File Extensions and terms

• -Successor to .GIF
• -Bitmap image format
• -Supports millions of colors
• -Supports transparencey (floats in front of background)
• -For web graphics ONLY (not for print)

• -Bitmap image format
• -Limited to 256 colors
• -Supports tranparencey
• -Supports Animation
• -Graphics w/ few colors ( brand logos)

• -Bitmap image format
• -Supports millions of colors
• -Does not support transparency
• -Does not support animation
• -Photographs
• Not good for logos, but good for presenting photos.

• -Bitmap image format
• -Supports millions of colors
• -Does not support transparency
• -Does not support animation
• -Not supported by web browsers
• -Stores images with NO COMPRESSION
• (Best quality, but too big for internet because ALL info is retained)

Photo are continous tone images while graphics usually have no gradients. (few colors ie: simple brand logos)

portion of filename folloring the final period, generally designated by 3 characters. (.JPG, .PSD, .GIF, .PNG, .TIFF)

a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission of info, or the end product, such as digital video, augmented reality, and digital art.

standardized means of organizing and encoding infor for storage in a computer file.

the act of making images smaller. Reduction of redundancy in the image data resulitng in the storing and transmission of info in and efficient form.

• the smallest piece of info in an image. Squares of digital info combine to make an image. Each is on of 3 or 4 components
• Red
• Green
• Blue
• Transparency

Process of converting images into a format that the comuper can recognize

regers the the amoun of info stored for each image and is measured in pixels per inch or referred to as DPI (dots per inch)

72 DPI because thats normal moniter resolution

300 DPI because the naked eye cannot disern pixels for each other this resolution.

conversion of image compressed as small as possible