diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/encode.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/encode.rs
index dca31adc..7a3c6d58 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/encode.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use vectorcraft_render::AntiAlias;
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::jpeg::{self, JpegOptions};
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::quantize::{Dither, PaletteOptions, Reduction};
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::tiff::{ByteOrder, TiffOptions};
-use vectorcraft_render::encode::{RasterExportOptions, RasterFormat, bmp};
+use vectorcraft_render::encode::{RasterExportOptions, RasterFormat, bmp, tga};
 
 use super::super::*;
 use super::Format;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct RasterOptions {
     lossless: Option<bool>,
     lzw: Option<bool>,
     byte_order: Option<String>,
-    /// BMP bits per pixel.
+    /// BMP and Targa bits per pixel.
     depth: Option<u8>,
     /// BMP layout: `windows` or `os2`.
     file_format: Option<String>,
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ impl RasterOptions {
                 top_down: self.flip_rows.unwrap_or(false),
                 gray: color_model == jpeg::ColorModel::Gray,
             },
+            tga: tga::TgaOptions { depth: self.depth.unwrap_or(24) },
         })
     }
 }
@@ -240,13 +241,15 @@ fn bmp_layout(s: &str) -> Option<bool> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Refuse options `format` can't write together: BMP depths and layouts, and colour models (BMP
-/// is RGB or grey).
+/// Refuse options `format` can't write together: BMP and Targa depths and layouts, and colour
+/// models (BMP is RGB or grey, Targa RGB).
 fn check_options(format: RasterFormat, o: &RasterExportOptions) -> Result<()> {
     let model = o.jpeg.color_model;
     let r = match format {
         RasterFormat::Bmp if model == jpeg::ColorModel::Cmyk => Err("BMP files are RGB or grayscale: colorModel rgb or gray".to_string()),
+        RasterFormat::Tga if model != jpeg::ColorModel::Rgb => Err("Targa files are RGB: colorModel rgb".to_string()),
         RasterFormat::Bmp => o.bmp.check(),
+        RasterFormat::Tga => o.tga.check(),
         _ => Ok(()),
     };
     r.map_err(|e| bad(C, e))
@@ -376,7 +379,7 @@ pub fn encode_all(doc: &Document, format: &str, p: &Value) -> Result<Encoded> {
             let (bytes, warnings) = super::pdf::encode(C, doc, p)?;
             return Ok(Encoded { warnings, ..Encoded::one(bytes) });
         }
-        "png" | "jpg" | "webp" | "gif" | "png8" | "tiff" | "bmp" => {
+        "png" | "jpg" | "webp" | "gif" | "png8" | "tiff" | "bmp" | "tga" => {
             let o: RasterOptions = options(f, p)?;
             // New Document → Background Contents: White makes the export opaque, unless `background`
             // says otherwise (JPEG has no alpha: white either way).
@@ -390,6 +393,7 @@ pub fn encode_all(doc: &Document, format: &str, p: &Value) -> Result<Encoded> {
                 "png8" => RasterFormat::Png8,
                 "tiff" => RasterFormat::Tiff,
                 "bmp" => RasterFormat::Bmp,
+                "tga" => RasterFormat::Tga,
                 _ => RasterFormat::WebP,
             };
             check_options(format, &settings)?;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/mod.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/mod.rs
index 1ddbc0ca..06ef828c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/mod.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Serialize Document",
             [],
             None,
-            "{format?: vectorcraft (default)|template|svg|svgz|pdf|png|jpg|webp|gif|png8|txt|dxf|eps|emf|wmf|tiff|bmp, …the format's options (see document.formats; SVG ones also as svg: {…}), selectedOnly?: false (the selected objects alone, in their layers)} → {text, warnings} for svg (plus dataBase64, the file, when its encoding isn't UTF-8), else {dataBase64, warnings}; an SVG of several artboards also gives files: [{name, text}], linked images linked: [{name, dataBase64}]",
+            "{format?: vectorcraft (default)|template|svg|svgz|pdf|png|jpg|webp|gif|png8|txt|dxf|eps|emf|wmf|tiff|bmp|tga, …the format's options (see document.formats; SVG ones also as svg: {…}), selectedOnly?: false (the selected objects alone, in their layers)} → {text, warnings} for svg (plus dataBase64, the file, when its encoding isn't UTF-8), else {dataBase64, warnings}; an SVG of several artboards also gives files: [{name, text}], linked images linked: [{name, dataBase64}]",
             has_doc,
             export::serialize
         ),
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Export Document",
             [],
             None,
-            "{path?, format?: svg|svgz|pdf|png|jpg|webp|gif|png8|txt|dxf|eps|emf|wmf|tiff|bmp|vectorcraft|template (default: from the path's extension, else png; png8 writes an indexed .png), selectedOnly?: false (the selected objects alone, in their layers), artboard?: 0, artboards?: [i…], range?: \"1-3, 5\" | \"all\" (1-based; PDF writes one page per artboard, default all; SVG writes one file per artboard, {stem}-{artboard}.svg; raster formats write one artboard), useArtboards?: true (raster: one file per chosen artboard, default all, {stem}-{artboard}.