File Formats
- bmp (IBM or MICROSOFT Bitmap) - no transparency, very large file
- gif (Graphic Interchange Format) - tranparency, indexed color, animated
- 1987, introduced by Compuserve (a bitmapped format)
- 1985, compression scheme patented by Unysis (disputed through 1994) - jpg (Joint Photographer Experts Group) - no transparency, compressed
- png (Portable Network Graphic) - transparency
- unofficially, recursively stands for "PNG' Not GIF's", non-patented response to the GIF - psd (Photoshop Document) - hi-resoluiotn, layered workfile
- tif (Tagged Image File Format) - hi-resolution, layered workfile
ILLUSTRATION
- ai - Illustration, drawing, vector-bsed line art, "comic ook-like rederings"
INTERFACE and ANIMATION
- fla (Flash File) - workfile, original layered, uncompressed
- swf (Shockwave Flash File) - pronounced "Swif", compressed, combined, low file size playback file
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PRINT and PUBLICATION
- eps - Encapsulated PostScript
- id -
- indd - (Native File) Indesign Document
- indt - Templates (showed all in Bridge)
- pdf - Portable Document Format