Images

.gif 1. Full form Graphics Interchange Format

Raster 2. It is a graphics file format popularized by CompuServe.
3. GIF files are encoded, 256 color (8-bit) images which use a lossless compression technique
4. It can be opened by almost all graphics programs including xv, Lview, and Photoshop.
.jpg 1. Joint Photographic Experts Group
.jpeg 2. Files are true color (16.7 million colors, or 24-bit) images that are compressed using a lossy
.jfif compression algorithm called JPEG.
Raster 3. This means that files may degrade in quality when they are JPEG encoded. However, this
degradation is not noticeable for most scanned photographs and images with smoothly
colored areas.
4. Do not use JPEG encoding on line art or cartoon images.
5. JPEG files are significantly smaller than most other formats and can be opened and saved
with many graphics programs on all platforms.
.ps .eps 1. Postscript (PS), Encapsulated Postscript (EPS), and Encapsulated Postscript with preview
.epsi image (EPSI)
Vector 2. They are mainly used to store printed or printable documents and are in widespread use.
.pdf 1. Portable Document Format and is created by Adobe Acrobat.
2. An Enhancement of the Postscript language
3. PDF files contain all the same text and page layout information but can include many
WWW features such as images, links, and heading references.
4. PDF files can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat software.
.tif, .tiff 1. Tagged Image File Format
Raster 2. These files are uncompressed true color images.
3. Most graphics programs allow you to store TIFFs with compression. These files can be
opened by many graphics programs including xv, Lview, and Photoshop
.tga 1. Targa files
Raster 2. These files like TIFFs, are uncompressed true color (24-bit) images.
3. They can be opened by many graphics programs including xv, Lview, and Photoshop
.pict 1. A PICT file is a standard Macintosh image file format
Raster 2. Can be a raster image or a vector image, depending on the program that created it.
or 3. Most Macintosh applications will open them.
Vector
.bmp 1. Windows Bitmap files.
Raster 2. They are usually 8-bit color images (256 colors)
3. It can be viewed by many programs including Windows Paintbrush.
4. BMP files can be used as backgrounds for the Windows desktop
.pcx 1. A PCX is a Zsoft paint file.
Raster 2. PCXs are openable by Windows Paintbrush
.pbm 1. Portable Bitmap, Portable Pixmap, and Portable Graymap are all file formats used by the
.ppm PBMtools set of Unix graphics utilities.
.pgm 2. Most commonly used on Unix workstations
Raster 3. They are openable by Photoshop in addition to xv.
.psd 1. It is an Adobe Photoshop graphic file.
Raster 2. They are openable on Pentium and Macintosh systems by Adobe Photoshop.
.cvs 1. A CVS is a vector graphic file format and is openable by Canvas.
Vector
.cgm 1. Computer Graphics Metafile
Vector 2. It can be opened by Canvas and ClarisDraw.
.wpg 1. WordPerfect graphics file
Raster 2. It can be opened with Lview.
.wmf 1. Windows MetaFiles
Raster 2. Files can be opened by Canvas.
.xpm, 1. X PixMap or X bitmap files are usually small files used in the X Window System.
.xbm
Raster
 Movies
.avi 1. Audio Video Interleave (avi)is a file format developed by Microsoft and primarily used in
Windows.
2. AVIs are compressed movies that can be viewed in Windows environments with Media
Player and on Unix workstations with xanim.
.flc, .fli 1. An FLC is an Autodesk Flick movie and is a raw, uncompressed series of frames.
2.They take up more space than other formats, but the image quality is higher.
3. You can play them within Windows with Media Player.
.mov, 1. Any of these file extensions means that the file is an Apple Quicktime movie.
.MooV, 2. Applications that can view QuickTime video include: Simple Text, WordPerfect, and
.qt Microsoft Word.
3. Flattened QuickTime video clips can be viewed on Unix workstations with xanim and on
IBM-compatible personal computers with Media Player.
.mpg, 1. MPEG files use the MPEG-1 video compression routine, a universal protocol for creating
.mpeg and displaying time coded data created by the Motion Picture Experts Group.
2. MPEG video clips can be viewed with mpeg_play on Unix workstations, Sparkle on
Macintoshes, and MPEG_PLAY on IBM-compatible personal computers.
Sound Files
Similar to image formats, audio files can either store a digital sampling of the sound wave (sound files,
like a raster image) or contain a digital encoding of the type, shape, and timing of all the notes used in
the composition (music files, like vector images).
.au 1. An AU is an audio sound file native to Sun workstations.
2. It is playable by wplany on Pentium computers or with Netscape's built-in AU player.
.iff 1. An IFF is a sound file playable on Pentium computers with wplany and on Unix
workstations with xanim.
.mid, 1. MIDI files can be played with the Windows MIDI sequencer.
.rmi 2. They are music files that conform to the MIDI standard.
3. You can play them with Media Player on the Pentium computers, or load them into
MusicProse or Finale on a Macintosh.
.mod 1. A MOD file is a music file format originally from the Commodore Amiga, but which is now
popular on IBM-compatible computers.
.qt 1. A QuickTime movie can contain just sound and no video.
2. You can play the .qt audio file on any program that can play QuickTime.
.snd 1. An SND is a Macintosh clickable sound format.
2. It is playable on any Macintosh and on Pentium computers with wplany.
.voc 1. VOC (voice) files were originally popularized by Creative Labs.
2. They are sound files similar to WAV.
3. These files are openable on Pentium computers with wplany.
.wav 1. WAV (wave) files are Microsoft's native audio sound format.
2. WAV files can include 8-bit or 16-bit sound, in mono or stereo.
3. They can be played on Pentium computers with Media Player and wplany
Music software packages such as MusicProse and Finale, can also be used to compose music, but they
use their own proprietary music formats.