{ext}; pdf: every page) | false (pdf/raster: the bounds of the visible art; SVG has it as an SVG option), raster: ppi?: 72 (pixels per inch, stored in the file; wins over scale), scale?: 1 (pixels per point), background?: transparent|white|black|\"#rrggbb\" (jpg: white when transparent), antiAlias?: none|art (default)|type (text snapped to pixels), interlaced?: false (png, Adam7), jpg: quality?: 90 (0–100), colorModel?: rgb|cmyk|gray, method?: baseline|optimized|progressive, scans?: 3 (3–5, progressive), embedIcc?: true, imageMap?: none|client|server (an HTML or NCSA map of the objects with a URL, written as <stem>.html / <stem>.map), gif/png8: colors?: 256 (2–256), reduction?: perceptual|selective (default)|adaptive|web|blackWhite|gray, dither?: none|diffusion (default)|pattern|noise, ditherAmount?: 100, transparency?: true, matte?: white|\"#rrggbb\"|none, interlaced?, webp: lossless?: true (lossy WebP isn't available yet: written lossless, with a warning), txt: the stories in stacking order (back to front; a thread once), encoding?: utf8|utf16 (with a byte order mark), lineEndings?: lf|crlf, selectionOnly?: false; SVG options flat or as svg: {styling, outlineText, images, objectIds, decimals, minify, responsive, useArtboards, preserveEditing, metadata, fewerTspans, hiddenLayers, encoding, profile, embedFonts} (see document.formats), …the PDF options of document.exportPdf, …the DXF options of document.exportDxf (useArtboards: one drawing per artboard), …the EPS options of document.exportEps (useArtboards: one file per artboard, {stem}_{artboard}.eps; else the visible art), emf/wmf: one picture of the artboard (useArtboards: true one file per chosen artboard, false the bounds of the visible art; EMF keeps curves, clipping, transparent images and gradients as images clipped to their shape; WMF flattens curves into polygons behind a placeable header; what a format leaves out comes back in warnings), tiff: colorModel?: rgb|cmyk|gray (rgb keeps transparency as an alpha channel), lzw?: true, byteOrder?: little|big, embedIcc?: true, bmp: colorModel?: rgb|gray, depth?: 24 (1 black and white, 4|8 a palette by reduction and dither, 16, 24, 32 with alpha), fileFormat?: windows|os2 (1, 4, 8 or 24 bits), rle?: false (4 and 8 bits, windows), flipRows?: false (top-down rows); formats without alpha are flattened on white} → {path, format, bytes, warnings, files?: [path…] (several), linked?: [path…] (linked images, image maps)}; no path → {dataBase64, format, bytes, warnings, files?: [{name, dataBase64}], linked?: [{name, dataBase64}]}. Never changes the document's path",
+            "{path?, format?: svg|svgz|pdf|png|jpg|webp|gif|png8|txt|dxf|eps|emf|wmf|tiff|bmp|tga|vectorcraft|template (default: from the path's extension, else png; png8 writes an indexed .png), selectedOnly?: false (the selected objects alone, in their layers), artboard?: 0, artboards?: [i…], range?: \"1-3, 5\" | \"all\" (1-based; PDF writes one page per artboard, default all; SVG writes one file per artboard, {stem}-{artboard}.svg; raster formats write one artboard), useArtboards?: true (raster: one file per chosen artboard, default all, {stem}-{artboard}.{ext}; pdf: every page) | false (pdf/raster: the bounds of the visible art; SVG has it as an SVG option), raster: ppi?: 72 (pixels per inch, stored in the file; wins over scale), scale?: 1 (pixels per point), background?: transparent|white|black|\"#rrggbb\" (jpg: white when transparent), antiAlias?: none|art (default)|type (text snapped to pixels), interlaced?: false (png, Adam7), jpg: quality?: 90 (0–100), colorModel?: rgb|cmyk|gray, method?: baseline|optimized|progressive, scans?: 3 (3–5, progressive), embedIcc?: true, imageMap?: none|client|server (an HTML or NCSA map of the objects with a URL, written as <stem>.html / <stem>.map), gif/png8: colors?: 256 (2–256), reduction?: perceptual|selective (default)|adaptive|web|blackWhite|gray, dither?: none|diffusion (default)|pattern|noise, ditherAmount?: 100, transparency?: true, matte?: white|\"#rrggbb\"|none, interlaced?, webp: lossless?: true (lossy WebP isn't available yet: written lossless, with a warning), txt: the stories in stacking order (back to front; a thread once), encoding?: utf8|utf16 (with a byte order mark), lineEndings?: lf|crlf, selectionOnly?: false; SVG options flat or as svg: {styling, outlineText, images, objectIds, decimals, minify, responsive, useArtboards, preserveEditing, metadata, fewerTspans, hiddenLayers, encoding, profile, embedFonts} (see document.formats), …the PDF options of document.exportPdf, …the DXF options of document.exportDxf (useArtboards: one drawing per artboard), …the EPS options of document.exportEps (useArtboards: one file per artboard, {stem}_{artboard}.eps; else the visible art), emf/wmf: one picture of the artboard (useArtboards: true one file per chosen artboard, false the bounds of the visible art; EMF keeps curves, clipping, transparent images and gradients as images clipped to their shape; WMF flattens curves into polygons behind a placeable header; what a format leaves out comes back in warnings), tiff: colorModel?: rgb|cmyk|gray (rgb keeps transparency as an alpha channel), lzw?: true, byteOrder?: little|big, embedIcc?: true, bmp: colorModel?: rgb|gray, depth?: 24 (1 black and white, 4|8 a palette by reduction and dither, 16, 24, 32 with alpha), fileFormat?: windows|os2 (1, 4, 8 or 24 bits), rle?: false (4 and 8 bits, windows), flipRows?: false (top-down rows), tga: depth?: 24 (16 one-bit alpha, 24, 32 with alpha); formats without alpha are flattened on white} → {path, format, bytes, warnings, files?: [path…] (several), linked?: [path…] (linked images, image maps)}; no path → {dataBase64, format, bytes, warnings, files?: [{name, dataBase64}], linked?: [{name, dataBase64}]}. Never changes the document's path",
             has_doc,
             export::export
         ),
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ const BMP_OPTIONS: &[FormatOption] = &[
     DITHER,
     DITHER_AMOUNT,
 ];
+const TGA_DEPTH: FormatOption = FormatOption {
+    name: "depth",
+    ty: "integer",
+    default: "24",
+    description: "bits per pixel: 16 (one-bit alpha), 24 (flattened on white) or 32 (keeps transparency)",
+};
+const TGA_OPTIONS: &[FormatOption] = &[ARTBOARD, ARTBOARDS, RANGE, USE_ARTBOARDS, PPI, SCALE, BACKGROUND, ANTI_ALIAS, TGA_DEPTH];
 
