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ICB to 3FR Converter — Free, Online, No Signup

Convert ICB files to 3FR online with no signup required.

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ICB at a glance

ICB

The Truevision line grew out of EPICenter-era PC graphics boards, and several board names ended up surviving as filename extensions even when the underlying raster structure stayed close to the wider TGA family.

3FR at a glance

3FR

Hasselblad raw workflows are closely tied to medium-format capture and to the brand's studio and commercial-photography lineage, which gives 3FR a different practical role from mass-market DSLR raw families.

Format comparison

Feature
ICB
3FR
File type

Image

Image

Extensions
  • .icb

  • .3fr

MIME type
  • image/x-icb

  • image/3fr

Created year

1991

2002

Inventor

Truevision

Hasselblad

Status

active

proprietary

Transparency

Not supported

Not supported

Animation

Not supported

Not supported

Primary use cases
  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

Layer support

Not supported

Not supported

Vector scaling

Not supported

Not supported

Camera raw data

Not supported

Supported

HDR support

Not supported

Not supported

Streaming ready

Not supported

Not supported

When to use each format

When to use ICB

  • Your source file is already in ICB.
  • Preserve source expectations before exporting to 3FR.
  • ICB is commonly used in image workflows.

When to use 3FR

  • Your target workflow expects 3FR.
  • Improve delivery compatibility with 3FR.
  • 3FR is commonly used in image workflows.

FAQs

Why convert ICB to 3FR?

Convert to 3FR when preserving original Hasselblad captures or handing files into a Hasselblad-oriented raw workflow.

It is useful for archive retention, color-critical processing, and studio pipelines that need untouched sensor data.

What changes when converting ICB to 3FR?

This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.

Moving to 3FR adds camera raw data.

What should I review after converting ICB to 3FR?

Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.

Format resources

ICB3FR

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