FFmpeg can read and write images for each frame of a video sequence. The following image formats are supported:

• PGM, PPM
• PAM (PAM is a PNM extension with alpha support.)
• PGMYUV (PGM with U and V components in YUV 4:2:0)
• JPEG (Progressive JPEG is not supported.)
• .Y.U.V (one raw file per component)
• animated GIF (Only uncompressed GIFs are generated.)
• PNG (2 bit and 4 bit/pixel not supported yet.)
• Targa (Targa (.TGA) image format.)
• TIFF (Only 24 bit/pixel images are supported.)
• SGI (SGI RGB image format)