They are usually part of the client side development process for creating a web page and/or website, and are also used in the user interface design process for software development and video game development.
This process involves segmenting the visual art into either a single layer image file format or multiple layers of the graphic art software's original file format to be used for segmentation. Once partitioned, one can save them as separate image files, usually as GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats, and the formats are either batch-processed or simultaneous.
They are usually part of the client side development process for creating a web page and/or website, and are also used in the user interface design process for software development and video game development.
