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Summary
Name	Truevision TGA Bitmap
Version	2.0
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/402
Family
Classification	Image (Raster)
Disclosure
Description	The Truevision TGA File Format comprises 5 areas, each of which contains one or more fields of fixed or variable length. The 5 file areas are: (1) TGA File Header, (2) Image/Color Map Data, (3) Developer Area, (4) Extension Area and (5) TGA File Footer. The last 3 areas, the Developer Area, the Extension Area and the TGA File Footer are new to the file specification as of September, 1989. For this reason, images created with software written before September, 1989 will probably not contain these three fields.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Truevision TGA Bitmap (1.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	16 Feb 2012
Source description	Further information about this file format can be obtained at http://www.dca.fee.unicamp.br/~martino/disciplinas/ea978/tgaffs.pdf
Last updated	28 Aug 2012
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