Text-wrap line art without alpha channel or path

I have seen a tutorial that uses TIFF format images (B&W line art) around which text-wrap is applied.
Do all TIFF images have this property, or just those that have been given the right treatment?
Do any other graphic formats offer this property?
Anyone knows of a tutorial that thoroughly covers graphic formats, the inherent and acquired properties?

It's not an image property, and you can apply text wrap to any object in ID, either to the bounding box or the object shape, or to a custom shape that you modify with the pen tool

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