Summary
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| Name |
Adobe Illustrator |
| Version |
3.0 / 3.2 |
| Other names |
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| Identifiers |
MIME:
application/postscript
Apple Uniform Type Identifier:
com.adobe.illustrator-image
PUID:
fmt/418
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| Family |
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| Classification |
Image (Vector) |
| Disclosure |
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| Description |
The documents (files) created by Adobe Illustrator are PostScript language
documents. A PostScript language document description that minimally conforms to the Document Structuring Conventions has two main parts: a prolog and a script. The prolog encapsulates information needed by other programs to interpret the file. The script describes the graphic elements on the page.
Version 3 includes graph creation. |
| Orientation |
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| Byte order |
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| Related file formats |
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (4.0)
Has priority over Encapsulated PostScript File Format (1.2)
Has priority over Encapsulated PostScript File Format (3)
Has priority over Encapsulated PostScript File Format (2.0)
Has priority over PostScript (2.0)
Has priority over PostScript (3.0)
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| Technical Environment |
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| Released |
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| Supported until |
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| Format Risk |
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| Developed by |
 Adobe Systems Incorporated
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| Supported by |
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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| Source |
Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
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| Source date |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Source description |
http://mercator.elte.hu/~saman/hu/okt/AI7FileFormat.pdf
Adobe has classified Illustrator versions 3.0 and 3.2 as the same file format.
Version 3 includes graph creation.
11/2023 (v.115)- Modified the offset values in the internal signature from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Internally researched. |
| Last updated |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Note |
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Details: File format summary
: detailed report on file format 
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