Managing your supported file formats¶

Configure the supported file formats¶

1. Sign in to Acquia DAM Classic.
2. Click the settings icon , and then click System Preferences.
3. In the Supported File Extensions section, select from the following options, based on your requirements:
   • Allow certain file extensions
   • Prevent certain file extensions
4. Click File extensions to allowlist or denylist certain file formats. The following values are the default for each:
   • allowlist defaults: 3d, abf, acfm, afm, ai, amfm, arw, avi, bdf, bmp, cha, chr, compositefont, cr2, crw, csv, dcr, dfont, dng, doc, docx, dotm, dotx, dst, dwg, dwx, emf, eot, eps, etx, euf, f3f, ffil, flv, fnt, fon, fot, gdr, gf, gif, gxf, htm, html, idml, iiq, ind, indd, jpeg, jpg, k25, kdc, key, lwfn, m2v, m4v, mcf, mef, mf, mos, mos, mov, mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpg, mrw, mxf, mxf, nef, nftr, numbers, ogg, orf, otf, pages, pcf, pdf, pef, pfa, pfb, pfm, pfr, pk, png, potx, ppt, pptx, prproj, psb, psd, pub, pxn, qxd, qxp, raf, rar, raw, raw, raw, raw, rtf, sfd, sfp, sit, ``sitx, sketch, sr2, srf, stl, suit, svg, svgz, swf, targa, tfm, tga, tif, tiff, tsv, tsv, ttc, tte, ttf, txf, txt, vfb, vlw, vnf, wav, wdtx, wma, wmv, woff, wpd, xfn, xft, xls, xlsx, xltx, xml, ytf, zip
   • denylist defaults: application, aru, bat, chm, cla, class, cmd, com, cpl, cpl, dll, drv, ecc, exe, gadget, hta, hta, inf, ins, jar, js, jse, lnk, met, micro, msc, msh, msh1, msh1xml, msh2, msh2xml, mshxml, msi, msp, ocx, pif, ps1, ps1xml, ps2, ps2xml, psc1, psc2, reg, scf, scr, shs, sys, vb, vbe, vbs, vxd, ws, ws, wsc, wsf, wsh, xtbl
5. Enter or remove the file extensions. Separate file extensions by commas (for example: jpg, png, psd) and don’t add capitalization or periods.
6. If needed, you can click Reset to update the file extensions back to the default allowlisted and denylisted file extensions.
7. Click Save. During the save process, Acquia DAM Classic will alphabetize the file format list.

File formats and settings¶

Acquia DAM Classic supports additional functionality for the following media file types.

Image file types¶

File type	Extension	Preview Available*	In-Document Searching
Bitmap Image	.bmp
Graphical Interchange Format File	.gif
Joint Photographic Experts Group File	.jpg, .jpeg
Portable Network Graphic File	.png
Tagged Image File Format	.tif, .tiff

Audio / video file types¶

File type	Extension	Preview Available*	In-Document Searching
Audio Video Interleave	.avi
Flash Video	.flv
MPEG Audio	.mp3
MPEG Movie	.mpg, .mpeg
MPEG-2 Video	.m2v
MPEG-4 Video	.m4v, .mp4
QuickTime Movie	.mov
Targa Image File	.tga, .targa
WAVE Audio	.wav
Windows Media Audio	.wma
Windows Media Video	.wmv

Page layout file types¶

File type	Extension	Preview Available*	In-Document Searching
Encapsulated PostScript File	.eps
Illustrator Vector Image	.ai
InDesign	.ind, .indd
Portable Document Format File	.pdf		(non-secured PDF only)
Photoshop Image	.psd

Miscellaneous file types¶

File type	Extension	Preview Available*	In-Document Searching
Excel	.xls, .xlsx
PowerPoint	.ppt, .pptx
Word	.doc, .docx
Comma-Separated Values	.csv
Tab-Separated Values	.tsv
Plain Text File	.txt
Hypertext Markup Language File	.htm, .html

Camera RAW file types¶

File type	Extension	Preview Available*	In-Document Searching
Canon	.cr2, .crw
Contax	.raw
Fujifilm	.raf
Kodak	.dcr, .k25, .kdc, .raw
Konica Minolta	.mrw
Leaf	.mos
Leica	.raw
Logitech	.pxn
Mamiya	.mos, .mef
Nikon	.nef
Olympus	.orf
Panasonic	.raw
Pentax, Samsung	.pef
Phase One	.iiq
Sony	.arw, .sr2, .srf
Universal Camera RAW Image Format	.dng