Formats: PSD AI Indd Jpeg PNG Gif PDF Tiff Eps SVG
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Learn the differences between file formats used by Graphic Designers for Print and Web purposes
PSD AI INDD JPEG PNG GIF PDF TIFF EPS SVG
Print Working, native file formats of the
main Adobe design applications. HIGH RESOLUTION: 300 DPI
They can be exported as various files
Web
formats for web and print.
Recommended for high quality
prints such as magazine and
Scalable N/A billboards
Editable
LOW RESOLUTION - 72 DPI
Animation Recommended for web and
mobile
Loses Quality N/A
Vector N/A
Raster N/A
PSD - Adobe Photoshop Document JPEG - Joint Photographics Expert PDF - Portable Document Format SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
is the default file format in Adobe Group is mainly used for web are read-only documents that is a vector image file format
Photoshop due to its small file size. It is also preserve the layout of a page. specifically created to work for
commonly used for photography, Recommended for high-quality digital applications (websites,
AI - Adobe Illustrator Document however Camera RAW offers more printing. mobile, etc.)
is the default file format in Adobe editablity.
Illustrator TIFF - Tagged Image File Format Vector images do not lose quality
PNG - Portable Network Graphics Recommended for high-quality print when they are scaled up. You don’t
INDD - Adobe InDesign Document is best for an image with a projects such as billboards. Similar have to worry about resolution.
is the default file format in Adobe transparent background and to PSD files in most aspects.
InDesign. Pay attention to linked recommended for the web only. In contrast, Raster images appear
images and fonts as they are not ESP - Encapsulated PostScript File pixelated (blurry) when you scale
embedded into the INDD. It is best GIF - Graphics Interchange Format Ideal for Logo Design or anything them up. When working with them,
to save your work as an InDesign is best for short animations and requires scaling up without losing both for print and web, you need to
Package. recommended for the web only. quality. pay attention to their resolution.
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IMAGE File formats
Learn the differences between commonly used Photoshop image file formats!
Main file format attributes:
PSD PSB TIFF JPEG PNG GIF PDF EPS BMP WBMP
Layers
Alpha channels
Spot channels
Clipping paths Mac only
Transparency
Color profile
Dither
Embedded XMP metadata
Control Compression
Options specific to file formats:
PSB - Large Document Format PDF - Portable Document Format EPS - Encapsulated Post-Script
- max number of pixels is 300.000 by 300.000 - can be secured to view but not print and/or copying - when opened in Photoshop the vector data is rasterized
- Photoshop CS and later can open it content - encoding options are ASCII, Binary and JPEG
- text layers are maintained provided Preserve Editing - DCS 2.0 is a version of EPS
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group Capabilities is selected
- Progressive - enables low quality quick preview in the
TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
browser and image is downloaded in multiple passes PNG - Portable Network Graphics - three compression methods (LZW, Zip and JPEG)
- Save for Web > Blur can reduce the file size - PNG-8 supports dither, PNG-24 does not - maximum image size is 4 GB
- lossy compression (quality setting on a scale - Interlace - file size is increased and image is downloaded - can save high dynamic range images (HDR) as 32-bits per
of 13, 0 to 12, with 12 being the highest quality and in multiple passes channel files
biggest file size)
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