On the Aol Menu (top menu) select FILE then OPEN Search for the.art file you downloaded. Click the file to open it. AOLs File Viewer window opens and the picture is displayed. However, just because a file is saved in one of these formats, does not mean that it is truly vector art. Sometimes, people open raster files in Adobe Illustrator, and re-save the file in a vector format, without recreating the art using the vector editing tools. Only art originally created in a vector editing program, such as Adobe Illustrator.
| Filename extension | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | America Online (AOL) |
| Type of format | Image file formats |
ART is a proprietaryimage file format used mostly by the America Online (AOL) service and clientsoftware.
Technical details[edit]
The ART format (file extension '.art') holds a single still image that has been highly compressed. The format was designed to facilitate the quick downloading of images, among other things.[1] Originally, the compression was developed by the Johnson-Grace Company,[2] which was then acquired by AOL.[3] When an image is converted to the ART format, the image is analyzed and the software decides what compression technique would be best.[2] The ART format has similarities to the progressive JPEG format, and certain attributes of the ART format can lead to image quality being sacrificed for the sake of image compression (for instance, the image's color palette can be limited).[1]
Usage by AOL[edit]
The AOL service used the ART image format for most of the image presentation of the online service. In addition, the AOL client's web browser also automatically served such images in the ART format to achieve faster downloads on the slower dialup connections that were prevalent in those days.[4] This conversion was done in the AOL proxy servers and could be optionally disabled by the user. This image conversion process effectively reduced the download time for image files. This technology was once branded as Turboweb and is now known as AOL TopSpeed.[4]
What Program Will Open .art Files
Software support for ART[edit]
The Graphic Workshop Professional software from Alchemy Mindworks Corp. supports ART files.[5] (With later versions of the Graphic Workshop Professional software, an ART plugin from Alchemy Mindworks is required for this support.)[5] For the Windows 2000 platform, Microsoft released the AOL Image Support Update which added support for ART images.[6] As of June 2006 the Internet Explorer browser no longer supported ART files when Microsoft released a security update. [7] Among other things, this update removed support for ART files from the Internet Explorer browser in order to help prevent issues where invalid ART data could cause the Internet Explorer software to unexpectedly quit.[7] An ART file that is opened with the AOL picture viewer can be saved as another file type.Software Mfg. Delcam (a subsidiary of Autodesk) has a product called Artcam which uses the ART file extension to create CAD/CAM files.
References[edit]
How To Open .art Files
- ^ abFernandez, Judi N. (1997). GIFs, JPEGs & BMPs: Handling Internet Graphics. New York, NY: MIS:Press. p. 53. ISBN1-55828-562-8.
- ^ ab'Optimizing Web Graphics: Compression'. WebReference.com. 2000-02-24. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^'Johnson-Grace is Now An America Online Company'. Johnson-Grace. Archived from the original on 1998-12-12.
- ^ ab'Web images are saved as .art file and not as .jpg or .gif file'. AOL. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ ab'AMC Graphic Workshop Professional Format Plugins'. Alchemy Mindworks Corporation. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^'AOL Image Support Update for Windows 2000'. Microsoft. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ ab'Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)'. Microsoft. 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
External links[edit]
- Johnson-Grace Company official Web site via the Internet Archive
- 'Optimizing Web Graphics: Compression': A WebReference.com article with technical details on the ART image format.
- U.S. Patent 5,682,152 Data compression using adaptive bit allocation and hybrid lossless entropy coding
- U.S. Patent 5,822,456 Optimal spline interpolation for image compression
- U.S. Patent 5,892,847 Method and apparatus for compressing images
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