
GIF, short for Graphics Interchange Format, is limited to the 8 bit palette with only 256 colors. After compression, JPEG tends to create artifacts.Most used and most widely accepted image format.Rich colors, great for photographs that need fine attention to color detail.24-bit color, with up to 16 million colors.Since 1994, JPEG has been considered the standard. Moreover it is less grainy then GIF, the old king of the internet roost. JPEG is very web friendly because the file is smaller, which means it takes up less room, and requires less time to transfer to a site. JPEG compression of varying levels, from highest to lowest.Īlmost every digital camera can shoot and save in the JPEG format.
