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File Formats
AI |
| Native Adobe Illustrator file format. Vector based image file, may also contain embedded bitmap image files. AI files may be exported, via Adobe Illustrator, into a variety of file formats. |
| TIFF or TIF |
| The Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) is the most commonly used format and one of the most flexible formats. A TIFF is always a bitmapped graphic, also called a raster graphic, but it is not limited to 72 pixels per inch. It can be bi-level black-and-white; it can be a grayscale with up to 256 levels of gray; it can be a 24-bit full color image. |
| Another strong point for TIFFs is that they are the most platform independent graphic; that is, TIFFs created on Macintosh machines can be used on DOS, Windows, NeXT, Sun and Silicon Graphics workstations. |
| EPS |
| The Encapsulated PostScript file format is used to export files to page layout programs. It was originally developed to be used in object oriented PostScript graphics. You can save an EPS file as one composite file of RGB or CMYK images for output directly to color PostScript printers. |
| CDR |
| Native Corel Draw file format. Vector based image file, may also contain embedded bitmap image files. CDR files may be exported, via Corel Draw, into a variety of file formats. |
| PHOTOSHOP (PSD) |
| This format is the default format used in Adobe's PhotoShop image retouching program. You can use the PhotoShop format in a number of different color spaces from one to 32 bits. In most cases you can not use this format in a page layout program. |
| RIFF |
| The Raster Image File Format is the default format of Fractal Design's ColorStudio program. In most cases, you would not use the RIFF format in a page layout program. |
| JPEG or JPG |
| JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group and is a graphic file format used for compressing large, color image files. JPEG is considered a lossy compression scheme because you don't get back exactly the same image that you compressed - some graphic information gets lost along the way, depending on how much compression was applied, the image itself, and how many times you have compressed the file. |
| PICT |
| PICT is Apple's internal format that is intended as a standard format for images in the Macintosh environment. The PICT format originally was only a one-bit-per-pixel format, but was later modified to include up to 32 bits per pixel of color information. |
| TARGA |
| The TARGA or TGA format was designed for and is a standard for programs using Truevision TARGA and Vista video boards. Primarily used in the IBM PC world, this format is useful if you plan to transport your images into PC systems. | |
