GRA 323 Lecture Notes - Adobe Indesign, Gif, Alpha Compositing

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Graphic Communications
• Course: GRA 323
• Professor: Natalia L

Document Summary

How to choose a le format: colour needed, le size needed, nal output, vector vs. raster. Native application file formats: ai: adobe illustrator, psd: adobe photoshop, indd: adobe indesign, qxd: quarkxpress, pdf: portable document format. Ai: for illustrations, unlimited colours, le size dependent on le complexity. Psd: for photographs (raster images, when creating artwork use for printing as opposed to drawing, large le size. Indd & qxd: for bringing together illustrations, photos & text, links to all resources for small le size, quark was once the standard (now indesign) Image formats: images are used in a variety of digital outputs, on screens, for print, on mobile devices, etc, common image le types for print, tiff, eps, raw, common image le types for web, gif, jpeg, png, svg. Jpeg: joint photographic experts group, online publishing of photographic images, the most common le format in use.