 /// A format `document.open` reads but nothing writes yet.
 const fn reader(id: &'static str, label: &'static str, extensions: &'static [&'static str], mime: &'static str, raster: bool) -> Format {
@@ -509,6 +516,7 @@ pub const FORMATS: &[Format] = &[
     },
     Format { id: "emf", label: "EMF", extensions: &["emf"], mime: "image/emf", read: true, write: true, raster: false, options: metafile::OPTIONS },
     Format { id: "wmf", label: "WMF", extensions: &["wmf"], mime: "image/wmf", read: true, write: true, raster: false, options: metafile::OPTIONS },
+    Format { id: "tga", label: "Targa", extensions: &["tga"], mime: "image/x-tga", read: false, write: true, raster: true, options: TGA_OPTIONS },
 ];
 
 /// Every extension `document.open` reads (the "All readable files" filter of open dialogs).
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests.rs
index bab03836..4eab7048 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,26 @@ fn formats_query_lists_readers_writers_and_options() {
     let ids = |k: &str| r[k].as_array().unwrap().iter().map(|v| v.as_str().unwrap().to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
     assert_eq!(
         ids("writable"),
-        ["vectorcraft", "svg", "svgz", "pdf", "png", "jpg", "gif", "webp", "tiff", "bmp", "template", "png8", "txt", "dxf", "eps", "emf", "wmf"]
+        [
+            "vectorcraft",
+            "svg",
+            "svgz",
+            "pdf",
+            "png",
+            "jpg",
+            "gif",
+            "webp",
+            "tiff",
+            "bmp",
+            "template",
+            "png8",
+            "txt",
+            "dxf",
+            "eps",
+            "emf",
+            "wmf",
+            "tga"
+        ]
     );
     assert!(ids("readable").contains(&"tiff".to_string()) && ids("readable").contains(&"ait".to_string()));
     let png = r["formats"].as_array().unwrap().iter().find(|f| f["id"] == "png").unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_tiffbmp.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_tiffbmp.rs
index 8d7f6eb1..0410b188 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_tiffbmp.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_tiffbmp.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! TIFF and BMP export through `document.export`: the options reach the files, impossible
+//! TIFF, BMP and Targa export through `document.export`: the options reach the files, impossible
 //! ones are refused, and the files open again.
 
