Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

Preface PART One: Overview Chapter 1. Introduction The Basics Graphics Files Graphics Data Types of Graphics File Formats Elements of a Graphics File Converting Formats Compressing Data Format Summary. Chapter 2. Computer Graphics Basics Pixels and Coordinates Pixel Data and Palettes Color Overlays and Transparency For Further Information. Chapter 3. Bitmap Files How Bitmap Files Are Organized Header Examples of Bitmap Headers Bitmap Data Footer Other Bitmap File Data Structures Other Bitmap File Features Pros and Cons of Bitmap File Formats. Chapter 4. Vector Files Vector Versus Bitmap Files What Is Vector Data? Vector Files and Device Independence Sources of Vector Format Files How Vector Files Are Organized Vector File Size Issues Scaling Vector Files Text in Vector Files Pros and Cons of Vector Files. Chapter 5. Metafiles Platform Independence? How Metafiles Are Organized Pros and Cons of Metafiles. Chapter 6. Platform Dependencies Byte Order File Size and Memory Limitations Floating-Point Formats Bit Order Filenames For Further Information. Chapter 7. Format Conversion Is It Really Possible? Don't Do It If You Don't Need to ... ...But If You Do Other Format Conversion Considerations. Chapter 8. Working With Graphics Files Reading Graphics Data Writing Graphics Data Test Files Corruption of Graphics Files Encryption of Graphics Files Viruses in Graphics Files Designing Your Own Format Writing a File Format Specification Trademarks, Patents, and Copyrights. Chapter 9. Data Compression Data Compression Terminology Pixel Packing Run-Length Encoding (RLE) Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) Compression CCITT (Huffman) Encoding JPEG Compression JBIG Compression ART Compression Fractal Image Compression For Further Information About Data Compression. Chapter 10. Multimedia Beyond Traditional Graphics File Formats Multimedia File Formats Types of Data For Further Information PART Two: Graphics File Formats Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Atari ST Graphics Formats AutoCAD DXF Autodesk 3D Studio BDF BRL-CAD BUFR CALS Raster CGM CMU Formats DKB Dore Raster File Format DPX Dr. Halo DVM Movie Encapsulated PostScript FaceSaver FAX Formats FITS FLI GEM Raster GEM VDI GIF GRASP GRIB Harvard Graphics Hierarchical Data Format IFF IGES Inset PIX Intel DVI JPEG File Interchange Format Kodak Photo CD Kodak YCC Lotus DIF Lotus PIC Lumena Paint Macintosh Paint Macintosh PICT Microsoft Paint Microsoft RIFF Microsoft RTF Microsoft SYLK Microsoft Windows Bitmap Microsoft Windows Metafile MIFF MPEG MTV NAPLPS NFF OFF OS/2 Bitmap P3D PBM, PGM, PNM, and PPM PCX PDS Pictor PC Paint Pixar RIB Plot-10 PNG POV Presentation Manager Metafile PRT QRT QuickTime Radiance Rayshade RIX RTrace SAF Sense8 NFF SGI Image File Format SGI Inventor SGI YAODL SGO SPIFF Sun Icon Sun Raster TDDD TGA TIFF TTDDD uRay Utah RLE VICAR2 VIFF VIS-5D Vivid and Bob Wavefront OBJ Wavefront RLA WordPerfect Graphics Metafile XBM XPM XWD ZBR PART Three: Appendices Appendix A. Graphics Files and Resources on the Internet Encoding of Graphics Files Email USENET News Mailing Lists FTP Archives Archie The World Wide Web (WWW) Internet Graphics Resources For Further Information Appendix B. Graphics Files and Resources on the Commercial Services CompuServe America Online Bulletin Board Systems Appendix C. Installation and Setup Using the CD-ROM Installing GFF Removing GFF Which Browsers Can I Use? Accessing Software on the CD-ROM How Does GFF Work? Customizing GFF Glossary Index