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There are lots of different graphics formats, two of the more common
on the Web are GIFS and JPEGs.
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| JPEG | GIF |
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Good GIF,
Bad JPEG |
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| Magnified 5x |
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- GIFs
- CompuServe introduced the GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
image before the Web existed.
- GIF images are compressed--they download relatively
quickly.
- GIF images are restricted to 256 colors.
- The GIF format is best suited for drawings, cartoons,
and other images that contain fairly uniform areas of color.
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| Notice the different? |
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| JPEG | GIF |
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Good JPEG,
Bad GIF |
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| Magnified 5x |
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- JPEGs
- The JPEG (or JPG) format is designed to efficiently compress images.
- JPEG compresses images more efficiently than GIF,
enabling quicker downloading times for large graphics.
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- PNG
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format incorportes the best of
both GIF and JPEG.
- Amy has been using PNG to put slide presentations on
the Web, e.g., VA
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