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
@@ -120,23 +120,40 @@ fn bmp_options_reach_the_file() {
     assert_eq!(r["format"], "bmp");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn targa_depth_reaches_the_file() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    for (depth, alpha) in [(16, 1), (24, 0), (32, 8)] {
+        let tga = export(&mut s, json!({"format": "tga", "depth": depth}));
+        assert_eq!((tga[16], tga[17]), (depth, alpha));
+        assert_eq!(u16::from_le_bytes([tga[12], tga[13]]), 60);
+    }
+    let tga = export(&mut s, json!({"format": "tga"}));
+    assert_eq!(tga[16], 24, "24 bits by default");
+    for bad in [json!({"depth": 8}), json!({"colorModel": "gray"})] {
+        assert!(s.execute("document.export", &merge(json!({"format": "tga"}), bad.clone())).is_err(), "{bad}");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn the_formats_are_listed_and_write_one_file_per_artboard() {
     let mut s = Session::new();
     s.execute("file.new", &json!({"width": 30, "height": 20, "artboards": 2})).unwrap();
     let r = s.execute("document.formats", &json!({})).unwrap();
     let find = |id: &str| r["formats"].as_array().unwrap().iter().find(|f| f["id"] == id).unwrap().clone();
-    let (tiff, bmp) = (find("tiff"), find("bmp"));
+    let (tiff, bmp, tga) = (find("tiff"), find("bmp"), find("tga"));
     assert_eq!((tiff["write"].as_bool(), tiff["read"].as_bool()), (Some(true), Some(true)));
-    assert_eq!((bmp["write"].as_bool(), bmp["read"].as_bool()), (Some(true), Some(true)));
+    assert_eq!((bmp["write"].as_bool(), tga["write"].as_bool(), tga["read"].as_bool()), (Some(true), Some(true), Some(false)));
     for (f, keys) in [
         (&tiff, &["colorModel", "lzw", "byteOrder", "embedIcc", "ppi", "antiAlias"][..]),
         (&bmp, &["colorModel", "depth", "fileFormat", "rle", "flipRows", "reduction", "dither"]),
+        (&tga, &["depth", "ppi", "antiAlias", "background"]),
     ] {
         for k in keys {
             assert!(f["options"].get(*k).is_some(), "{} takes {k}", f["id"]);
         }
     }
+    assert_eq!(format_for_name("a.tga").map(|f| f.id), Some("tga"));
     let r = s.execute("document.export", &json!({"format": "tiff", "useArtboards": true})).unwrap();
     let files: Vec<&str> = r["files"].as_array().unwrap().iter().map(|f| f["name"].as_str().unwrap()).collect();
     assert_eq!(files, ["Untitled-1-Artboard-1.tif", "Untitled-1-Artboard-2.tif"]);
diff --git a/crates/mcp/src/tests_fileio.rs b/crates/mcp/src/tests_fileio.rs
index a2ce38b1..13916831 100644
--- a/crates/mcp/src/tests_fileio.rs
+++ b/crates/mcp/src/tests_fileio.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ fn export_tool_lists_engine_formats_and_options() {
             "dxf",
             "eps",
             "emf",
-            "wmf"
+            "wmf",
+            "tga"
         ])
     );
     for k in ["artboard", "range", "options"] {
diff --git a/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs b/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
index d2c86c2f..5d9995b3 100644
--- a/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
+++ b/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ pub fn tool_definitions() -> Vec<Value> {
         tool(
             "export",
             "Export",
-            "Export the active document with the engine's document.export (the same bytes in the app and headless): svg (artboard viewBox), pdf (one page per artboard: all, or `artboard` / `range`), png/jpg/webp/gif/png8/tiff/bmp (one rendered artboard; png8 is an indexed .png), txt (the stories, back to front) or vectorcraft (a native copy; the document keeps its path). `selection: true` exports only the selected objects, cropped to their bounds. Template layers are left out; live effects are kept (geometry baked, SVG filters for shadows/glows/blur). Without `path` the bytes come back as dataBase64.",
+            "Export the active document with the engine's document.export (the same bytes in the app and headless): svg (artboard viewBox), pdf (one page per artboard: all, or `artboard` / `range`), png/jpg/webp/gif/png8/tiff/bmp/tga (one rendered artboard; png8 is an indexed .png), txt (the stories, back to front) or vectorcraft (a native copy; the document keeps its path). `selection: true` exports only the selected objects, cropped to their bounds. Template layers are left out; live effects are kept (geometry baked, SVG filters for shadows/glows/blur). Without `path` the bytes come back as dataBase64.",
             obj(
                 json!({
                     "format": {"type": "string", "enum": FORMATS.iter().filter(|f| f.write).map(|f| f.id).collect::<Vec<_>>(), "description": "Default: from the path's extension"},
diff --git a/crates/render/Cargo.toml b/crates/render/Cargo.toml
index 152076db..a0ae310e 100644
--- a/crates/render/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/render/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ vello_cpu = { workspace = true, features = ["multithreading"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 vectorcraft-testkit = { workspace = true }
+# Decoders the export tests read their files back with.
+image = { workspace = true, features = ["tga"] }
 tiff = "0.11"
 proptest = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/render/src/encode/mod.rs b/crates/render/src/encode/mod.rs
index a4f96114..4140a560 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/encode/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/encode/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub mod gif;
 pub mod jpeg;
 pub mod png;
 pub mod quantize;
+pub mod tga;
 pub mod tiff;
 
 use vectorcraft_doc::{Document, Node, NodeKind};
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ pub enum RasterFormat {
     Gif,
     Tiff,
     Bmp,
+    Tga,
 }
 
