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| Raster Graphics | AKA Bitmap. Consist of grids of tiny dots called pixels Have a fixed resolution and cannot be resized without altering image quality |
| PSD – Photoshop document | Native file format for Adobe Photoshop. Supports transparency Supports layers, text, and effects Large file sizes. Industry standard for raster graphic editing |
| GIF – Graphics Interchange Format | Standard format for animation on the Internet Supports transparency Lossless compression Colors = 256 (8-bit) Most common format for: Text Clip art, animations, icons, logos Simple diagrams, line drawings Graphics with large blocks of a single color Graphics with transparent areas Images displayed on computer screens and on websites. |
| JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group | Does not support animation or transparency Lossy compression. Colors – 16.7 M (24-bit) High quality. Commonly Used For: Desktop publishing photographs Photographs and natural artwork Scanned photographs Emailing photographs Digital camera photographs |
| PNG – Portable Network Graphics | Does not support animation Supports transparency Lossless compression Supports multiple color depths PNG 8 – 8 bit color Small Graphics PNG 24 – 24 bit color Basic Graphics. Commonly Used For: Replacing GIF and TIFF images Online viewing of images |
| TIFF – Tagged Image File Format | Does not support animation or transparency Available in compressed (lossless) and un-compressed formats Compressed is advised Colors – 16 M (24-bit). Commonly Used For: Storage container for faxes and other digital images To store raw bitmap data by some programs and devices such as scanners High resolution printing Desktop Publishing images |
| PDF – Portable Document Format | Open source, platform independent format that embeds fonts, images, layouts, and graphics Allows choice of lossy and lossless compression Supports 16 million colors Viewable with Acrobat Reader, a free program by Adobe. Commonly used for: Sharing files regardless of available software Share files that can be protected from copying or editing Publishing electronic documents and ebooks |
| Vector Graphics | Complete opposite of Raster Graphics |
