File formats

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2004, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>Simple rule of thumb: Use non-lossy format for non-photographic images
>(e.g., diagrams, line art). Otherwise you get fuzzy lines. GIF/PNG is good
>for this type of image. For photos, JPEG is still the best choice. The
>effects of a lossy format like jpeg is not seen in photos, which is not
>suprising as that is what jpeg was designed for. Non-photo images are most
>effected by the wrong format.

Gif files have limited color capabilities, not to mention a history of
patent issues.

There are several different tiff formats, and tiff files may include
compression.

Bill
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