Input file
SGI
- Full Name: Silicon Graphics RGB Bitmap Image
- Developer: Silicon Graphics
Output file
JPG
- Full Name: JPEG Bitmap Image Format
- Developer: Joint Photographic Experts Group
What is SGI file?
The .SGI file extension is a standard image file format used by various Silicon Graphics operating systems, such as IRIX. It is also known as ‘Classic Irix RGB’ and it is used to store bit-mapped graphic images. This file format was created by Silicon Graphics Inc. and it is 8-bit per channel grayscale or 24-bit per channel RGB. Features & Compression The pixels are either stored compressed using RLE (‘Run Length Encoding’) algorithm or uncompressed form. [ ⏩ ] SGI file extension
What is JPG file?
JPG (or .JPG/JPEG) is a commonly used and versatile raster image format that stands for “Joint Photographic Experts Group.” JPG is the most used raster image format in digital photography. It was created by a Joint Photographic Experts Group, abbreviated to JPEG, and is widely used to store photographic images on computers and other digital storage media. The JPG file extension is also commonly used for graphic images, text and text-based formats. [ ⏩ ] JPG file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from SGI to JPG?
To successfully convert the SGI file to JPG, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.SGI). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case JPG (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than JPG).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. SGI to JPG. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting SGI files to JPG files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension JPG, while before this step we had the SGI file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new JPG file, or not.