linux) |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUV |