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AI at a glance
AI
Adobe co-founder John Warnock created Illustrator in late 1986 to automate many of the manual tasks used by his wife Marva, a graphic designer. It was a commercialization of Adobe's in-house font development software and PostScript file format.
TOD at a glance
TOD
TOD appeared with JVC's HD-capable Everio camcorders around 2006 as the high-definition counterpart to the earlier MOD format, using MPEG-2 Transport Stream rather than Program Stream to accommodate HD bitrates.
Format comparison
| Feature | AI | TOD |
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| File type | Vector | Video |
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| Created year | 1987 | 2004 |
| Inventor | Adobe Systems | JVC |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use AI
- Your source file is already in AI.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to TOD.
- AI is commonly used in vector workflows.
When to use TOD
- Your target workflow expects TOD.
- Improve delivery compatibility with TOD.
- TOD is commonly used in video workflows.
FAQs
Why convert AI to TOD?
Convert to TOD when preserving an original JVC Everio recording or when a legacy ingest workflow still expects the camera-native file.
More commonly, convert from TOD into MP4, MOV, or a mezzanine format during home-video migration and archive cleanup.
What changes when converting AI to TOD?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to TOD removes layer support.
What should I review after converting AI to TOD?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.