Format | Usage |
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Photoshop | Uses a PSD (Photoshop) format (the default), which saves layers, channels, notes, and color profiles. |
BMP | Uses a BMP (Bitmap) format. |
CompuServe GIF | Uses a GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) format, which is used for clipart and text for the Web. A format for images on the Web that only use 256 colors. GIF's compress images by selectively disregarding color and repeating simple patterns. It supports transparency and animation. |
Photoshop EPS | Uses a EPS (Encapsulated PostScript Format) format, which saves vector information - i.e. paths. |
Large Document Format | Uses a PSB (Photoshop) format (for CS and CS2 only), which is used for saving documents up to 300,000 pixels in any dimension; this useful for saving High Dynamic Range images. |
JPEG | Uses a JPG or JPEG (Joint Photographers Expert Group) format. A compression method used to reduce the size of image files primarily for the Web. |
PCX | Uses a PCX (PC Paintbrush bitmap) format, which is used primarily in PC formats. |
Photoshop PDF | Uses a PDF (Portable Document File) format, which creates a file that can be read by anyone who has a PDF reader program (such as Adobe). |
Photoshop 2.0 | Uses a PSD (Photoshop Document File) format, which is used to strip a file of all layers, an creates a flattened composite image. |
Photoshop RAW | Uses a RAW format that is used for saving and transferring files between programs and computer platforms. |
PICT File | Uses a PICT format that is used for the Macintosh operating system. |
PICT Resource | Uses the PICT Resource format that lets you save the file that can be used as a Mac image resource. |
Pixar | Uses the Pixar format for images that are high-end animation, and 3-D rendering programs. |
PNG | Uses the PNG (Portable Network Graphic) format. This is used for saving images onto the Web that supports up to 16 million colors and 256 levels of transparency. |
PBM | Uses the PBM (Portable Bit Map) format, which supports monochrome bitmaps (1 bit per channel), and is part of a family of bitmap formats supported by most applications. |
Scitex CT | Uses the SCT (Continuous Tone) format in high-end Scitex image-rendering computers. |
Targa | Uses a Targa format for high-end image editing on the Windows platform. |
TIFF | Uses a TIFF or TIF Tagged Image File) format. This can be opened by almost any image-editing or layout program. a common format for printing and saving flat images without losing quality. |
Photoshop DCS 1.0 & 2.0 | Uses a DCS (Digital Color Separation) format. This is used by press operators to create the plates used in 4-color printing. |