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Kodak-K25

Kodak K25 Raw Image

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PaintShop Pro Image

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PaintShop-Pro-PSP

A complete technical comparison of Kodak K25 Raw Image and PaintShop Pro Image — covering compression, feature support, browser compatibility, magic bytes, and when to choose each format.

Equal browser support

Feature Support

Feature Kodak-K25 PaintShop-Pro-PSP
Transparency (Alpha) ✕ No Yes
Animation Support ✕ No ✕ No
Progressive Loading ✕ No ✕ No
HDR Support Yes Yes
EXIF Metadata Yes Yes
ICC Color Profile ✕ No Yes
Kodak K25 Raw Image
image/x-kodak-k25
Extension
.k25
Container Proprietary Kodak Raw (TIFF-based variant)
Compression Uncompressed / Proprietary Lossless
Algorithm
Proprietary Kodak Compression
Color Depth 10-bit, 12-bit (Per Channel)
Developed by Eastman Kodak Company
Released 1996
Magic Bytes
Varies (Often resembles TIFF header 49 49 2A 00 or requires proprietary parsing)
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PaintShop Pro Image
image/x-paintshoppro
Extension
.psp.pspimage.tub.pat
Container PSP Chunk-based Format
Compression Uncompressed / RLE (Run-Length Encoding) / LZ77
Algorithm
RLELZ77
Color Depth 8-bit (Indexed), 16-bit (Grayscale), 24-bit (RGB), 32-bit (RGBA), 48-bit (High Color)
Developed by Jasc Software / Corel Corporation (Alludo)
Released 1990
Magic Bytes
7E 42 4B 00
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Browser Support Comparison

Browser Kodak-K25 PaintShop-Pro-PSP
Chrome Chrome
✕ ✕
Firefox Firefox
✕ ✕
Safari Safari
✕ ✕
Edge Edge
✕ ✕
IE IE (Legacy)
✕ ✕
Kodak-K25

Kodak-K25 Strengths

  • Historically significant format tied to the first digital camera to adopt CompactFlash memory
  • Preserves original raw sensor data, allowing modern demosaicing algorithms (via LibRaw) to extract much better image quality than 1996-era software could
Limitations
  • Completely obsolete and deeply proprietary, lacking modern raw format features found in DNG
  • Cannot be natively viewed in web browsers or standard operating system image viewers without specialized decoders
  • Subject to misidentification by automated MIME detection libraries due to structural similarities with standard TIFFs
PaintShop-Pro-PSP

PaintShop-Pro-PSP Strengths

  • Provides robust, non-destructive editing capabilities with full support for vector layers, adjustment layers, and layer blend modes
  • Historically offered a highly capable and affordable alternative to Adobe Photoshop's PSD format for Windows users
  • Features proprietary support for 'Picture Tubes' (.tub), a unique brush technology that paints sequential or random raster objects along a path
Limitations
  • Deeply proprietary format tied exclusively to the Corel/Alludo ecosystem
  • Third-party software support (like GIMP or ImageMagick) is often limited to parsing older .psp files, frequently failing to render complex layers in modern .pspimage files
  • No support in modern web browsers; must be exported to a flattened web format (JPEG/PNG) for online viewing

When to choose which format

Kodak-K25
Use Kodak-K25 when…
  • Vintage Digital Photography Archival
  • Kodak DC25 Camera Restorations
  • Historical Imaging Research
PaintShop-Pro-PSP
Use PaintShop-Pro-PSP when…
  • PaintShop Pro Multi-layer Project Archival
  • Digital Art and Photo Retouching
  • Picture Tubes (.tub) and Custom Patterns (.pat)

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