File Formats

Graphic image formats fall under 2 categories of compression, what are they?

Lossy and Lossless

The 3 most common formats for common activities such as printing, scanning and displaying images over the internet

TIF, JPG and GIF

TIF stands for?

Tagged Image Format

EPS Stands For?

Encapsulated Postscript

JPG stands for?

Joint Photographers Expert Group

PNG Stands For?

Portable Network Graphics

GIF stands for?

Graphics Interchange Format

GIF files are best for?

graphics or images that have flat color or even tone, such as a cartoon

JPG files were created for and works best for?

Digital photography and works best for photo content

TIF files are most common for?

Common format for desktop publishing, print, photo and graphic design.

Best file format for Print?

TIF

Best file format for Web?

JPG

This file format Is best for graphics or images that have flat color or even tone, such as a cartoon

GIF

These two file formats are best for images with pixels that vary, these are called "contiguous pixels"

TIF and JPG

What does PSD stand for?

Photoshop Document (this is a NATIVE file of Adobe Photoshop)

List THREE examples of VECTOR file formats

1. EPS 2. PDF 3. AI (AI is the NATIVE file of Adobe Illustrator which is a program best used to create vector images/files)

List FOUR examples of RASTER file formats

1. TIF 2. JPG 3. PNG 4. GIF

Raster images are made up of....

Pixels

Vector images are made up of...

Paths

What does "DPI" stand for?

Dots Per Inch

What does "PPI" stand for?

Pixels per inches

What DPI do websites/screens display images at?

72 dpi

What is the best practice for printing an image for print? (DPI should be no less than....)

300 dpi

What program (or application) will open an INDD file?

Adobe InDesign

Can you create pixels out of thin air if a photo has low resolution?

No

Pixels have a defined proportion based on their:

Resolution

GIF files use what Color Space?

RGB

PNG Files are suitable for:

Web Pages

A TIF file is a large raster file that doesn't lose quality. This type of file is known for using:

Lossless Compression

JPEGs are known for their________________ compression, meaning the quality of the image decreases as the file size decreases.

Lossy

GIF files are most common in their ________________________ form.

Animated

Vector images are constructions using: ________________ _________________ rather than pixels.

proportional formulas

PSD files are created and saved in

Adobe Photoshop