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Raw Pixel with Opacity

Convert SNB pages to RGBO — raw pixel data featuring an opacity channel for specialized compositing and rendering workflows.

Browser-Based Workflow

No software to download, no plugins to install. Convert your SNB files to RGBO entirely within your web browser.

Secure Processing

Uploaded SNB files are deleted right after conversion. RGBO results are purged from servers within 24 hours.

How to convert SNB to RGBO

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose rgbo or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your rgbo file right afterwards

About formats

SNB is a proprietary ebook format developed by Shanghai Nutshell Electronics, a subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment, for the Bambook e-reader launched in August 2010. The format is structurally based on EPUB principles, packaging HTML content, CSS styling, images, and metadata within a compressed archive, but uses a proprietary container that restricts native playback to Bambook devices and associated software. Shanda designed the Bambook and its SNB ecosystem as an integrated reading platform tied to the Cloudary literature portal (later rebranded as China Literature), one of China's largest online publishing networks hosting millions of web novels and serialized fiction. The format supported reflowable text, chapter navigation, bookmarks, and basic typographic controls suited to Chinese-language content display. One advantage was tight integration with Shanda's massive content catalog, providing readers instant access to an enormous library of Chinese-language literature directly through the device. The Bambook was initially offered at a heavily subsidized price point, using the content ecosystem to drive revenue — a model that preceded similar strategies by other e-reader manufacturers. While the Bambook hardware line was eventually discontinued as the Chinese market shifted toward tablet-based reading apps, SNB files from that era can be converted to standard formats using tools like Calibre with appropriate plugins. The format represents an interesting case study in platform-specific ebook ecosystems within the Chinese digital publishing landscape.
Initial release: August 2010
RGBO is a raw pixel data format designation used by ImageMagick, the open-source image processing suite first released in 1990, representing images as a flat sequence of Red, Green, Blue, and Opacity (inverted alpha) sample values with no header, container, or compression. The RGBO channel ordering specifies that the fourth channel is opacity rather than alpha — where alpha represents transparency (0 = transparent, max = opaque), opacity represents the inverse (0 = opaque, max = transparent). This distinction matters in compositing pipelines where the mathematical convention for the fourth channel varies between systems: some compositing models work with alpha (transparency), while older conventions including portions of ImageMagick's internal processing historically used opacity. RGBO files contain raw sample data at a user-specified bit depth (8-bit, 16-bit, or floating-point per channel), with pixels stored in scanline order. Because there is no header, the image dimensions, bit depth, and endianness must be specified externally when reading the file — typically via ImageMagick command-line arguments. One advantage is direct compatibility with processing pipelines that use the opacity convention: RGBO eliminates the need for channel inversion when interfacing with systems that expect opacity rather than alpha, preventing subtle compositing errors that occur when transparency conventions are mixed. The format's raw-data nature provides another practical benefit — with no encoding overhead, RGBO data can be memory-mapped, processed with SIMD instructions, or piped between processes with minimal latency. RGBO is primarily used within ImageMagick processing chains and can be converted to any other format using ImageMagick's extensive format support.
Initial release: 1990

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert SNB to RGBO?

SNB is locked to the Bambook platform. RGBO provides raw pixel data with an opacity channel — suited for specialized rendering and compositing.

What programs handle RGBO?

ImageMagick-based tools, custom rendering software, and image processing utilities that accept raw pixel buffers with opacity data.

How does RGBO differ from RGBA?

RGBO uses an opacity channel (inverse of alpha). High opacity values mean the pixel is more opaque — the reverse of alpha transparency.

Is RGBO a standard format?

RGBO is a niche raw pixel format. For mainstream use, PNG or TIFF with alpha transparency are more commonly supported alternatives.

Is this conversion free?

Yes, Convertio offers free SNB to RGBO conversion. Premium accounts provide batch features and higher volume limits.