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GIF .........................vs....................... ........JPG
256 colors
Unlimited colors
Can handle transparent areas
Can't handle transparent areas
This format is not good at compressing photographs
Excellent for compressing photographs and complex images
In general, it is excellent for banners, buttons and clipart
In general, it is not good for banners, buttons and clipart.
This means that:
Banners, buttons, dividers, clipart and other simple images usually work best as GIF's.
Photographs and other complex images usually work best as JPG's.
If you want to use an image that is in a format other than JPG or GIF, you will need to load the image into a graphics program and save it as either JPG or GIF.
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256 colors
Unlimited colors
Can handle transparent areas
Can't handle transparent areas
This format is not good at compressing photographs
Excellent for compressing photographs and complex images
In general, it is excellent for banners, buttons and clipart
In general, it is not good for banners, buttons and clipart.
This means that:
Banners, buttons, dividers, clipart and other simple images usually work best as GIF's.
Photographs and other complex images usually work best as JPG's.
If you want to use an image that is in a format other than JPG or GIF, you will need to load the image into a graphics program and save it as either JPG or GIF.
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