Image FormatsA Simple Graphic |
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| JPEG uncompressed 5015 bytes |
JPEG 75% compressed 1291 bytes |
JPEG 90% compressed 1072 bytes |
The JPEG is significantly larger than a GIF and the straight lines are poorer |
Blotches of colour and lines where colours meet show the limitations of JPEG for this sort of image |
At this level of compression, the failings of JPEG are very obvious |
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| GIF 256 colours 1180 bytes |
GIF 8 colours 643 bytes |
A perfect image - there is no difference between this format and a normal bitamp, but its 20% of the size of the JPEG. Note the clean straight lines |
With large areas of a few plain colours, there is no loss of quality when the number of colours is reduced |