3004) Are there any picture formats other than GIF?
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This article is from the Hong Kong FAQ, by John Ho john@jho.com with numerous contributions by others.
3004) Are there any picture formats other than GIF?
There are lots of other picture formats apart from GIF. Just to name a few:
BMP, TIF, TGA, JPG, PCX, and XPM. Their characteristics are mainly differed
by the following:
- Number of colours supported (GIF supports 256 (8-bit) colors)
- Performance on data compression (some formats have no compression which
always end up a very large picture file)
- Performance when viewing (does the format require complex viewers that
slow down the display process?)
- The extent of software support (from merely viewers to image processors
and desktop publishers)
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