File formats

This section of the site deals with some common prepress related file formats besides PostScript and PDF. Most of these are generic file formats. In recent years, a lot of users have started to incorporate native file formats, such as Photoshop PSD and Illustrator AI, in their designs. Check out this tread for more information on this. This trend which is actively promoted by Adobe means that the file formats listed below are now less frequently used for many applications.

Bitmap versus vector graphics

Some of the above file formats are used to store bitmap data and some carry vector data. Some file formats can even mix both types of data in one single file. Check this page to learn more about the difference between bitmap and vector data.

19 February 2009

3 Responses to “File formats”

  1. Mr. Aris E. Hachero says:

    What special software do I need to read an ESP file?

    • Laurens says:

      Check the page on the EPS file format for some references to software to handle EPS-files. It is not entirely clear to me what you mean by ‘read EPS-files’? Do you mean ‘import’ or ‘view’?

  2. Samizafar says:

    i have some eps file and i want to import them into a corel draw. i can convert them to eps format in adobe illustrator CS4 but while converting this word document into the eps, the images havent the first quality. how i can import this documents without quality losses?
    thanks alot…

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