Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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Digital Negative format (DNG)
Digital Negative (DNG) is a file format that contains the raw image data from a digital camera and metadata that defines what the data means.
DNG, Adobe’s publicly available, archival format for camera raw files, is designed to provide compatibility and decrease the current proliferation of
camera raw file formats. The Camera Raw plug-in can save camera raw image data in the DNG format. For more information about the Digital
Negative (DNG) file format, visit www.adobe.com and search on the term “Digital Negative.” You’ll find comprehensive information and a link to a
user forum.
BMP format
BMP is a standard Windows image format on DOS and Windows-compatible computers. BMP format supports RGB, Indexed Color, Grayscale,
and Bitmap color modes. You can specify either Windows or OS/2® format and a bit depth of 8 bits/channel. For 4-bit and 8-bit images using
Windows format, you can also specify RLE compression.
BMP images are normally written bottom to top; however, you can select the Flip Row Order option to write them from top to bottom. You can also
select an alternate encoding method by clicking Advanced Modes. (Flip Row Order and Advanced Modes are most relevant to game programmers
and others using DirectX®.)
Cineon format
Developed by Kodak, Cineon is a 10-bits-per-channel digital format suitable for electronic composition, manipulation, and enhancement. Using the
Cineon format, you can output back to film with no loss of image quality. The format is used in the Cineon Digital Film System, which transfers
images originated on film to the Cineon format and back to film.
DICOM format
The DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) format is commonly used for the transfer and storage of medical images, such as
ultrasounds and scans. DICOM files contain both image data and headers, which store information about the patient and the medical image. You
can open, edit, and save DICOM files in Photoshop Extended.
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is the file format commonly used to display indexed-color graphics and images in Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML) documents over the World Wide Web and other online services. GIF is an LZW-compressed format designed to minimize file size and
electronic transfer time. GIF format preserves transparency in indexed-color images; however, it does not support alpha channels.
IFF
IFF (Interchange File Format) is a general-purpose data storage format that can associate and store multiple types of data. IFF is portable and has
extensions that support still-picture, sound, music, video, and textual data. The IFF format includes Maya IFF and IFF (formerly Amiga IFF).
JPEG format
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