 /// How a raster export renders and encodes.
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ pub struct RasterExportOptions {
     pub tiff: tiff::TiffOptions,
     /// BMP layout, depth, compression and row order.
     pub bmp: bmp::BmpOptions,
+    /// Targa depth.
+    pub tga: tga::TgaOptions,
 }
 
 impl Default for RasterExportOptions {
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ impl Default for RasterExportOptions {
             palette: quantize::PaletteOptions::default(),
             tiff: tiff::TiffOptions::default(),
             bmp: bmp::BmpOptions::default(),
+            tga: tga::TgaOptions::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -109,6 +114,7 @@ impl RasterExportOptions {
             }
             RasterFormat::Tiff => tiff::encode(img, self.ppi, &self.tiff),
             RasterFormat::Bmp => bmp::encode(&img.to_straight(), img.width, img.height, self.ppi, &self.bmp, &self.palette),
+            RasterFormat::Tga => tga::encode(&img.to_straight(), img.width, img.height, &self.tga),
         }
     }
 
@@ -191,4 +197,6 @@ mod tests_jpeg;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_palette;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_tga;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_tiff;
diff --git a/crates/render/src/encode/tests_tga.rs b/crates/render/src/encode/tests_tga.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f720443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/render/src/encode/tests_tga.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//! Targa export: depths, alpha and the footer.
+
+use super::on_white;
+use super::tests_bmp::{art, decode, u16_at};
+use super::tga::{self, TgaOptions};
+
+#[test]
+fn targa_depths_alpha_and_footer() {
+    let (w, h) = (7, 3);
+    let px = art(w, h);
+    for (depth, alpha_bits) in [(16, 1), (24, 0), (32, 8)] {
+        let file = tga::encode(&px, w, h, &TgaOptions { depth }).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((file[2], file[16], file[17]), (2, depth, alpha_bits), "true colour, the depth byte, alpha bits");
+        assert_eq!((u16_at(&file, 12), u16_at(&file, 14)), (7, 3));
+        assert_eq!(file.len(), 18 + (w * h) as usize * usize::from(depth / 8) + 26);
+        assert!(file.ends_with(b"TRUEVISION-XFILE.\0"));
+        let img = decode(&file, image::ImageFormat::Tga);
+        assert_eq!(img.dimensions(), (w, h));
+        let want = on_white(px[(2 * w as usize + 3) * 4..][..4].try_into().unwrap());
+        let got = img.get_pixel(3, 2).0;
+        assert!(got[..3].iter().zip(want).all(|(a, b)| a.abs_diff(b) <= 8), "depth {depth}: {got:?} vs {want:?}");
+        match depth {
+            32 => assert_eq!((img.get_pixel(0, 0).0[3], img.get_pixel(1, 0).0[3]), (0, 128), "8-bit alpha"),
+            24 => assert_eq!(img.get_pixel(0, 0).0, [255; 4], "flattened on white"),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    assert!(tga::encode(&px, w, h, &TgaOptions { depth: 8 }).is_err());
+    assert!(tga::encode(&px, 70_000, 1, &TgaOptions::default()).is_err(), "too wide");
+}
diff --git a/crates/render/src/encode/tga.rs b/crates/render/src/encode/tga.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..884276ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/render/src/encode/tga.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//! Targa export: uncompressed true colour at 16 bits per pixel (5-5-5 and a one-bit alpha), 24 or
+//! 32 (8-bit alpha), rows bottom-up, with the version 2 footer.
+
+use super::on_white;
+
+/// Bits per pixel a Targa export can have.
+pub const DEPTHS: [u8; 3] = [16, 24, 32];
+
+/// The Targa options of a raster export.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct TgaOptions {
+    /// Bits per pixel ([`DEPTHS`]).
+    pub depth: u8,
+}
+
+impl Default for TgaOptions {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { depth: 24 }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TgaOptions {
+    /// Why these options can't be written, if they can't.
+    pub fn check(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
+        if DEPTHS.contains(&self.depth) { Ok(()) } else { Err(format!("Targa depth {}: 16, 24 or 32 bits per pixel", self.depth)) }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Straight-alpha RGBA pixels as a Targa file. 24 bits blend partly transparent pixels over white;
+/// at 16 bits a pixel is opaque from half opacity up, else transparent.
+pub fn encode(rgba: &[u8], width: u32, height: u32, o: &TgaOptions) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+    o.check()?;
+    let (Ok(w16), Ok(h16)) = (u16::try_from(width), u16::try_from(height)) else {
+        return Err(format!("{width} × {height} pixels is too large for Targa (at most 65535 pixels a side): lower the resolution"));
+    };
+    let (w, h) = (usize::from(w16), usize::from(h16));
+    if w == 0 || h == 0 || w * h * 4 != rgba.len() {
+        return Err("Targa encoding failed: the pixel buffer doesn't match the image size".into());
+    }
+    let px = rgba.as_chunks::<4>().0;
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(18 + w * h * usize::from(o.depth / 8) + 26);
+    // No image id or colour map, uncompressed true colour, origin (0, 0).
+    out.extend([0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
+    out.extend(w16.to_le_bytes());
+    out.extend(h16.to_le_bytes());
+    // Bits per pixel, then the alpha bits (rows bottom-up, left to right).
+    let alpha_bits = match o.depth {
+        16 => 1,
+        32 => 8,
+        _ => 0,
+    };
+    out.extend([o.depth, alpha_bits]);
+    for row in px.chunks(w).rev() {
+        for p in row {
+            match o.depth {
+                16 => {
+                    let v = if p[3] >= 128 {
+                        let [r, g, b] = [p[0], p[1], p[2]].map(|c| u16::from(c >> 3));
+                        0x8000 | r << 10 | g << 5 | b
+                    } else {
+                        0
+                    };
+                    out.extend(v.to_le_bytes());
+                }
+                24 => {
+                    let [r, g, b] = on_white(p);
+                    out.extend([b, g, r]);
+                }
+                _ => out.extend([p[2], p[1], p[0], p[3]]),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // No extension area or developer directory.
+    out.extend([0; 8]);
+    out.extend(b"TRUEVISION-XFILE.\0");
+    Ok(out)
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs
index 17f4e88d..31c453b7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/mod.rs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ registry! {
     EpsOptions: [eps_options::KIND] => eps_options::SPEC,
     Recovery: [crate::recovery::KIND] => recovery::SPEC,
     DxfImport: [dxf_import::KIND] => dxf_import::SPEC,
-    RasterFormatOptions: ["tiffOptions", "bmpOptions"] => png_options::SPEC,
+    RasterFormatOptions: ["tiffOptions", "bmpOptions", "tgaOptions"] => png_options::SPEC,
 }
 
