Most Common Image Formats

• GIF = Graphical Interchange Format

  • 256 colors only
  • modest compression
  • good for icons, buttons, bullets, small illustrations, graphical lines, charts, tables, thumbnails.

• PNG = extension of GIF to full color, modesl compression when compared to JPEG

• 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