- Image file formats are organizing and storing digital images.
- An image file format may store data in uncompressed, compressed, or vector formats.
The five most common image formats for the web and computer graphics: JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF and PNG.
JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group)
- JPEG files are very ‘lossy’, meaning so much information is lost from the original image.
- It keep the image file size small means some degree of quality is also lost.
GIF(Graphics Interchange Format)
- Can support transparency
- 'Lossless’ quality–they contain the same amount of quality as the original, except of course it now only has 256 colors.
BMP(BitMap)
- The images are rich in color, high in quality, simple and compatible in all Windows OS and programs.
- When making a BMP image larger or smaller, first make the individual pixels larger, and thus making the shapes look fuzzy and jagged.
TIFF
- TIFF was created by Aldus for ‘desktop publishing’
- Very large file size–long transfer time, huge disk space consumption, and slow loading time.
- High quality image format, all color and data information are stored
PNG(Portable Network Graphics)
- Supports transparency better than GIF
- Not good for large images because they tend to generate a very large file, sometimes creating larger files than JPEG.
- All web browsers can't support PNG.
