Format Whatdoesitstand

for
.Jpg
JointPhotographic
ExpertsGroup

Bitmapor
Vector
Bitmap

.Gif

Graphics
InterchangeFormat

Bitmap

.Tiff

TaggedImageFile
Format

Bitmap

.Png

PortableNetwork
Graphics

Bitmap

.Bmp

Bitmapimage

Bitmap

Description

Size

Theterm"JPEG"isanacronymfor
theJointPhotographicExperts
Group,whichcreatedthestandard.
TheMIMEmediatypeforJPEGis
image/jpeg,exceptinolderInternet
Explorerversions,whichprovidesa
MIMEtypeofimage/pjpegwhen
uploadingJPEGimages.
AnanimatedGIF(Graphics
InterchangeFormat)fileisagraphic
imageonaWebpagethatmoves
forexample,atwirlingiconora
bannerwithahandthatwavesor
lettersthatmagicallygetlarger.In
particular,ananimatedGIFisafilein
theGraphicsInterchangeFormat
specifiedasGIF89athatcontains
withinthesinglefileasetofimages
thatarepresentedinaspecified
order.
Theabilitytostoreimagedataina
losslessformatmakesaTIFFfilea
usefulimagearchive,because,unlike
standardJPEGfiles,aTIFFfileusing
losslesscompression(ornone)may
beeditedandresavedwithoutlosing
imagequality.Thisisnotthecase
whenusingtheTIFFasacontainer
holdingcompressedJPEG.
PNGisalsoalosslessstorageformat.
However,incontrastwithcommon
TIFFusage,itlooksforpatternsinthe
imagethatitcanusetocompressfile
size.Thecompressionisexactly
reversible,sotheimageisrecovered
exactly.GIFcreatesatableofupto
256coloursfromapoolof16million.
Abitmap(oftenspelled"bitmap")
definesadisplayspaceandthe
colourforeachpixelor"bit"inthe

JPEG/JFIFsupportsamaximum
imagesizeof65,53565,535
pixels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J
PEG

ThemaximumfilesizeforGIFs
is200MB1

ThemaximumsizeofTIFFfiles
isdeterminedbythe32Bit
offsetsusedbythisformat.
Thus,thetheoretical
maximumfilesizeofaTIFFfile
shouldbeabout4GB.2

Themaximumartboard
dimensionsare1965ptx
1965pt.3

Preventitfromholdingmore
than4GBytesofpixelsina
singlefile.4

https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=o4qLVpKWINjAbL2ApbAN&gws_rd=ssl#safe=strict&q=gif+maximum
+file+size
2

https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=o4qLVpKWINjAbL2ApbAN&gws_rd=ssl#safe=strict&q=tiff+maximu
m+file+size
3
http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/6622/adobeillustratormaximumartboarddimensions
forpngexport
4
http://www.artwork.com/gerber/vlbv/bmp_support.htm

.Docx

WordMicrosoft
OfficeOpenXML
FormatDocument

Vector

.Pdf

Portabledocument
format

Vector

.Psd

Photoshop
Document

Vector

displayspace.AGraphicsInterchange
FormatandaJPEGareexamplesof
graphicimagefiletypesthatcontain
bitmaps.
A.docxfileisaMicrosoftWordXML
FormatDocumentfile,akindof
MicrosoftWorddocument.Starting
inMicrosoftOffice2007,.docxfiles
arethedefault.Youmayhave
noticedwhenyouopenolder.doc
filesmadeinWord2003thatthey
openedin"CompatibilityMode".
ThePortableDocumentFormat(PDF)
isafileformatusedtopresent
documentsinamannerindependent
ofapplicationsoftware,hardware,
andoperatingsystems.
PSDisaproprietaryfilethatallows
theusertoworkwiththeimages'
individuallayersevenafterthefile
hasbeensaved.Whenanimageis
complete,Photoshopallowstheuser
toflattenthelayersandconvertthe
flatimageintoa.JPG,.GIF,.TIFFor
othernonproprietaryfileformatso
itcanbeshared.

Wordcannotopenthefile
becauseitislargerthan512
megabytes5

There'snoexplicitpage
numberlimitbutthereisa
limitonindirectobjectsof
8,388,607ina32bitPDF
renderingapplication6
ThePSDfileformatlimitis
2GB7

https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=o4qLVpKWINjAbL2ApbAN&gws_rd=ssl#safe=strict&q=maximum+siz
e+docx+file
6
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1041350?start=0&tstart=0
7

http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/please_photoshop_programmers_please_increase
_the_maximum_psb_file_size