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IDEAS Training Graphics Cheatsheet2013 by David Creamer www.IDEAStraining.c

Choose purpose of graphicPrint Web/Video/Presentations

Raster (Pixel) Vector Raster Vector

Top3Programs Adobe Photoshop

Corel Photo Paint

GIMP (OpenSource)

Adobe Illustrustor

Corel DRAW

Inkscape (OpenSource)

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Fireworks

Adobe Illustrator (via Save

for Web)

Adobe Illustrator (SVG)

Adobe Edge Animate

(HTML5)

Adobe Flash (desktop

only)

ColorM

ode

Line Art: Bitmap mode

Grayscale(aka Black-&-

White Photos)

Color Images:

RGB (preferred) CMYK

Spot Colorvia channels

CMYK

(includes Black-only

and grayscale)

Spot Color

RGB

Profiles:

sRGB for web;

Adobe RGB for other

RGB

Profiles:

sRGB for web;

Adobe RGB for other

Resolution(ppi) Color and Grayscale:

Dependent on printing

method; see PDF

on Understanding

Resolution

Line Art: 600-1500 ppi

N/A Measured by pixel width

and height only; PPI is

notapplicable.

Note: Most programs

default to 72 ppi, but

that is meaningless.

N/A

BestFormat

Formats in order of preference

for each program

InDesign: PSD, PDF, TIFF

Quark: PDF, PDF, TIFF

EPS for duotones

DCS2 for spot colors

FrameMaker: TIFF

MS Office: PNG-24/32

Formats in order of preference

for each program

InDesign: AI, PDF, EPS

Quark: AI, PDF, EPS

FrameMaker: EPS, PDF

MS Office: PNG-24/32 via

export

Web:

Usually JPEG for photosUsually GIF for graphics

PNG for special needs

Video and Presenation:

PNG

Web:

AI: SVGEdge: OAM for InDesig

and Dreamweaver;

HTML5 for other

Flash: SWF or HTML5

Raster Format Limitations for Wide-Format Output

PSD TIFF PNG JPEG

Colors

Dependent on bit levelof photo: 1, 8, 16, and

32. Supports RGB or

CMYKhowever most

devices prefer RGB.

Dependent on bit levelof photo: 1, 8, 16, and

32. Supports RGB or

CMYKhowever most

devices prefer RGB.

Colors dependent on bitlevel. Up to 48-bit (plus

alpha, or transparency,

channel). RGB only.

Colors dependent on bitlevel of photo: 8, 16,

and 32. Note: Lossy col

format. RGB only.

Formula is 2 squared by bit level to get number of colorsper channel. So, 1 bit is 2 colors, 8 bit is 256 colors, 16 is 65,536, 32 is 16,777,216, etc.

FileSize

PSD: 30,000 pixels square;

PSB: 300,000 pixels square

(only Photoshop can

read PSB)

4,294,967,295 pixels

square;

4 GB physical size limit

2,147,483,647 pixels

square

65,536 pixels square;

2 GB physical size limit