File formats

File format name/ Compressed Compression Extent of file Time Image Took How I would Use each File
Developer Yes/No Scheme Compression For Display on Format
Web Page

BMP No lossless 32Kx32K and 7 seconds To store digital images

Standard Windows 2Gx2G pixels independently of the display
Bitmap device,
EPS No lossless 400 K For fonts, logos and icons.
Encapsulated
PostScript
GIF Yes lossless 286K 5 secs Appropriate for images with
Graphics Interchange Supports 256 no more than 256 colours
Format colours
To create small diagrams
such as a shapes, logos, and
cartoon style images
JPG Yes lossy 319K 3 secs Suitable for photographic
Joint Photographic supports images
Experts Group 16,777,216 For documents in which
colors small images are required
such as web pages, email,
memory cards, etc.
PCT No Lossless and Up to 24-bit To transfer graphic images
Macintosh Picture Lossy across Macintosh
applications
PCX Yes lossless 64Kx64K pixels To store graphics and images
Zsoft
PDF Yes lossless Able to compress 3 secs To save and store large
Portable Document files down to documents
Format 3300 KB
PNG Yes lossless 741K For photographs with many
Portable Network may include over colours.
Graphics 16 million colors
Support partial transparency
PSD - Photoshop Yes lossless supports files up to edit and convert layered
Document to 2 GB images to JPEG, GIF etc.
TGA No and Yes lossless Supports image For graphics cards and video
Truevision with 1–32 bits editing
TIF Yes Lossless 928K 5 secs For banners, posters and
Tagged Image FIle create very large billboards
file sizes
WMF Yes Lossy and Supports 32-bit To manipulate in Microsoft
Windows Metafile lossless images office

Web graphics

File format name/ Image appears on Browser Stand- Alone Ability to view the Image on Windows
Developer - Google Chorme

BMP Yes Yes Yes

Standard Windows Clear appearance
Bitmap 10 secs to open
EPS No No No
Encapsulated 2 secs to download but did not
PostScript open

GIF Yes Yes Yes

Graphics loaded immediately Clear appearance
Interchange 5 secs to open
Format Unable to be enlarged
JPG Yes Yes Yes
Joint Photographic loaded immediately Clear appearance
Experts Group 3 secs to open
The appearance quality of the image deteriorate
when image was enlarged
PCT Yes No No
Macintosh Picture loaded immediately
PCX Yes No No
Zsoft loaded immediately
PDF Yes No Yes
Portable Document Took about 5 seconds to load
Format while the other formats loaded 6 secs to open
immediately
Appeared larger than the other format in as a
pdf file. Image outlines appears pixilated
PNG Yes Yes Yes
Portable Network loaded immediately 2 secs
Graphics Appearance of images quality remains when
enlarged

PSD - Photoshop No No No
Document 2 secs to download but did not
open
TGA No No Opened GIMP Software on my computer
Truevision 2 secs to download but did not showcasing a blank page
open
TIF No Yes Yes
Tagged Image FIle 2 secs to download but did not
open 2 secs to open

Appearance of images remains the same when

enlarged
WMF No No Opened Paint Software on my computer
Windows Metafile 2 secs to download but did not showcasing a blank page
open