Multimedia file formats

Your task: find out about as many different image and video file formats as you can.

Form groups of 2 or 3. Using http://google.com an other resources, create a table comparing different image and video file formats in terms of size, platorm (IBM/PC), application(s), quality, purposes, and (if applicable) educational use in K-12 schools. You should be able to find at least 20 image formats and at least 10 video formats.

Find an image in "tiff" format on the web. (You can use this one.) Using Adobe Photoshop Elements, save the image in as many file formats as you can. You may need to use the "image" menu to convert to different types of images before you "save as." Make notations on your table about what you discover during this process.

Also, write definitions of the following terms as you work:

• bitmap
• vector
• pixel
• resolution
• compression
• lossless
• lossy
• palette
• grayscale
• web-safe
• RGB
• CMYK
• Indexed color