Pictures and Images
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== File Formats == | == File Formats == | ||
| - | + | == gif (Graphics Interchange Format) == | |
A compressed picture format suited to drawing graphics rather than photographs. It creates very small files. It limits the number of colours used for the picture and so photographs tend to become blotchy. | A compressed picture format suited to drawing graphics rather than photographs. It creates very small files. It limits the number of colours used for the picture and so photographs tend to become blotchy. | ||
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The small file size makes this a common choice for the Internet. | The small file size makes this a common choice for the Internet. | ||
| - | + | == jpeg or jpg (Joint Picture Experts Group) == | |
A compressed picture format that has a "lossy" compression algorithm - you can decide on a scale 1-255 how much compression takes place, but the more compression, the lower the quality of the image. | A compressed picture format that has a "lossy" compression algorithm - you can decide on a scale 1-255 how much compression takes place, but the more compression, the lower the quality of the image. | ||
| - | + | == png (Portable Network Graphics) == | |
A compressed picture format that is growing in popularity. | A compressed picture format that is growing in popularity. | ||
| - | + | == bmp (Bit Map - Windows) == | |
An umcompressed bit map file format used on Windows systems. | An umcompressed bit map file format used on Windows systems. | ||
