GIF
The gif file format has experienced a real comeback in recent years and is now one of the more commonly used formats on the Internet. Originally, the Graphics Interchange Format was developed to store compact image files with transparencies as a sequence of images and also to be able to play them at slower connection […]
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The Nikon Electronic Format (NEF) is a raw format from Nikon digital cameras used to store the Japanese manufacturer's digital negative cameras. NEF files work with a significantly higher color depth than comparable JPEGs (12 or 14 bits, instead of 8 bits) and offer greater flexibility than comparable RAW formats such as TIFF. As a […]
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RAW is a file format that is also considered a digital negative. At first, raw only specifies a certain raw data format in which images or videos are either not compressed at all, loss-free or lossy, in order to allow as flexible a postprocessing as possible. Different camera manufacturers rely on RAW format on different […]
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Like the regular JPEG, JPEG 2000 was developed as a format by the Joint Photographic Experts Group and published in late 2000. But unlike .jpg, the JPEG 2000 can also create lossless compressions and has been specially developed for raster graphics. Since the JPEG 2000 files can also store different metadata, these allow easy and […]
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WDP files are image files (especially digital photos) in a format developed by Microsoft known as JPEG XR (eXtended Range), but also known as HD Photo or Windows Media Photo . Apart from Microsoft Windows, the support is rather poor to moderate, so sometimes a conversion to another format – for example, jpg – makes […]
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The ai file extension is used by Adobe Illustrator, a vector graphics editor. As a proprietary file format, the ai (Adobe Illustrator Artwork) format is maintained by Adobe Systems. However, it is based on the non-proprietary eps and pdf formats (ai files may be saved with the option of either pdf or postscript compatibility). As […]
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The cdr file extension is used for more than one file type. In most cases though, a cdr file will contain a CorelDraw Image saved in the CDR graphics format, a proprietary format for storing vector graphics. Besides CorelDraw and other programs from the Corel suite, cdr image files can be opened e.g. with Adobe […]
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The pptx file extension is used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and younger to store presentations. Earlier versions of PowerPoint use the ppt extension. Opening a pptx file launches the PowerPoint software in editor mode. There is another format, ppsx, that will start the slide show presentation right away. A pptx file is a zip-compressed package […]
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The docx file extension is used by Microsoft Word Documents that have been saved in the Open XML Format, which Microsoft has developed for their Office suite. DOCX is the default way Microsoft Word saves documents for version 2007 and up of the text processing software. Earlier Word versions use doc as their default file […]
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MPEG-1 or mpeg-2 Audio Layer III, mostly known as mp3 or MP3, designates a format for coding digital audio data. MP3 still ranks among the most popular formats for storing audio data. In the early 80s, the German Fraunhofer Institut developed MP3 as a lossy format compared to Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA): Compression rate […]
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