For example, ant.jpg is saved in JPG format,
while bee2final.tif is saved in the TIF format.
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Windows may not be configured to show you the complete filename including the
extension. To turn on the extension view in Windows, follow these steps:
1. Open a folder on the Windows desktop.
2. If you are using Windows XP, choose Tools | Folder Options from the folder??™s menu.
If you are using Windows Vista, choose Organize | Folder and Search Options.
3. Click the View tab so that you can see the Advanced settings in the bottom half of
the window.
4. Find the entry Hide Extensions For Known File Types (it??™s about halfway down the
list), and remove the check mark from this selection.
5. Click OK to save this change.
202 How to Do Everything: Digital Camera
Use File Formats
Now that you understand file formats, you are probably wondering which one you should use on
your own system. As in all things, it depends on how you??™re going to use your images. Let??™s look
at your choices, and I??™ll make a few recommendations about how you might want to work with
and save your images.
On the Camera
Let??™s start with your camera. No doubt, you realize that your camera saves images in one of the
file formats we??™ve already discussed as soon as the images are taken??”but which format?
JPG: The Lossy Default
Actually, this is the easy part.
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