Instruction manual

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F. Native Files
Native files are proprietary formats specific to particular graphics programs.
• The PICT format is native to the Macintosh. It is great for presentations,
screen displays, and video work.
• EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files are the standard format for storing
high-resolution PostScript illustrations. The EPS format allows both Mac
and Windows users to save bit-mapped screen representations of screen
images. These previews, however, don’t travel well across platforms. A
drawing saved in EPS format can be imported into other documents and
scaled and cropped, but its contents are often no longer editable, even by
the program that created it.
• A PSD file is the native file format for Adobe Photoshop; a file saved in
this manner can only be opened and edited in Photoshop. However, the
user has the option to save the file in a variety of other formats that are
readable in both the Mac and PC environment.
• A PSP file is the native file format for Jasc Paintshop. Like PSD, the user
has the option to save this file in a variety of other formats that are
readable in both the Mac and PC environment.