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Digital Graphics File Formats: Katie Hair
Digital Graphics File Formats: Katie Hair
Digital Graphics File Formats: Katie Hair
File Formats
Katie Hair
Raster Graphics
Vector Graphics
Raster Graphics
JPEG
Stands For
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
TIFF
Stands For
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
GIF
Stands For
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
Stands For
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
BMP
Vector Graphics
PSD
Stands For
Photoshop document
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
AI
Stands For
Adobe Illustrator
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
FLA
Stands For
Flash File
Used For/Example
Advantage
Disadvantage
WMF
Stands For
Used For/Example
Windows Metafiles
WMFs are similar to AI files but
are a lot older and mostly only
used for Logos and clipart files.
Advantage
Disadvantage
File Format
Capture and
Optimising
Compression
Definition
Advantage
Disadvantage
Image Capture
Method
How is it used for image
capture of graphics
Method
How is it used for image
capture of graphics
Scanner
Scanners give the user the ability
to digitise a physical image or
media product. They are used by
scanning the image and sending
the information to a computer to
be saved or edited as desired.
Camera
Cameras are used to take digital
photographs which can then be
downloaded to a computer via a
SD card.
Method
Graphics Tablet
Optimising
Advantage to optimising
Disadvantage to optimising
Storage
File Size
What could affect a Working
Scale (Photoshop) document
file size?
What is an advantage of
scaling up images before
Asset Management
Why would you use folders
when storing your assets?