Supported File Types

This topic describes the various file types that are supported in Scrapbook MAX!:

Audio Formats

Image Formats

Additional Embeddable Formats

 

Audio Formats

For the best quality compressed audio, we recommend using the new Ogg Vorbis (.OGG) format. OGG files offer greater compression and better sound quality than the MP3 format in most cases. You can learn more about the Ogg Vorbis format and available conversion tools by visiting:

http://www.vorbis.com

Background audio can be added from the Publish to Movie, Publish to Slideshow, Publish to Slideshow CD and Publish to Screensaver dialogs. The following audio formats are fully supported for playback in Scrapbook MAX!:

Filename Extension

Format

.ogg

Ogg Vorbis

.wav

WAV

Image Formats

The following image formats are supported for backgrounds, photos, embellishments, and paper scraps in Scrapbook MAX!:

Filename Extension

Format

Notes

.apm

Aldus Placeable Metafile

A desktop publishing image format.

.bmp

Microsoft Bitmap

An uncompressed file format, so it takes up lots of disk space.

.emf

Windows Enhanced Metafile

A Windows vector image format converted to bitmap.

.jpg

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Primarily used for photographs.

.pcd

Photo-CD (Kodak)

Designed to store multi-resolution images.

.pcx

ZSoft Paintbrush

Can store images in 24 bits and 8-bits or less.

.png

Portable Network Graphics

Decent at compression. Ability to store an alpha channel.

.psd

Adobe Photoshop

Professional image editing format.

.tga

Truevision

24-bit color image format.

.tif

Aldus Corporation format TIFF

A popular loss-less image format.

.gif

Graphic Interchange Format

A 256 color image format. Animated GIFs are not supported.

.wmf

Windows Metafile

Common in Windows 3.1, usage discouraged.

Additional Embeddable Formats

The following are some additional formats that can be viewed through objects in Scrapbook MAX!:

Filename Extension

Object

.txt

Journal Text object