File Format - Animation Courses, Ahmedabad

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FILE FORMATS

• By Manushi Shah

Animation Courses, Ahmedabad
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What is File Formats?

• A file format is 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.

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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

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Types of File Formats
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Graphics file Formats

• 2 Types of file formats
• 1) Raster
• 2) Vector

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Graphics file Formats

• Raster File Formats
• Jpeg
• Png
• Pdf
• Raw
• Tiff
• Tga
• Gif

• Vector File Formats
• Pdf
• Eps
• Svg

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• 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.

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

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PNG
JPEG
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• 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.

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• 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.

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Raw
Edited Jpeg
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• 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. 

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• Tga stands for Truevision Graphics Adapter.
• TGA, often referred to as TARGA.
• TARGA is an acronym for Truevision Advanced Raster
   Graphics Adapter.
• Tga is a raster graphics file format created
  by Truevision Inc.
• now part of Avid Technology.
• Images in the Targa Graphic 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.

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• Gif stands for Graphic Interchange Format.
• Gif is 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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VFX File Formats

• Avi
• Mov
• Mp4
• Mp3
• Wav

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 iPhone iPad Android, etc.
• Supported Media Players  Almost all kinds of
  media players.

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• Mp3 is an audio coding format for digital audio.
• Compressed File Format.
• The MP3 file format revolutionized music distribut
  ion 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.

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• 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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