Graphics File Formats is a comprehensive guide to the file formats used in computer graphics and related areas. It discusses implementation and design of file formats in a readable style focusing on the basic issues important for the evaluation or development of file formats, including data types design goals color data organization data encoding data compression classification and conversion The second part of the book provides summaries of over 50 graphics file formats in commercial use, such as CGM, DDES, FITS, MPEG, PICT, PostScript, TIFF, QuickTime, RIB, SunRaster, and X bitmap. Following a uniform organization, these summaries are handy reference sources for those needing basic information on these formats. Written by two computer experts, this book is intended for graphics professionals, programmers and all those in commercial, engineering and scientific applications areas who need to make decisions related to file formats from graphical data.