Digital Video File Formats .AVI - commonly found in digital cameras. .MOV - Quicktime - Apple file format .WMV - Windows Media File usually made in MovieMaker .DV - Native Raw format from a DV camera (cross platform) .REAL - Real Video file format. MPEG - Various types of video compression FLV - Flash Video, commonly found online
Digital Audio File Formats .WAV - wave files, low quality .MP3 - compressed, medium quality file format (cross platform) .MP4 - mainly used by iTunes AIFF - native file format on CDs, very high quality, very large files (cross platform) WMA - Windows Media Audio file
Digital Photo File Formats .GIF - web file format, low quality, high speed (common) .JPG - easily compressed, medium quality (common) .PNG - new file format seen on the web for photography, it has lossless compression .TIF - professional file format, high quality, scalable (common) .EPS - pro image, very scalable, large files .RAW - ultra high quality format, very flexible, giant file formats http://www.wfu.edu/~matthews/misc/graphics/formats/formats.html