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I had a request for this list, so here it is. It is a list of video and image formats that support alpha (transparency) channels.
(Note: "Unknown" means I couldn't find specific information on the maximum alpha bit depth, but it's commonly the same bit depth as the other channels in the file.)
Codec | Maximum Alpha Bit-Depth |
Apple Animation | 8-bit |
Apple ProRes 4444 | 16-bit |
Apple ProRes 4444 XQ | 16-bit |
AV1 | Unknown |
Avid Meridien Compressed | 8-bit |
Avid Meridien Uncompressed | 8-bit |
Avid DNxHD (RGB) | Unknown |
Avid DNxHR (RGB) | Unknown |
AVIF | 12-bit |
Cineform | 12-bit |
Cineon | 16-bit |
DPX | 16-bit |
GIF | 1-bit |
H.265/HEVC | Unknown (probably 8-bit) |
JPEG XL | 32-bit |
Maya IFF | 32-bit |
OpenEXR | 32-bit |
PNG | 16-bit |
RLA | 32-bit |
RPF | 32-bit |
SGI | 16-bit |
SGI RAW | 16-bit |
Targa (TGA) | 8-bit |
TIFF | 32-bit |
WebP | 8-bit |