A graphic image is basically a picture, painting, sketch, or any other graphical image that gives a clear and detailed representation of something. The representation may be of an individual, an animal, a situation, object or just another object among many other things. Graphic images are commonly found in books, magazines, advertisements and artwork. They are also used for telling stories in film and television. In short, graphic images help us to make a unique and vivid picture in our minds.
Gifs are generally in a raster format. This means they are compressed in raster order (four color horizontal by two vertical pixels). Since there are no limits on the size of the image, a large file can be created quickly. There are a number of image formats available for use with gif files including: png, wmv, avi, and so on.
Since the majority of people are still using Windows 95, you will not be able to open gifs in this application. This is because girls do not have support for raster images. To get around this problem, you should download one of the following three formats. You will need to download these formats from their respective websites and then install them on your computer.
The most common raster format for images is JPEG. Most computer programs that you can download for free to have the ability to open and view jpeg images. They are similar to gifs in many ways and the biggest difference is that they are stored as raster bitmaps. BMP is another raster graphics file format that is similar to JPEG. Though smaller than JPEG, it is also a bitmap format.
While both raster and bitmap formats can store millions of colors, only raster is better for displaying high-resolution pictures. BMP and JPEG tend to compress the color’s a little too much so that they do not look as good as they could. A few vector file formats support raster graphics though.
A few common compression methods are used in this file format. If your computer does not support the lossless compression method then you will need to use the JPEG GIF compression method. It is capable of compressing some of the highest resolution pictures and images. GIF is generally compatible with all machines because of its read/write qualities. GIF is the most widely used image file format for web purposes because it has excellent color compression capabilities.
The compression method that is used will greatly affect the file size of the image. JPG is the least lossless of all the compression methods but it is the most limited when it comes to the image size. PNG is also fairly slow when it comes to compression, which is why it is often used as a medium of sharing images on the Internet. However, many web browsers do support the image format. If you want to have smaller file size, you can opt for the Loss-lessly compressions like the BMP and GIF.
The third type, the BMP, is quite similar to the JPEG. Unlike the JPEG, it does not compress the image. Instead, it just reduces the size of the raster graphics by making several small pixels bigger than the original. If your printer can handle the file size of a BMP then it would be better. If you use an older printer that does not support (b) widely used for lossless compression, then the image quality might be lower.
In terms of file size, GIF is the smallest among the three compression methods with a file size of just 4 megapixels. JPG can compress the raster graphics with greater quality as compared to BMP and PNG. This is the reason why the quality offered by JPG files are far better than the other two graphics formats. However, it is slower when it comes to compression.
The fourth type, the vector graphics, uses geometric shapes. The formats include vector raster graphics and vector GIF. While both of them are widely used, they differ when it comes to compression quality. Vector format tends to compress the file size in greater quality but the quality offered by the GIF is not as good.
The last among the four compression method is the curves. Gif and JPEG compress the curves equally. However, they are not the same with regards to compression quality. GIF’s compression quality tends to be better than that of JPG and the former use only one algorithm while the latter uses two. Gif curves are capable of providing sharper curves.
