File Format

Assignment Instructions

 

 

GIF, JPEG, and PNG are three common web graphic formats. Each has its best use.

Just as you can save text documents in different file formats, – .TXT (straight text), .DOC (Microsoft Word), .RTF (rich-text format), etc. – so too can you save graphic images in different formats. Each format is designed to handle a specific kind of image and applies a different type of compression to the image.

In this section, we'll show you how to choose the best file format for your Web-page images. With the right format, your images will look great and – equally important on the Web – your image file sizes will be kept to a minimum.

The two main file formats used for Web images are GIF and JPEG. Both formats were developed long before the advent of the World Wide Web, but they really came into their own when they became the de facto standards for Web images.

  • GIF works best with images composed of lines and solid blocks of color, such as text, cartoons, or buttons.
  • JPEG works best with photographs and other continuous-tone images.

New image formats have been developed specifically for the Web. The one that has gained the most acceptance is PNG.

  • PNG works equally well with either line or continuous tone image data.

Assignment:

Visit Project Cool's Developer Zone and learn a little more. Read each of these 12 pages and then go on to the next by clicking the word "next" at the bottom of the page.

After reading the material answer these questions; Save Word document to your multimedia folder.

Back to Multimedia Page

 

               

  • Your paper should be "Graphics File Format Questions" 
  •  Do not copy and paste your answers.
  • Answer all questions using your own words, use complete sentences, and explain fully.
  • Assignment is due at the end of the period.  A hard copy will need to be turned in to me at the end of class.