GDI
GDI
GDI Graphics Device Interface
bitmap
One can import both vector and raster/bitmap image formats into InDesign.
BMP is the three letter file extension for Bitmap images. There are several commen picture and image file formats. Bitmap images or the highest quality and take up more space then other file formats.
Windows Metafile Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s. Windows Metafiles are intended to be portable between applications and may contain both vector and bitmap components. In contrast to raster formats such as JPEG and GIF which are used to store bitmap graphics such as photographs, scans and graphics, Windows Metafiles generally are used to store line-art, illustrations and content created in drawing or presentation applications. Most Windows clipart is in the WMF format.
A bitmap ( BMP ) is a file format used in windows based systems. It is a very basic file, and usually quite small ( due to lack of quality ) in comparison to JPEG files or other more common formats.
They are generally created as a JPG but you can convert them to other formats.
The image on the sensor isn't any image format, when this analogue data is put through the A/D converter and saved they are saved in a bitmap container (Jpeg and Raw (NEF, CR2, PEF Etc.) are all bitmap formats) all images are either a bitmap or a vector graphic, out of the camera they are bitmap, but the data in the file can be opened as a Vector Graphic in some programs.
.jpg -common for most normal pictures .bmp -short for bitmap .png -similar to bitmap, allow transparency effects .gif -typically used for animated images, also allows transparency
it is a 'bitmap' image file used mainly by the windows operating system.
it is a 'bitmap' image file used mainly by the windows operating system.