Here Are Some Formats You May Or May Not Know But Will Be Discussed In This Help-sheet.

• Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.• This is very versatile format as it can be sent

round a lot. It supports compression very well as it saves a as a very high quality image.

• It is mainly used for photgraphy• A disadvantage is that JPEG doesn’t work very

well with simpler images those with not much detail or colour

JPEG

BMP• BMP File Format or simply a Bitmap.• BMP is a file format which was invented by

Microsoft. There is really no reason to ever use this format but here some information on it because Free Creative use only Macs.

• BMP File Format or simply a Bitmap.• Does not support compression • DON’T USE ON MACS!

GIF• GIF stands for Graphic Interchange format• Gif is file format manly used recurring moving

images or animation, the two images at the top are examples of GIFS

• The format only support 8 bits per pixel and also only has 256 colour palette which means some colours might not show.

• GIF is highly supported by the internet

TIF• Tif stands for Tagged image file • It is a raster file so it saves its images in pixels

this has its ups and downs because with this the image is much smoother and sharp but it also makes the file huge.

• Web browsers also do not support this file but scanners work best with them

PNG• PNG stands for portable network graphics.• Similar to TIFF because it is a raster file so the

same problem occurs with the file being very big.• It also is a platform independent format which

means you don’t need a certain program to use it which is a big advantage

• This file is supported by more recent web browsers but may cause troubles with old web browsers