Types of Design files
Design Source Files
Extension | Description | Software |
PSD | Photoshop Document | Adobe Photoshop |
AI | Illustrator Document | Adobe Illustrator |
Indd | Presentation and multipage Document | Adobe InDesign |
TTF, OTF | Font files format | All Systems support* |
*OTF not always supported by Apple
Images Files
Extension | Description | Software |
JPG | Static image | All Systems support |
PNG | Static image with transparent background | All Systems support |
GIF | Animated image | All Systems support |
TIFF | Large image format | Design & special programs |
Documents Files
Extension | Description | Software |
Portable Document Format | All Systems support | |
DOC | Document file format | All Systems support |
PPT | Presentation Document | All Systems support |
Exl | Present tables of values arranged in rows and columns | Microsoft Excel |
Video Files
Extension | Description | Software |
MP4 | Container for: Audio, video and text | All Systems support |
MPG | Digital video compression | All Systems support |
AVI | Windows system video | Needs AVI player to run on Apple system |
MOV | Apple system video | Needs MOV player to run on windows system |
