There have also been non-proprietary file formats intended to allow easy interchange between different programs and different production sites – PDF, JPEG and TIFF are the most common. Each would have its own native file format, with a unique file name extension such as AI, INDD, PSD, QXP. Over the years since then, a great number of design and production programs have been introduced, flourished and either survive to this day or died off along the way. More than three decades have passed since Apple introduced the “desktop Publishing System,” kicking off a revolution that put computers in the hands of creative designers instead of the specialised compositors, scanner operators and retouchers that had previously done the production side of origination for print.Ĭaption: This sample vector file can be saved in a variety of file formats, including. This is the first part of the FESPA guide to print file formats. Simon Eccles provides a three part practical guide to file formats for print.

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