 /// The spec for a `Dialog::kind` ([`DialogSpec::FORM`] when unregistered).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/png_options.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/png_options.rs
index 72b8cb4d..221885d9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/png_options.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/png_options.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The raster export options: PNG Options (resolution, background, anti-aliasing, interlaced),
 //! JPEG Options (no transparency; colour model, quality 0–10, method and scans, profile, image
 //! map), WebP Options, and PNG-8 and GIF Options (the palette: colour reduction, colours, dither,
-//! transparency and matte), and TIFF and BMP Options ([`super::tiff_bmp_tga`]). Fields
+//! transparency and matte), and TIFF, BMP and Targa Options ([`super::tiff_bmp_tga`]). Fields
 //! are `document.export` params (format, path, artboard choice…); `__`-prefixed ones are the
 //! dialog's.
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests_tiff_bmp_tga.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests_tiff_bmp_tga.rs
index 96317a17..34a3e751 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests_tiff_bmp_tga.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests_tiff_bmp_tga.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! TIFF and BMP Options through Export As, drawn headlessly.
+//! TIFF, BMP and Targa Options through Export As, drawn headlessly.
 
 use serde_json::json;
 
@@ -61,3 +61,21 @@ fn bmp_options_keep_their_choices_writable() {
     assert_eq!(path, "/out/Untitled-1.bmp");
     assert_eq!((&bmp[..2], bmp[28], bmp[30]), (&b"BM"[..], 8, 1), "8-bit RLE8");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn targa_options_pick_the_depth() {
+    let (mut app, written) = app(1);
+    app.run("file.exportAs", json!({"format": "tga"})).unwrap();
+    confirm(&mut app).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(kind(&app), Some("tgaOptions"));
+    let d = app.ui.dialog.as_ref().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(((spec(&d.kind).heading)(d), d.f64("depth", 0.0)), ("Targa Options".into(), 24.0));
+    assert!(!tiff_bmp_tga::keeps_alpha("tga", d), "24 bits are flattened on white");
+    frame(&mut app);
+    set(&mut app, "depth", json!(32));
+    frame(&mut app);
+    assert!(tiff_bmp_tga::keeps_alpha("tga", app.ui.dialog.as_ref().unwrap()));
+    confirm(&mut app).unwrap();
+    let (path, tga) = written.borrow()[0].clone();
+    assert_eq!((path.as_str(), tga[16], tga[17]), ("/out/Untitled-1.tga", 32, 8));
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tiff_bmp_tga.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tiff_bmp_tga.rs
index 776b6f26..3253bf8d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tiff_bmp_tga.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tiff_bmp_tga.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 //! The options of TIFF (colour model, byte order, LZW, profile), BMP (colour model, layout, depth,
-//! palette, RLE, row order), after the raster export rows they share with PNG Options
-//! ([`super::png_options`]): the `tiffOptions` and `bmpOptions` dialogs.
+//! palette, RLE, row order) and Targa (depth), after the raster export rows they share with PNG
+//! Options ([`super::png_options`]): the `tiffOptions`, `bmpOptions` and `tgaOptions` dialogs.
 
