# Supported file formats

Source: https://help.malighting.com/grandMA2/en/help/key_image_supported_file_formats.html
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If you are not sure which format you can save your videos or images in, see the tables below.

Make sure that you are using one of the following formats:

## Video file formats

| Format and File Name Extension                   | Licensing                   |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------- |
| VP8 (.webm)                                      | Not necessary               |
| VP9 (.webm)                                      | Not necessary               |
| MPEG-2 Elementary Stream (for example .mpv, m2v) | Additional license required |
| MPEG-4 (.avi, .mov)                              | Additional license required |

## Image file formats

| Format and File Name Extension          |
| --------------------------------------- |
| Bitmap (.bmp)                           |
| JPG and JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)              |
| CompuServe GIF (.gif)                   |
| Portable Network Graphics (.png)        |
| Tagged Image File Format (.tif, .tiff)  |

If you are using a file format that is not listed above, convert your file first before importing it into the grandMA2.