Image File Formats Which one is right for me?
The Only Three Image Formats Your Will Ever Need: Names Jpg “Joint Photographic Experts Group” Png “Portable Network Graphics” Gif “Graphics Interchange Format”
Jpg Photos » Loses quality, but produces small files Png Line Drawings, Block Colours » Retains quality Gif Animations! :D The Only Three Image Formats Your Will Ever Need: Uses
The Only Three Image Formats Your Will Ever Need: The Problem With Jpg Blocky artefacts form each time the image is re-saved, as shown on the following slides. The quality indicator in the top-right shows the compression used to create each image, but can be seen as a proxy for multiple saves.
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