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File Format - Animation Courses, Ahmedabad

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

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File Format - Animation Courses, Ahmedabad

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  1. FILE FORMATS By Manushi Shah • Animation Courses, Ahmedabad

  2. What is File Formats? • A file formatis a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a  • computer file. • A File extension sometimes called a file suffix of a filename extension. • Any file's extensions can be renamed but that won't convert the file to another • format or change anything about the file other than this portion of its name. • Many file extensions, especially those used by common image, audio, and video • formats, are usually compatible with more than one program you have installed.

  3. Why are different file types needed? • you know the correct software to use. • The user knows what the file may contain from the file extension. • Searching and sorting files can be done effectively. • The operating system can display appropriate icon. • It is easier to open the appropriate application. • Application programs know how to load up and interpret the data

  4. Types of File Formats

  5. Graphics file Formats • 2 Types of file formats • 1) Raster • 2) Vector

  6. Graphics file Formats • Raster File Formats • Jpeg • Png • Pdf • Raw • Tiff • Tga • Gif • Vector File Formats • Pdf • Eps • Svg

  7. Jpeg stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. • Jpeg is a commonly used method of compression for digital images . • The original JPE Group was organized in 1986. •  issuing the first JPEG standard in 1992. • also the most common format saved by digital cameras. • For web usage, where the amount of data used for an image is important.

  8. Png stands for Joint Portable Network Graphics. • Png is also used of compression. • creating the PNG format was in early 1995. • Pngsupports transference

  9. PNG JPEG

  10. Pdf stands for Portable Document Format. • complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. • PDF was developed in the early 1990s as a way to share computer documents, including text formatting and inline images.

  11. Raw files are named so because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor. • Raw image files are sometimes called digital negatives, as they fulfill the same role as negatives in film photography. • Raw image formats are intended to capture as closely as possible. • RAW file size is much larger that .JPEG files, but is slightly smaller than .TIF files.

  12. Raw Edited Jpeg

  13. Tiff stands for Tag Image File Format. • The first version of the TIFF specification was published by Aldus Corporation in the autumn of 1986. • TIFF is a flexible, adaptable file format for handling images and data within a single file. • TIFF file using edited and re-saved without losing image quality.

  14. Tga stands for Truevision Graphics Adapter. • TGA, often referred to as TARGA. • TARGA is an acronym for Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter. • Tgais a raster graphics file format created by TruevisionInc. • now part of Avid Technology. • Images in the TargaGraphic format might be stored in their raw form or with compression, which might be preferred for icons, line drawings and other simple images. • This format is often seen associated with image files used in video games.

  15. Gif stands for Graphic Interchange Format. • Gifis a file extension for an often animated raster graphics file. • Gif is the second most common image format used on the World Wide Web after JPEG.  • introduced GIF on June 15, 1987. • GIFs can be used for small animations and low-resolution film clips. • GIFs may be used to store low-color data for games.

  16. Eps stands for Encapsulated PostScript. • They're typically used by drawing applications to describe how to produce images, drawings, or layouts. • EPS file can contain text as well as graphics. • EPS is what early versions of the AI format (Adobe Illustrator Artwork) was based on.

  17. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. • is an XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation. • The SVG specification is an open standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999. • SVG allows three types of graphic objects: vector graphic shapes such as paths and outlines consisting of straight lines and curves, bitmap images, and text.

  18. VFX File Formats • Avi • Mov • Mp4 • Mp3 • Wav

  19. Avi stands for Audio Video Interleaved. • AVI is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows software. • Supported Devices : Microsoft devices, Game consoles, but not compatible with Apple devices. • Supported Media Players : Windows Media Player or other Windows-based players.

  20. A file with the MOV file extension is an Apple QuickTime Movie file that's stored in a QuickTime File Format (QTFF) container file. • The format specifies a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data: audio, video, or text • MOV file format developed by Apple computers.

  21. MPEG-4(Moving Picture Experts Group) Part 14 or MP4 is a digital multimedia container format most commonly used to store video and audio, but it can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. • Supported Devices : C, Mac, all kinds of mobile devices as iPhoneiPad Android, etc. • Supported Media Players :  Almost all kinds of media players.

  22. Mp3 is an audio coding format for digital audio. • Compressed File Format. • The MP3 file format revolutionized music distribution in the late 1990s. • Anytime you compress a song, you will lose some of its quality. • Use MP3 files for web pages, web videos, in fact for anything on the Internet.

  23. Waveform Audio File Format, more commonly known as WAV due to its filename extension. • Microsoft and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) originally developed WAV in 1991 for the use within Windows 3.1.  • Wav is a Microsoft and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) audio file format standard for storing an audio on PCs. • Uncompressed file formats. • WAV files are also the right choice for loops to be processed with Flash for web animations.

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