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Today’s lesson is allll about file types. Have you ever been asked for a file and it doesn’t open or your not sure which is the type to send. Well this here should help ya out a bit!

There is more than just a jpeg, so Let’s learn about some file types!

First! you should know the difference between:

RASTER- Made up of tiny squares called pixels.

VECTOR- Made of paths allowing them to be scaled large or small.

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.JPEG

• Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group
• This is what your photo files probably are
• Can use online and in print, depending on size
• Can save at a certain size (but is a raster image) 

.EPS

• Encapsulated PostScript File
• Vector file
• Can save in place of .ai file to be able to open in different versions of Adobe
• Can open in multiple platforms

.SVG

• Scalable Vector Graphics
• Vector file
• Similar to an .eps file
• Used more on the web
• Retains the same quality no matter what screen resolution or size they are being looked at on.

.TIFF

• Tagged Image File
• Raster file
• High-quality graphics like photos
• Supports layers and transparent backgrounds
• Can save (and open) from Photoshop

.PDF

• Portable Document Format File
• Can be raster or vector depending on how it was created
• Captures files with text, fonts, images and formatting
• Great for email (mac to pc)
• Can view and edit in Adobe Reader