topical media & game development

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Web File Formats

research.gsm.cornell.edu/mba/formats.html

Inline Images

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

Developed by CompuServe and uses the LWZ compression algorithm. GIF images support only 8-bit color (256 colors). The 1989 version allows you to create transparent images

JPEF or JPG

Joint Photographic Expert Group

format is also supported by most web browsers. JPEGs support up to 24-bit color (16.8 million colors) and are compressed. JPEGs do not have extensions to allow for transparency.

PNG

Portable Network Graphics

format is a newly proposed format currently under development as a replacement for GIF. Netscape and Mosaic currently support PNG format

PNM, PPM, PBM

Portable Anymap, Portable Pix Map, Portable Bit Map

formats are encountered from developers using the NetPBM package. These formats have not gained an established Web presence (yet).

Inline Audio

AU or SND

Audio / Sound

This is the NeXT/Sun audio format for sound.

AIFF

Audio Interchange File Format.

Developed by Apple for music and sound. It is used by some Silicon Graphics machines.

WAV

Waveform Audio File Format

Developed by Micorsoft and IBM, this format is also known as RIFF WAVE format and is used with windows.

Real Audio

The RA format creates a buffer on the client machine and plays as it downloads... Much better technology!

Inline Movies

MPEG or MPG

Moving Picture Expert Group

This group develops standards for digital video and audio compression. MPEG technology includes many different standards for video and audio technology.

MOV or QT

Movie and QuickTime

Developed by Apple Computer, Inc., this file format is used for the interchange of sequenced data on many platforms.

AVI

Audio Visual Interleaved

A Microsoft product developed for windows - is similar to QuickTime

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Web File Formats

Inline Images

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-gif'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-jpg'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-png'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-pnm'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

Inline Audio

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-au'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-aiff'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-wav'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-ra'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

Inline Movies

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-mpg'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-mov'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');

document.write(' <a href=');if (!slidemode) { document.write('@slide-'); } else { document.write('quote-formats.html#slide-'); } document.write('qf-avi'); if (!slidemode) document.write('.html');document.write('>');