TIFF traces its origins to the 1980 where it was proposed as a standard for the emerging desktop scanner market. Originally, it was a simple format and could only understand black & white. Now, it is a robust format which handles high color, greyscale and large...
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Microsoft Native Graphic Formats
Currently, Microsoft supports a variety of graphics formats in their Windows Imaging Component which provides a framework for working with images and image metadata. The standard image formats are TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, ICO and HDPhoto. A single, consistent set of...
BMP
The BMP format is the native image format for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Historically it was an important format in productivity and publishing applications but has been displaced by more compact, efficient and portable formats such as JPEG, PNG and TIFF....
Gannett – EPS to JPEG
Tranforming Classified Ads Gannett is the publisher of USA Today and a leading media and marketing company. They employs digital technology and services to reach millions of people everyday through Web and mobile media. For a newspaper industry project,...
JPEG Format
JPEG format, or JPG, is a widely-used raster graphics format in print and on-line. It is also the most common format for still digital camera output. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, Today, the JPEG format is an open standard format that is jointly...
NXP – EPS to GIF
NXP Semiconductors, makers of high performance, mixed signal semiconductors, uses PDF FLY Server to convert EPS technical graphics to GIF images for Web viewing.
GE – PostScript to GIF, JPEG
Images for Web-based Repair Manuals GE Aviation, the world's leading producer of both large and small jet engines, runs PDF FLY Server as part of an automated EMC Documentum platform + Epic XML publishing flow. PDF FLY produces Web images from UniGraphics drawings and...
GIF Format
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a raster output format. Although still widely used for animations, it's been replaced by PNG for static images. It's a good format for graphics with sharp borders and distinct color transitions It's used for logos, line-art and...
BlueMatrix – PDF to PNG and SVG
Pumping Graphics for Financial Reports BlueMatrix, makers of leading solutions to publish and disseminate financial research on-line to subscribers, uses PDF Server with SVG and Image output modules on LINUX as part of its state-of-the-art research platform for both...
SRI – PDF to HPGL
The SRI Corporation was once part of Stanford University and is now one of the world’s most diverse independent R&D organizations. SRI provides superior support to a diverse customer base in Manufacturing & Sourcing, Engineering & Services and Consulting...
Renishaw – PostScript to HPGL
Renishaw is a world leader in machine tool automation, co-ordinate measurement, additive manufacturing, gauging, Raman spectroscopy, machine calibration, position feedback, CAD/CAM dentistry, shape memory alloys, large scale surveying, stereotactic neurosurgery, and...
HPGL Format Overview
HPGL and HPGL/2 are plotter languages developed by Hewlett Packard to drive their broad range of plotting devices. In the early days, files were both printed and saved as HPGL files and it is often seen as an archive format for legacy systems. Today it is less often...