02.10 / Interesting start to the year for us, not what we expected. Has been a long hot summer, no wind, no rain! We like the rain... keeps things growing and the farmers happy. Still too much email, dunno what to do about that. A bit of back-country fishing has kept us sane. Next: a word about social networking sites...
Common file formats explained
.pdf (Portable Document Format)
A much simplified version of PostScript allowing for files containing multiple pages and links. Works with Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe eBook Reader. Can also be opened or placed into Photoshop, FreeHand and Illustrator.
.tiff / .tif (Tagged Image File Format)
Used extensively for traditional print graphics. Lossy and non-lossy compression available, but many programs only support a subset of available options.
.ai (Adobe Illustrator Document)
Vector format for Adobe Illustrator.
.fh (Macromedia FreeHand Document)
Vector format for Macromedia FreeHand.
.eps (Encapsulated PostScript)
A PostScript file that describes a small vector graphic, as opposed to a whole page or set of pages.
.jpeg / jpg (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
Used extensively for photos on the web. Uses lossy compression; the quality can vary greatly depending on the compression settings.
.psd (Photoshop Document)
Standard Adobe format for Photoshop documents. Has many extra features such as image layering. Supported by very few programs other than Adobe Photoshop.
.gif (Graphics Interchange Format)
Used extensively on the web, but sometimes avoided due to patent issues. Supports animated images. Supports only 255 colors per frame, so requires lossy quantization for full-color photos; using multiple frames can improve color precision. Uses non-lossy, patented LZW compression. This patent expired in 2003.
.png (Portable Network Graphics)
Non-lossy compressed bitmap image format, originally designed to replace the use of GIF on the web. Free of the patent, which expired in 2003, associated with GIF.
.bmp (Windows Bitmap)
Commonly used by Microsoft Windows programs, and the Windows operating system itself. Lossless compression can be specified, but some programs use only uncompressed files.
.swf (Flash)
Flash is a web page plug-in that displays vector based animations contained in SWF files. Several applications can create SWF files; these include the Flash authoring tool from Macromedia.
.fla (Flash Source File)
Shockwave Flash source file, only usable by Macromedia Flash authoring software.
.dxf (ASCII Drawing Interchange)
Standard ASCII text files used to store vector data for CAD programs.
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A couple of sites of interest;
The perils of the '24/7' life
Read A List Apart article
Still using IE? For goodness sake...
www.mozilla.com/firefox
BBC Radio Podcast Directory
www.bbc.co.uk
Best NZ weather resource online
www.metvuw.co.nz
An oldie but a goodie. Scary stuff.
www.theyrule.net
If nothing else, listen to this...
National Radio, 22/6/09 (mp3)
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