Image Formats-gif, Jpeg, Bmp

When browsing the internet you are likely to come across many different image formats. However, the most common formats are: CompuServe GIF, JPEG, and Bitmaps. CompuServe GIF GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format and was standardized by CompuServe in . The very first GIF format was GIFa and saves images at pits-per-pixel with a colour level of . Then in CompuServe updated the GIF format to include animation, transparency, and interlacing, which was called GIFa. Apart from animation, transparency, and interlacing there is little difference between to two. JPEG The JPEG image format was developed by Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG's best feature is the compression, you can compact the image file to make it the size smaller (bytes). The problem with this format is that there is a trade-off details detail and size. Generally its best to save JPEG's at % compression. Bitmaps Bitmaps was invented by Microsoft (everyone's favourite company). The Bitmap format saves your image pixel for pixel, in other words, what ever you see on the screen before you save is what you see when you open the image again. The only drawback is that the file sizes can be extremely large, which may result in longer download/upload times