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GIF is a lossless image compression format that supports animation and has a limited color range, making it suitable for web graphics but not photography. JPEG uses lossy compression to create smaller file sizes, so it is commonly used for photographs online. PNG was created as an open alternative to GIF and supports full color ranges and compression, making it better than GIF for images with text or lines. It creates larger files than JPEG for photos. SVG uses XML to define scalable vector graphics for the web and other environments.

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GIF is a lossless image compression format that supports animation and has a limited color range, making it suitable for web graphics but not photography. JPEG uses lossy compression to create smaller file sizes, so it is commonly used for photographs online. PNG was created as an open alternative to GIF and supports full color ranges and compression, making it better than GIF for images with text or lines. It creates larger files than JPEG for photos. SVG uses XML to define scalable vector graphics for the web and other environments.

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Name: Moiz Adnan

Graphic designing Batch 5

GIF

GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format. This format compresses images but, as different
from JPEG, the compression is lossless (no detail is lost in the compression, but the file can’t be
made as small as a JPEG).

GIFs also have an extremely limited color range suitable for the web but not for printing. This
format is never used for photography, because of the limited number of colors. GIFs can also be
used for animations.

JPEG (also known as JPG)

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, which created this standard for this type of
image formatting. JPEG files are images that have been compressed to store a lot of information
in a small-size file. Most digital cameras store photos in JPEG format, because then you can take
more photos on one camera card than you can with other formats.

A JPEG is compressed in a way that loses some of the image detail during the compression in
order to make the file small (and thus called “lossy” compression).

JPEG files are usually used for photographs on the web, because they create a small file that is
easily loaded on a web page and also looks good.

JPEG files are bad for line drawings or logos or graphics, as the compression makes them look
“bitmappy” (jagged lines instead of straight ones).

PNG

PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics. It was created as an open format to replace GIF,
because the patent for GIF was owned by one company and nobody else wanted to pay licensing
fees. It also allows for a full range of color and better compression.

It’s used almost exclusively for web images, never for print images. For photographs, PNG is not
as good as JPEG, because it creates a larger file. But for images with some text, or line art, it’s
better, because the images look less “bitmappy.”

When you take a screenshot on your Mac, the resulting image is a PNG–probably because most
screenshots are a mix of images and text.

 PNG8

PNG-8 refers to palette variant, which supports only 256 colors, but is usually smaller in
size. PNG-8 can be a GIF substitute.

 PNG24
 PNG-24 refers to true color variant, which supports more colors, but might be
bigger.PNG-24 can be used instead of JPEG, if lossless image format is needed.

SVG(*.SVG)
SVG is a vector graphic format—based on XML and is used to display a variety of graphics on
the Web and other environments. Under the hood, SVG documents are nothing more than simple
plain text files that describe lines, curves, shapes, colors, and text

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