FILE TYPES

FILE TYPES

1. AUDIO

   • .MIDI
     • Musical Instrument Digital Interface, standard file format used by digital instruments (keyboards, guitars, etc.)
   • .MP3
     • Most popular audio file format, standard for downloading and storing music, commonly used for streaming over the Internet
   • .WMA
     • Uses Windows Media Player for audio playback, Microsoft format used for streaming audio files
   • .AAC/.M4A
     • Standard file format for Apple Computers, higher quality sound than .MP3, standard file format used by mobile devices
   • .WAV
     • Standard file format for PCs, native sound format for Windows environment

2. ANIMATION

   • .SWC
     • Contain the project Adobe Animate components, including a compiled movie clip, ActionScript code, and any assets that the component requires
   • .SWF
     • Formerly standard animation format for use on the Internet, can support frame-based or vector animation, supports ActionScript coding, allowing for user interactivity
   • .FLV
     • Video format that uses the Adobe Flash Player code for playback, common format for embedded video on the internet
   • .FLA
     • Native project file used by Adobe Flash which preserves the project’s layers, scenes, and library for future editing

3. WEB

   • Javascript
     • An object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.
   • Flash
     • A flash file system is a file system designed for storing files on flash memory–based storage devices.
   • .PhP
     • Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development.
   • Html
     • Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages
   • CSS
     • Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language like HTML.

4. GRAPHICS

   • .TIFF
     • Versatile graphic file type that can use a variety of color formats, works best for desktop publishing or print work
   • .SVG
     • An XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation
   • .JPEG
     • Most common graphic file format, full color graphic format (16.7 million colors) with a relatively small file size
   • .AI
     • Native file type used by Adobe Illustrator, allows for future editing
   • .PNG
     • Supports advanced transparency with a relatively average file size, can be interlaced, optimizing for internet use
   • .GIF
     • Indexed color format (256 colors) which supports simple transparency layer
   • .PSD
     • Native file type used by Adobe Photoshop, does not compress layers of a design, allowing for future editing

5. VIDEO

   • .MPEG-4
     • Format used for Blu-Ray Discs (better quality than MPEG-2), standard for streaming videos over the Internet
   • .WMV
     • Uses the Windows Media Player for video playback, Microsoft file format used for streaming on the Internet
   • .MOV
     • Uses the Quicktime player for video playback, standard video format for Apple computers
   • .AVI
     • Standard video format for Microsoft PCs
   • .MPEG-2
     • Format used for DVDs