 use serde_json::{Map, Value, json};
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::bmp::{self, BmpOptions};
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::jpeg::ColorModel;
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::quantize::{Dither, PaletteOptions, Reduction};
+use vectorcraft_render::encode::tga::{self, TgaOptions};
 use vectorcraft_render::encode::tiff::{ByteOrder, TiffOptions};
 
 use super::form;
@@ -18,8 +19,9 @@ const BMP_MODELS: [&str; 2] = ["rgb", "gray"];
 const BMP_MODEL_LABELS: [&str; 2] = ["RGB", "Grayscale"];
 const LAYOUTS: [&str; 2] = ["windows", "os2"];
 const LAYOUT_LABELS: [&str; 2] = ["Windows", "OS/2"];
-/// Labels of [`bmp::DEPTHS`].
+/// Labels of [`bmp::DEPTHS`] and [`tga::DEPTHS`].
 const BMP_DEPTH_LABELS: [&str; 6] = ["1 bit", "4 bit", "8 bit", "16 bit", "24 bit", "32 bit"];
+const TGA_DEPTH_LABELS: [&str; 3] = ["16 bits/pixel", "24 bits/pixel", "32 bits/pixel"];
 
 type Label<'a> = &'a dyn Fn(&mut egui::Ui, &str) -> egui::Response;
 
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ pub(super) fn defaults(id: &str, cmyk: bool, o: &mut Map<String, Value>) {
                 ("dither".into(), json!(p.dither.id())),
             ]);
         }
+        "tga" => {
+            o.insert("depth".into(), json!(TgaOptions::default().depth));
+        }
         _ => {}
     }
 }
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ pub(super) fn keeps_alpha(id: &str, d: &Dialog) -> bool {
         "jpg" => false,
         "tiff" => ColorModel::from_id(&d.str("colorModel")).unwrap_or_default() == ColorModel::Rgb,
         "bmp" => d.f64("depth", 24.0) == 32.0,
+        "tga" => d.f64("depth", 24.0) != 24.0,
         _ => true,
     }
 }
@@ -67,6 +73,11 @@ pub(super) fn rows(ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut Dialog, id: &str, label: Label) {
     match id {
         "tiff" => tiff_rows(ui, d, label),
         "bmp" => bmp_rows(ui, d, label),
+        "tga" => {
+            label(ui, "Depth:");
+            depth_row(ui, d, "tga-depth", &tga::DEPTHS, &TGA_DEPTH_LABELS, |_| true);
+            ui.end_row();
+        }
         _ => {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index 15625e6f..47904e46 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -366,10 +366,11 @@ EMF and WMF: Export As… lists both formats (`file.exportAs {format: "emf"}` or
 dialog, so `ui.dialog.confirm` asks for the path and writes the file (one per artboard with Use Artboards). Open and
 Place read `.emf` and `.wmf`; a paste of `image/emf` from a system clipboard service runs `clipboard.importEmf`.
 
