Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Graphic Formats

tiff: A format used for scanning, storage and interchange graphic images.  Stands for Tagged Image File Format.
example:
Note: .tiff images are hard to find so for now there will not be one but here's a failed attempt at an image converted to the .tiff format:
gif: Images that are compressed to reduce the transfer time.  Short for Graphic Interchange Format.
example:
http://andreas.com/pixs/ping-sample.gif
jpg/jpeg: A format for compressing image files.  Short for Joint Photographic Experts Groups.
example:
  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/a/a9/Example.jpg
png: A bit map graphic format similar to the gif format.  Short for Portable Network Graphics.
example:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Wikiversity_logo-refresh_example.png

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