Image Formats

JPEG

• Very portable - opened by all graphic & desktop design packages

• Used on webpages/ most phones

• Suitable for real images

• Lossy compression but keeps most detail

• Quality can be set as percentage

TIFF

• Not very portable - often needs special software

• Lossy and lossless compression or save without compression

• Larger file size than PNG/JPEG

• Professional photographers

• Can have a transparent background

PNG

• Very portable - opened by all graphic & desktop design packages

• Lossless compression

• Very high quality image

• Online use, not CMYK colour

• Can contain layers and have transparent backgrounds

PICT

• Very limited portability

• Design by Apple Macintosh

• Can be Compressed

• Not widely used

• Can store bitmap and vector images

GIFF

• Portable - opened in most graphic packages

• Lossy and lossless compression

• Very small file sizes as colour quality is very limited

• Often used for icons/ buttons

• Can have a transparent background