About export file formats

This table shows the export file types recognized by each platform.

PNG is the only cross-platform bitmap format that supports transparency (as an alpha channel). Some nonbitmapped export formats do not support alpha (transparency) effects or mask layers.

For more information on a specific file format, see the sections that follow.

File type		Extension	Windows	Macintosh
Adobe Illustrator; EPS (Version 6.0 or earlier)		.eps and .ai
Bitmap (BMP)		.bmp
Enhanced Metafile		.emf
FutureSplash Player		.spl
GIF publish settings		.gif
JPEG publish settings		.jpg
QuickTime publish settings		.mov
QuickTime Video (Macintosh)		.mov
PICT (Macintosh)
PNG publish settings		.png
Windows AVI (Windows)		.avi
Windows Metafile		.wmf
WAV audio (Windows)		.wav