OGG
OGG is a container format developed by Xiph.org in which various media content, such as audio or video elements, graphics or subtitles, can be implemented. The associated compression format is called Vorbis and works lossy because certain frequency ranges that are not perceived by the ear, are filtered out. Compared to a file in mp3 […]
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The file extension m4a (MPEG-4 Audio) is used for compressed audio files, which were created in the container format mp4 or mpeg-4. Unlike these formats, however, M4A files contain only audio data. Based on Apple's QuickTime file format, these documents are often associated with Apple products such as the iPod or the iTunes multimedia software. […]
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In .eps files are encapsulated Postscript files (English: Encapsulated Postscript). For example, .EPS files can contain images, text or vector graphics (similar to pdf), so converting to image formats such as .png is possible, but of course also to .pdf files – for example for printing.
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XCF is the standard file format of the free graphics software GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). Much like the .psd files obtained by Adobe Photoshop .xcf files get information about the various levels, channels, paths, texts and so on. Exporting or converting a .xcf file to another graphic format will result in this information being […]
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The file format TIFF or TIF is a file exchange format used in both print and digital cameras. TIF is the abbreviation of Tagged Image File and is written as a shorter variant of the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), but there are no substantive differences. The TIF format can also support the cyan, magenta […]
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The professional image editing software Photoshop stores files in the format psd, Photoshop Document. These files allow the saving of all work steps and levels and thus provide a lossless access to the entire work on the document. As a matter of principle, it should be stored as PSD while working, and in the last […]
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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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The format Post Script (PS), which was developed in the early 1980s, is one of the standard formats of the American company Adobe. Adobe is the company behind the Acrobat Reader and programs like Photoshop and with the ps format, the foundations for the now more popular format pdf were laid early. PS documents are […]
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