Image File Format

JPEG files are used mostly by photographers, artists, graphic designers, medical imaging specialists, art
historians, and other groups because image quality and color fidelity is important in the field. 24-bit
color scheme

GIF is an image file format commonly used for images on the web and sprites in software programs.

Unlike the JPEG image format, GIFs uses lossless compression that does not degrade the quality of the
image.

However, GIFs store image data using indexed color, meaning a standard GIF image can include a
maximum of 256 colors.

PNG uses 24-bit color as a foundation

Ideal file type for digital art

Incorporates a “lossless” compression for ensured file quality

TIFF  graphic artists, the publishing industry,

TIFF is widely supported by scanning, faxing, word processing, optical character recognition, image

manipulation, desktop publishing, and page-layout applications

It is commonly used in the layout of newspapers, magazines and the like, because a TIFF (or TIF) will
appear on the printed page just as it appears on a computer monitor. T

TIFF files are larger, but will not lose any quality or clarity when edited and saved repeatedly. JPEGs, on
the other hand, will lose a small amount of quality and clarity each time they are saved.