Questions about the Image Formats poster

What’s on the Image Formats poster?

A 7-row table: Format · Use it for. Choose by destination, not by habit. TIFF — Print masters; lossless, layered; PSD — Working files with live layers; JPEG — Photographs on screen; lossy; PNG — Flat colour, sharp edges, alpha; WebP or AVIF — Web photographs at smaller sizes; SVG — Vector for screen; scalable; PDF/X — Artwork sent to a printer. PDF/X-4 is the current print interchange standard: it carries transparency, ICC profiles and embedded fonts.

Who is the Image Formats poster for?

Image Formats belongs to the Art & Design section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning digital design can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Image Formats poster?

Use it when exporting, or when a file arrives in the wrong format entirely. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Image Formats belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Image Formats?

Bezier Curves, Bleed & Trim and Colour Profiles sit alongside Image Formats in the Art & Design section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bezier CurvesBleed & TrimColour Profiles

Is the Image Formats poster free to download and print?

Yes. Image Formats downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Art & Design section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Image Formats poster print at?

Image Formats is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Image Formats loses nothing.Printing guide