Supported image output formats

Image Output	Windows (Maya Software/Hardware/Hardware 2.0/mentalray/Vector)	Mac OS X (Maya Software/Hardware/Hardware 2.0/mentalray/Vector)	Linux (Maya Software/Hardware/Hardware 2.0/mentalray/Vector)	Ext.
Adobe ® Illustrator ®	*4	*6		ai
ALIAS PIX				als
AVI	*1, *8			avi
CINEON	*1			cin
Dassault	*3	*5	*7	picture
DDS	*1			dds
EPS	*2			eps
Encapsulated Postscript	*4			eps
GIF	*1			gif
HDR	*3	*5	*7	hdr
JPEG				jpg
MacPaint				pnta
Macromedia SWF	*4			swf
MAYA IFF				iff
MAYA 16 IFF	*1			iff
mentalray Color	*3	*5	*7	ct
mentalray Alpha	*3	*5	*7	st
mentalray Normal	*3	*5	*7	nt
mentalray Motion	*3	*5	*7	mt
mentalray Depth	*3	*5	*7	zt
mentalray Tag	*3	*5	*7	tt
mentalray Bit	*3	*5	*7	bit
mentalray HDR	*3	*5	*7	cth
Portable Pixmap	*3	*5	*7	ppm
Postscript	*3	*5	*7	ps
PSD	*3			psd
PSD Layered				psd
PNG				png
OpenEXR	*9	*9	*9	exr
Quantel	*1			yuv
Quantel PAL	*3		*7	yuv
Quantel NTSC	*3		*7	yuv
Apple® QuickDraw®				pict
Apple® Quicktime Image®				gtif
Apple® Quicktime Movie®				mov
RLA	*1			rla
SGI ®				sgi
SGI 16 ®	*1			sgi
Softimage ®				pic
Swift3DImporter	*4			swft
Targa				tga
TIFF				tif
TIFF 16	*1			tif
TIFF uncompressed	*3	*5	*7	tif
Wavefront	*3	*5	*7	rla
Windows Bitmap				bmp
Sony Playstation	*1			tim
SVG		*6		svg
XPM	*1			xpm

*1: For Windows > Maya Software, Maya Hardware, Maya Hardware 2.0, and Vector

*2: For Windows > Maya Software, Maya Hardware, Maya Hardware 2.0, and mentalray

*3: For Windows > mental ray

*4: For Windows > Vector

*5: For Mac > mental ray

*6: For Mac > Vector

*7: For Linux > mental ray

*8: Export of .avi files limited to a size of 2GB.

*9: Batch render to .exr using the mental ray or Maya Hardware 2.0 renderers. Save your renderered image from any renderer to OpenEXR from the Render View window File > Save Image menu.