by MaXMhZ on Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:19 pm
Some notes on image size/features/formats that are "visible" in webbrowsers:
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Use for screenies of window's menu's etc or when full opacity or animation is needed.
upto 256 colours
Opacity possible, but only 0 or 100%
Animated images possible
Very small file size
JPG (Joint Picture Group)
Use for in-game screenshots etc where there are more than 256 colours without a need for opacity
No animation possible.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
Use for 256+ colour images without the need for animation but with the need for opacity.
8-bit opacity possible (alpha channel)
No animation possible.
A bit bigger file-size than JPG but higher quality end-product
All these will loose some quality in the end-product because they don't use a loss-less compression algorithm
BMP (windows' - OS/2 Bitmap)
No opacity possible.
No animation possible.
Loss-less format.
Big file size.
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