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    This document discusses common image file formats such as JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF, PNG, and RAW, comparing their typical uses, advantages, disadvantages, and file sizes. It finds that JPG is best for most digital photos due to smaller file sizes, GIF is best for line drawings and vector graphics due to its lossless compression, and newer vector formats like SVG may replace GIF for line art in the future.

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    Breve descripción en ingles sobre algunos formatos de imágenes existentes.

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    This document discusses common image file formats such as JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF, PNG, and RAW, comparing their typical uses, advantages, disadvantages, and file sizes. It finds that JPG is best for most digital photos due to smaller file sizes, GIF is best for line drawings and vector graphics due to its lossless compression, and newer vector formats like SVG may replace GIF for line art in the future.

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    Panky Monteagudo Revolorio
    This document discusses common image file formats such as JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF, PNG, and RAW, comparing their typical uses, advantages, disadvantages, and file sizes. It finds that JPG is best for most digital photos due to smaller file sizes, GIF is best for line drawings and vector graphics due to its lossless compression, and newer vector formats like SVG may replace GIF for line art in the future.

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    Image File Formats

    Some Common Image


    Formats
    JPG Used for most digital photos but
    lossy
    GIF Best for line drawings. 256 colors
    maximum. No loss
    BMP Bitmap. Every pixel stored individually
    TIF Standard in many technical
    applications. No loss
    PNG Lossless image format
    RAW Data as captured by digital camera
    Test Image (640 x 479
    pixels)
    Test Image in Various
    Formats
    JPG 67 kb
    GIF 185 kb (256 colors, optimized)
    BMP 899 kb (640*479*3/1024 =
    898.125)
    TIF 902 kb
    PNG 418 kb
    RAW 900 kb
    GIF Test Image
    GIF Versus JPG

    GIF: 11 kb JPG: 78 kb
    GIF Versus JPG
    For photographic images JPG is
    better both for quality and file size
    For line art GIF is better both for
    quality and file size
    The future of line art is probably in
    vector file formats like SVG (Scalable
    Vector Graphics)
    VML (Vector Markup Language) is
    Microsoft backed

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