Most Common Image Formats
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GIF = Graphical Interchange Format
- 256 colors only
- modest compression
- good for icons, buttons, bullets, small illustrations,
graphical lines, charts, tables, thumbnails.
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PNG =
extension of GIF to full color, modesl compression when compared to JPEG
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JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group
- good compression, but, may take longer to uncompress
and view, lossy.
- full color (24 bit)
- good for photographic-quality images, large images
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