Common Image File Formats
Common Image File Formats
Windows
no compression or information
loss with BMP files which allow
images to have very high quality,
Flexible and easily extensible file Most common image animation These large uncompressed files
format capable of handling format, are associated with graphic files
device-specific color spaces. Graphics that require few colors, inside the Windows OS.
These files have a transparent for example simplistic diagrams, Format is lossless, meaning it
background. They are perfect for logos, and animations that have cannot be compressed.
company logos. large portions of a single color. Their simplistic structure makes
Their application lies in Extension: .gif them ideal for Windows
Photographic file standard in programs.
print, OCR software packages. Extension: .bmp
Extension: .tif/.tiff