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WMF, BMP, PNG,
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Two popular graphics formats
• JPEG (.JPG)– Joint Photographic Experts Group– Best for photographs; Comes compressed.– 16 million colors
• GIF – CompuServe Graphics Interchange– Low Res: Best for charts, diagrams, screen shots – 256 colors– Backgrounds can be transparent– Pictures can be animated!
GIF for graphs | JPG for pictures
Beauty of GIFs
Animated GIF pictures
Home-made Animated GIFs
22 Individual shots made using the photo option on a WebCam; compiled in PaintShop Pro Animation Shop
Done in Photoshop. Eyes, ears and paws cropped loose, moved slightly, saved repeatedly; compiled in PaintShop Pro Animation Shop
http://gickr.com/
Beauty of JPGs
Great Realistic ColorGreat Realistic Color
Other picture files
• TIF, TIFF– Tagged image file – multi-purpose (Microsoft, Aldus)
• PSD – Photoshop file – deals with layers
• BMP– BitMapped. Large. Universal standard on Win.
• WMF– Vector graphics. Small. Fast. Universal to Win.
• RAW– Minimal processed data; like a negative
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