Efficient because it's as fast as the speed of your connection to the Internet. If you're connecting at T1 speed, that's how fast you can download from KRT Direct. Graphics are created in FreeHand 9 format. For graphics from our archive created before December 1998, PC users must rename the document, adding the suffix .fh9 to the name of the file, to conform to Windows naming conventions. Graphics are posted as binhexed StuffIt archives, so you must use StuffIt Expander to decompress them after downloading.
Photos are in .jpg format.
Adobe Photoshop is generally the best application to view and edit photos. The KRT photo files work in most archiving systems. Captions may be viewed via Photoshop's File Info window, the SCC caption filters or an AP LeafDesk. No decompression is needed. Illustrations and Faces in the News are in .jpg format.