Adobe illustrator 10 User Manual

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Targa (TGA) format The TGA format is designed for use on systems that use the 
Truevision
®
 video board. If you are saving artwork in this format, you have the option of 
choosing the resolution and color depth you want.
Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF) TIFF is used to exchange files between applications 
and computer platforms. TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format that is supported by 
virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications. Also, virtually all desktop 
scanners can produce TIFF images.
TIFF supports RGB, CMYK, and grayscale color models. It also supports LZW compression, 
a lossless compression method that does not discard detail from the image.
When you export Illustrator artwork in TIFF, you can choose an RGB, CMYK, or grayscale 
color model and define the image resolution. To compress the file to a smaller size 
automatically, click the LZW Compression option.
Windows Meta File (WMF) format The Windows Meta File format is an intermediate 
exchange format for 16-bit Windows applications. WMF format is supported by almost all 
Windows drawing and layout programs. It has limited vector graphics support, and 
wherever possible EMF format should be used in place of WMF format.