COMPRESSION

ANIMATION

ADVANTAGES

DRAWBACKS

SIZE

EXAMPLES

JOINT
PHOTOGRAPHIC
EXPERTS
GROUP
(JPEG)
Great
compression

PORTABLE
NETWORK
GRAPHIC
FORMAT (PNG)

GRAPHIC
INTERCHANGE
FORMATS (GIF)

Possess lossless
format but a
larger size of
image

Force all of the

colours on an
image in order
to reduce image
size
Support
animation really
well

Uncompres
(large and
lossless)

Widely
supportedformat for
animated
images

-Images are
crisp and
precise
-Simple
structures
-Wide
acceptance
Windows
programs
-Dont scal
images we
-Image can
be transfer
on the inte

BITMAP (B

Doesnt support
animation but
Motion JPEG
format exist
which they
support both
animation and
sound
Display photorealistic images

Doesnt support
animation
except for some
purpose like
medical
imaging and
geographical
image
- Better
compression
- Supports
millions of
colours

-The
decompression
of image isnt
quite identical
to original
image
-JPEG format
isnt widely
used on Web
Smaller
compared to
other formats
-Rich colour
photographs
-Gradient
images
-Web images

-Difficult to
share to Web
and with friends
as it has large
size
-Limited
support for
animation

-Has noticeable
colouring issues

Richer images
lead to larger
file size
- Screenshort
(no gradients in
original source)
- Images that
need
transparency

Size can be
reduced

Large size

-Logo
-Banners
-Cliparts

-Can be gra
adapter
especially i
Windows
programs

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JPEG, PGF, GIF

& BMP

-Doesnt
support
animation