Issue
What file formats can be used in Pinpoint?
Environment
- Continuum
- Pinpoint
Cause
There are many image file formats available so there is a need to know which ones are supported in Pinpoint
Resolution
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1. Proprietary Pinpoint Files
- .pin Proprietary file format for pinpoint graphic files
- .bck Proprietary backup files for graphics panels
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2. Image Files
- .jpg Joint Photographic Experts group created this file standard
- .bmp Bitmap image file
- .ico Image file for icons in Microsoft Windows
- .emf Enhanced metafile, 32-bit version of the 16-bit WMF (Windows Metafile) format
- .dib Device independent bitmap file
- .html hypertext markup language files used for web browser controls
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3. Video Files
- .avi Audio video interleave is a multimedia container format
- .mov An Apple QuickTime media container format
- .mpg An audio video file format know as MPEG designed to compress video and audio (MP3)
Pinpoint comes with a number of backgrounds and image files.
Adobe Illustrator and other image file software programs can be used to create additional files in the above formats which can be used in Pinpoint.