Understanding Supported File Types For Conversion And Derivative Creation

Summary

Bynder provides the flexibility to convert various file types into different formats for creating derivatives, as well as for previewing and downloading. These supported file types and conversion pipelines apply to both the Asset Bank and Asset Workflow.

Asset Workflow Compatibility

Asset Workflow utilizes the same preview and conversion engine as the Asset Bank.

  • Consistency: All supported images, videos, audio files, documents, and 3D files can be uploaded and managed within Workflow jobs.

  • Performance: To maintain high performance, the Asset Workflow job view uses preview thumbnails rather than original files. This ensures that job navigation remains fast, regardless of asset size.

  • Processing: For very large files, preview and thumbnail generation occurs in the background and may take a few moments to complete.

Image

 JPGPNGTIFF
JPG/JPEG ->✅✅✅
PNG ->✅✅✅
GIF ->✅✅✅
TIFF ->✅✅✅
BMP ->✅✅✅
INDD ->Preview only (embedded thumbnail)❌❌
SVG ->✅✅✅
AI (non-PDF) ->❌❌❌
AI (PDF compatible) ->✅✅✅
PSD/PSB ->✅✅✅
PDF ->✅✅✅
EPS ->✅✅✅
HEIC ->✅✅✅
AVIF ->✅✅✅

Note: Assets cannot be converted to: .GIF, .BMP, .INDD, .SVG, .AI, .PSD, .PSB, .PDF, .WEBP, or .EPS

Video

Supported video files in Asset Workflow are processed using the same conversion pipeline as the Asset Bank.

Supported Video file types are: .WMV, .MPEG, .MOV, .AVI, .FLV, .VOB, .MKV, .MV4, .F4V, .3GPP, .3GP, .OGV, .TS, .MTS, .M2TS, .3G2, .M2V, .WEBM

All supported video file types can be converted to either: .mp4 with h264 video codec and aac audio coded, or .WebM with VP9 video codec and Ogg Vorbis audio codec

Audio

Audio file types are supported for previewing, using, and downloading. However, derivatives are not available for audio files.
The following are supported audio file format types: .WAV, .MP3, .OCN, .WMA, .M4A, .OGG, .AIFF, .AIF, and .M4R.

Document

Documents of type: .DOC, .DOCX, .PPT, and .PPTX can be converted only to type .PDF. 

Note: Bynder does not recommend attempting derivatives with documents. 

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