-TIFF and BMP Options: Export As… with the TIFF or BMP format (`file.exportAs {format: "tiff"}`, then
-the save dialog) opens `tiffOptions` or `bmpOptions`: the raster rows of PNG Options (`ppi`,
+TIFF, BMP and Targa Options: Export As… with the TIFF, BMP or Targa format (`file.exportAs {format: "tiff"}`, then
+the save dialog) opens `tiffOptions`, `bmpOptions` or `tgaOptions`: the raster rows of PNG Options (`ppi`,
 `background`, `antiAlias`), then TIFF's `colorModel` (`rgb`, `cmyk`, `gray`; a CMYK document starts on `cmyk`),
 `byteOrder` (`little`, `big`), `lzw` and `embedIcc`; BMP's `colorModel` (`rgb`, `gray`), `fileFormat` (`windows`,
-`os2`), `depth` (1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32), `reduction` and `dither` (4 and 8 bits), `rle` and `flipRows`. The BMP dialog keeps its choices writable together (OS/2 falls back to 24 bits and turns RLE and flipped
+`os2`), `depth` (1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32), `reduction` and `dither` (4 and 8 bits), `rle` and `flipRows`; Targa's `depth`
+(16, 24, 32). The BMP dialog keeps its choices writable together (OS/2 falls back to 24 bits and turns RLE and flipped
 rows off; RLE turns flipped rows off). `ui.dialog.set` the fields and `ui.dialog.confirm` writes the file(s) with
 `document.export`.
diff --git a/docs/mcp.md b/docs/mcp.md
index 01cd59c8..2719366c 100644
--- a/docs/mcp.md
+++ b/docs/mcp.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ objects' fills or strokes differ (`fillMixed` / `strokeMixed`, drawn as a "?" pr
 | `screenshot` | `{path?, scale?, artboard?, window?}` | Returns MCP image content (`image/png`, base64) plus a text block. Renders the artboard; `window:true` captures the app window (remote only). |
 | `open_file` | `{path}` | Opens any readable file as a new active document: `.vectorcraft`/`.drawcraft`, `.svg`/`.svgz`, `.pdf`/`.ai`, `.ait`, PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, TIFF, BMP (an image opens as a document of its pixel size). Templates open as a new untitled document. PDF, `.ai` and SVG files saved with Preserve Editing reopen as the document they carry. `run_command document.formats` lists the formats. |
 | `save_file` | `{path?}` | Runs `document.save`: the document's own file in its own format (native `.vectorcraft` unless it was opened from or saved as SVG, PDF or a restorable `.ai`; then `warnings` say what that format loses). A path's extension picks the format (`.vectorcraft`, `.vctemplate`, `.pdf`, `.svg`, `.svgz`, `.ai`: a PDF carrying the native document, which reopens editable). |
-| `export` | `{path?, format?, scale?, artboard?, range?, selection?, outlineText?, options?}` | `svg`, `pdf`, `png`, `jpg`, `webp`, `gif`, `png8` (an indexed `.png`), `tiff`, `bmp`, `txt` (the document's text) or `vectorcraft` (the list comes from `document.formats`). When `format` is omitted, it comes from the path's extension. PDF writes one page per artboard: all of them, or `artboard` (0-based) / `range` (`"1-3, 5"`, 1-based); the other formats write one artboard. `options` carries more format options (e.g. `{"quality": 80}` for JPEG). `selection: true` exports the selected objects cropped to their bounds; `outlineText: true` writes SVG text as paths. Template layers are left out, live effects are kept, and exporting `vectorcraft` never changes the document's path. Without `path` the bytes come back as `dataBase64`. Both backends run the same `document.export` call. |
+| `export` | `{path?, format?, scale?, artboard?, range?, selection?, outlineText?, options?}` | `svg`, `pdf`, `png`, `jpg`, `webp`, `gif`, `png8` (an indexed `.png`), `tiff`, `bmp`, `tga`, `txt` (the document's text) or `vectorcraft` (the list comes from `document.formats`). When `format` is omitted, it comes from the path's extension. PDF writes one page per artboard: all of them, or `artboard` (0-based) / `range` (`"1-3, 5"`, 1-based); the other formats write one artboard. `options` carries more format options (e.g. `{"quality": 80}` for JPEG). `selection: true` exports the selected objects cropped to their bounds; `outlineText: true` writes SVG text as paths. Template layers are left out, live effects are kept, and exporting `vectorcraft` never changes the document's path. Without `path` the bytes come back as `dataBase64`. Both backends run the same `document.export` call. |
 | `add_text` | `{text, x?, y?, width?, height?, path?, mode?, pathEffect?, size?, font?, color?}` | Point type at (x, y); area type with `width`/`height`; or `path` + `mode` (`area`/`onPath`) to flow text in or along a path, with `pathEffect` (`rainbow`, `skew`, `3dRibbon`, `stairStep`, `gravity`). |
 | `apply_effect` | `{effect?, params?, ids?}` | Appends a live effect. Without `effect`, returns the effect catalogue with parameters and defaults. |
 | `pathfinder` | `{operation, ids?}` | `unite`, `minusFront`, `intersect`, `exclude`, `divide`, `trim`, `merge`, `crop`, `outline`, `minusBack`. For a live version, apply the `pathfinder.*` effect to a group. |
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ clipboard service offers it (the Windows desktop service doesn't read metafiles
 {"name":"run_command","arguments":{"command":"file.place","params":{"path":"/tmp/chart.emf","at":[300,200]}}}
 ```
 
-## TIFF and BMP export
+## TIFF, BMP and Targa export
 
 `document.export` (and `export`) writes them like the other raster formats: one artboard (or `useArtboards`, one
 file each), at `ppi`, over `background`, with `antiAlias`. TIFF takes `colorModel` (`rgb` keeps transparency as an
@@ -1373,10 +1373,12 @@ unassociated alpha channel, `cmyk` writes ink amounts in the working CMYK space
 and `embedIcc` (sRGB, the working CMYK profile or grey). BMP takes `depth` (1 is black and white; 4 and 8 use a
 palette chosen by `reduction` and `dither`; 16, 24, or 32, which keeps transparency), `colorModel` (`rgb` or `gray`),
 `fileFormat` (`windows` or `os2`: 1, 4, 8 or 24 bits only), `rle` (RLE4/RLE8 for 4- and 8-bit Windows bitmaps) and
-`flipRows` (rows top-down, a negative height; not with `rle` or `os2`); impossible combinations are refused. Formats and depths
-without alpha are flattened on white. TIFF and BMP files open again; `document.formats` lists every option.
+`flipRows` (rows top-down, a negative height; not with `rle` or `os2`); impossible combinations are refused. Targa
+takes `depth`: 16 (a one-bit alpha), 24 (default) or 32 (with alpha). Formats and depths without alpha are flattened
+on white. TIFF and BMP files open again; `document.formats` lists every option.
 
 ```json
 {"name":"export","arguments":{"path":"/tmp/print.tif","options":{"ppi":300,"colorModel":"cmyk","byteOrder":"big"}}}
 {"name":"run_command","arguments":{"command":"document.export","params":{"format":"bmp","depth":8,"rle":true}}}
+{"name":"export","arguments":{"path":"/tmp/sprite.tga","options":{"depth":32}}}
 ```