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The Graphics File Format Page
Specifications for various graphics file formats along with some source code and utilities.
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/

JPG vs GIF
A comprehensive article on the differences between the file formats.
http://www.webwitchery.com/articles/format/

lib3ds
A free and open source library that support loading 3DS files. (GNU GPL)
http://lib3ds.sourceforge.net/

Graphics Interchange Format
Provides detailed specification of file layout, encoding and decoding algorithm, and color space model for gif89a.
http://256.com/gray/docs/gifspecs/

The Story of PNG
An article detailing the history of the PNG format.
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/slashpng-1999.html