file types

file types

1. Audio

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

2. Animation

   • .FLV
     • Video format that uses the Adobe Flash Player code for playback, common format for embedded video on the internet
   • .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
   • .FLA
     • Native project file used by Adobe Flash which preserves the project’s layers, scenes, and library for future editing

3. web

   • .HTML
     • "Hypertext" refers to the hyperlinks that an HTML page may contain.
   • .FLASH
     • Flash allows Web developers to incorporate animations and interactive content into their websites
   • .PHP
     • Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development.
   • .JAVASCRIPT
     • an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.
   • .CSS
     • Cascading style sheets are used to format the layout of Web pages. They can be used to define text styles, table sizes, and other aspects of Web pages that previously could only be defined in a page's HTML.

4. video

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

5. graphic

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