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Image Format Guide for Designers

JPEG is a lossy format that uses compression to create smaller file sizes, making it suitable for photographs on the web. It supports up to 16 million colors but information is lost during compression. GIF is suitable for images with fewer colors like graphics and logos, and allows for small animations and transparency. It uses compression but is lossless for images with 256 colors or less. BMP files are uncompressed so they are large in size but retain high quality and compatibility in Windows. TIFF is a flexible format that can be lossy or lossless and supports many image types and compression options. PNG is lossless and supports up to 256 colors efficiently while allowing for transparency like GIF but with better quality.

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Image Format Guide for Designers

JPEG is a lossy format that uses compression to create smaller file sizes, making it suitable for photographs on the web. It supports up to 16 million colors but information is lost during compression. GIF is suitable for images with fewer colors like graphics and logos, and allows for small animations and transparency. It uses compression but is lossless for images with 256 colors or less. BMP files are uncompressed so they are large in size but retain high quality and compatibility in Windows. TIFF is a flexible format that can be lossy or lossless and supports many image types and compression options. PNG is lossless and supports up to 256 colors efficiently while allowing for transparency like GIF but with better quality.

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I-MTECH-CVIP

Name
JPEG/Joint
Photographic Experts
Group

Image Standards
D.Kavin Kumar
CB.EN.P2CVI15016
Meaning
Specifications
Purpose
24-bit color, with up
JPEG files are very
Image formats used
to
16
million
colors.
lossy, meaning so
on the web.
much information is
Rich colors, great for
lost from the original
photographs that
image when you save needs fine attention to
it in JPEG file.
color detail.
JPEG is very web
friendly because the
file is smaller.
Compatible in most
OS (Mac, PC, Linux)
Cannot be animated
.
Does not support
transparency.

GIF/ Graphics
Interchange Format

GIF compresses
images in two ways:
1.) by reducing the
number of colors in
rich color images,
thus reducing the
number of bits per
pixel.
2.) GIF replaces
multiple occurring
patterns (large
patterns) into one.

GIF is lossless for


images with 256
colors and below.
Interlacing feature,
giving the illusion of
fast loading graphics.

GIF is most suitable


for graphics,
diagrams, cartoons
and logos with
relatively few colors.

Can support
transparency.
Can do small
animation effects.
Lossless quality

BMP/ Windows
Bitmap/Raster/paint

BMP files are made


of millions and

These files are large


and uncompressed,

Image files within


the Microsoft

images

millions of dots called


pixels, with
different colors and
arrangements to come
up with an image or
pattern.

but the images are


rich in color, high in
quality, simple and
compatible in all
Windows OS and
programs.

Windows operating
system.

Does not scale or


compress well.

TIFF

TIFF is very flexible,


it can be lossy or
lossless.
TIFF is a rich format
and supported by
many imaging
programs.

Very huge image files


making it not web
friendly.
It is capable of
recording halftone
image data with
different pixel
intensities.

Page layout,
publishing and photo
manipulation via fax,
scanning, word
processing, etc.

Very flexible format,


it supports several
types of compression
like JPEG, LZW, ZIP
or no compression at
all.
High quality image
format, all color and
data information are
stored.
TIFF format can now
be saved with layers.

PNG/ Portable
Network Graphics

The PNG is saved


with 256 colors
maximum but it saves
the color information
more efficiently.

Lossless, so it does
not lose quality and
detail after image
compression
It also supports an 8
bit transparency.

It is an image format
specifically designed
for the web.

PNG can support 24


bit RGB color
images, grayscale
images, both with and
without alpha
channels.
Supports
transparency better
than GIF.

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