Supported File Formats

File FormatExtensionsModuleReadWriteSPS
APE Research DAT.datapefileYesNoNo
Text matrix of data values.txtasciiexportNoYesNo
Assing AFM.afmassing-afmYesYesNo
Attocube Systems ASC.ascattocubeYesNoNo
Image Metrology BCR, BCRF.bcr, .bcrfbcrfileYesNoNo
Burleigh BII.biiburleigh_biiYesNoNo
Burleigh IMG v2.1.imgburleighYesNoNo
Burleigh exported data.txt, .binburleigh_expYesNoNo
Createc DAT.datcreatecYesNoNo
DME Rasterscope.imgdmefileYesNoNo
ECS.imgecsfileYesNoNo
Nanosurf EZD, NID.ezd, .nidezdfileYesNoNo
Gwyddion native data.gwygwyfileYesYesYes
Psi HDF4.hdfhdf4fileYesNoNo
Hitachi AFM.afmhitachi-afmYesNoNo
WaveMetrics IGOR binary wave v5.ibwigorfileYesNoNo
Intematix SDF.sdfintematixYesNoNo
JEOL.tifjeolYesNoNo
JPK Instruments.jpkjpkscanYesNoNo
MapVue.mapmapvueYesNoNo
Zygo MetroPro DAT.datmetroproYesNoNo
MicroProf TXT.txtmicroprofYesNoNo
MicroProf FRT.frtmicroprofYesNoNo
Molecular Imaging MI.mimifileYesNoLimited[a]
Nanoeducator.mspm, .stm, .spmnanoeducatorYesNoNo
Nanonics NAN.nannanonicsYesNoNo
Nanonis SXM.sxmnanonisYesNoNo
Nanoscan XML.xmlnanoscanYesNoNo
Veeco Nanoscope III.001, .002, etc.nanoscopeYesNoNo
Veeco Nanoscope II.001, .002, etc.nanoscope-iiYesNoNo
Nanotop SPM.spmnanotopYesNoNo
GSXM NetCDF.ncnetcdfYesNoNo
NT-MDT.mdtnt-mdtYesNoYes
Olympus LEX 3000.olsolsYesNoNo
Omicron SCALA.par, .tf*, .tb*, .sf*, .sb*omicronYesNoYes
Omicron MATRIX.mtrxomicronmatrixYesNoNo
Wyko OPD.opdopdfileYesNoNo
Wyko ASCII.ascopdfileYesNoNo
Pixmap images.png, .jpeg, .tiff, .tga, .pnm, .bmppixmapYes[b]Yes[c]No
Nanosurf PLT.pltpltfileYesNoNo
Pacific Nanotechnology PNI.pnipnifileYesNoNo
PSIA.tiffpsiaYesNoNo
Quesant AFM.afmquesantYesNoNo
Raw text filesanyrawfileYesNoNo
Raw binary filesanyrawfileYesNoNo
Graph text data (raw)anyrawgraphYes[d]NoNo
XYZ data.xyz, .datrawxyzYes[e]NoNo
RHK Instruments SM3.sm3rhk-sm3YesNoLimited[a]
RHK Instruments SM4.sm4rhk-sm4YesNoNo
RHK Instruments SM2.sm2rhk-spm32YesNoLimited[a]
Surfstand Surface Data File.sdfsdfileYesYesNo
Micromap SDFA.sdfasdfileYesNoNo
Seiko SII.xqb, .xqd, .xqtseikoYesNoNo
Sensofar PLu v2000.plusensofarYesNoNo
Sensolytics DAT.datsensolyticsYesNoNo
ShimadzushimadzuYesNoNo
IonScope SICM.imgsicmfileYesNoNo
Surface Imaging Systems.sissisYesNoNo
SPIP ASCII.ascspip-ascYesNoNo
Thermicroscopes SPMLab R4-R7.tfr, .ffr, etc.spmlabYesNoNo
Thermicroscopes SPMLab floating point.fltspmlabfYesNoNo
SPML (Scanning Probe Microscopy Markup Language).xmlspmlYesNoNo
Omicron STMPRGtp*, ta*stmprgYesNoNo
Molecular Imaging STP.stpstpfileYesNoNo
Surf.sursurffileYesNoNo
Unisoku.hdr, .datunisokuYesNoNo
WITec.witwitfileYesNoNo
Nanotec WSxM.tomwsxmfileYesNoNo

[a] Spectra curves are imported as graphs, positional information is lost.

[b] Import support relies on Gdk-Pixbuf and hence may vary among systems. 16bit depth is not supported.

[c] Usually lossy, intended for presentational purposes. 16bit grayscale export is possible to PNG, TIFF and PNM.

[d] At present, only simple two-column data, imported as graph curves, are supported.

[e] XYZ data are interpolated to a regular grid upon import.