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ICO at a glance
ICO
ICO grew with the Windows desktop experience, where applications needed icons that scaled across shell views, toolbars, shortcuts, and later higher-DPI environments.
CAP at a glance
CAP
Digital photography fragmented into many manufacturer-specific raw formats because camera makers optimized for their own sensors, metadata, and software ecosystems rather than for one shared public raw standard.
Format comparison
| Feature | ICO | CAP |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 1985 | 2005 |
| Inventor | Microsoft | Phase One |
| Status | active | proprietary |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| 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 ICO
- Your source file is already in ICO.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to CAP.
- ICO is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use CAP
- Your target workflow expects CAP.
- Improve delivery compatibility with CAP.
- CAP is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert ICO to CAP?
Convert to CAP when keeping compatibility with a legacy capture workflow or preserving source material from a proprietary imaging system.
It is mainly useful in archive recovery and controlled migration scenarios.
What changes when converting ICO to CAP?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to CAP adds camera raw data.
What should I review after converting ICO to CAP?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.