GIF versus JPEG
JPEGs and GIFs are the most widely used and supported image formats for web. So the simple question comes to everyone’s mind when saving an image for the web is:
To use GIFs or not use GIFs? Or. To use JPEGs or not use JPEGs?
What the question really is? It is a bit of complicated to choose the format, isn’t it? Well, let’s define the meaning of GIFs and JPEGs and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of them.
GIF
It stands for Graphic Interchange Format. It supports only a maximum of 256 colors. It is the only option to make an image animated unless you want to use Flash. Between GIFs and JPEG, only GIF allows transparency. By means, if you put a transparent image in a table that has red background, the background of the transparent image will be red as well. GIFs are good for images with flat expenses of color. It can be use for logos, titles, button, etc.
JPEG
It stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. It supports 16.7 million colors! JPEG are ideal for photographic images and high quality images.
What else is there to do?
For web, loading time of an image is a big concern. Thus an image should be always optimized before uploaded to internet. There are many programs to optimize/crunch an image. Adobe ImageReady comes with Image Optimizer. If you do not have ImageReady, you can use any of the followings. They are free.
To use GIFs or not use GIFs? Or. To use JPEGs or not use JPEGs?
What the question really is? It is a bit of complicated to choose the format, isn’t it? Well, let’s define the meaning of GIFs and JPEGs and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of them.
It stands for Graphic Interchange Format. It supports only a maximum of 256 colors. It is the only option to make an image animated unless you want to use Flash. Between GIFs and JPEG, only GIF allows transparency. By means, if you put a transparent image in a table that has red background, the background of the transparent image will be red as well. GIFs are good for images with flat expenses of color. It can be use for logos, titles, button, etc.
JPEG
It stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. It supports 16.7 million colors! JPEG are ideal for photographic images and high quality images.
What else is there to do?
For web, loading time of an image is a big concern. Thus an image should be always optimized before uploaded to internet. There are many programs to optimize/crunch an image. Adobe ImageReady comes with Image Optimizer. If you do not have ImageReady, you can use any of the followings. They are free.
