I'm trying to scan pictures onto my computer and a window popped up asking me what file format I wanted to use.
What do I pick: JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF, FPX or PNG???
2006-06-15 11:55:10 · 13 answers · asked by sweetbaby0809 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Scanners
The most compatible and compact format is .JPG. However, I don't what quality it's saving the .JPG (.JPG format is compressed) at or if you can change it. If you want a high quality picture (at the cost of more disk space), use .BMP. .JPG should be fine, though.
2006-06-15 12:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by Duke J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the responses above are correct in that JPG is the most widely recognized and supported format. But bear in mind that the way JPG achieves its compression and thus smaller file size is to discard redundant pixels. That means that when you save an image in the JPG format, data that was once part of the image is being deleted. As a photographer, my camera saves files in a proprietary RAW format known as CR2. When saving the images to my PC I save them as TIFF so none of the pixels are discarded thus degrading the quality of my images.
2006-06-16 23:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by cptdrinian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPG is the most widely used format for saving pictures as it has the smallest file size and can support 24bit color composition while BMP is also 24 bit but it cannot compress the image so the file will be comparatively bigger in size as compared to JPG
TIF is comparatively even bigger than BMP
GIF supports only 8 bit
FPX format supports images of any size, and any resolution but isn't widely used as yet
PNG has higher compression but is not supported widely
2006-06-16 19:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by Ash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PC often use jpg. It is a compression the color information on a picture. It allows you to select the degree of compression, which would affects the quality (remember it is just color info). MAC users prefer GIF and has something to do with the way MAC handles graphics.
2006-06-16 16:32:23 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce__MA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably JPG. It's by far the most common format for photos, and also has good compression. Just choose high quality and you shouldn't see any visual loss of quality.
2006-06-15 18:59:09 · answer #5 · answered by Elle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPG is the most compressed way to send or save something
2006-06-15 18:58:57 · answer #6 · answered by Me.Myself.& I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPG is the best I have found to use.
2006-06-15 19:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by michelle y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with JPG--it's the best one. It'll be the best quality and will be read more easily by other programs.
2006-06-15 18:59:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the two most recognized by computers are bitmaps (.bmp) and jpegs (.jpg). bitmaps are clearer, but the file size is larger. with jpegs, the file size is smaller, but the quality isn't as good as a bitmap.
2006-06-15 19:01:01 · answer #9 · answered by jollifrogs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPG is the best.
2006-06-15 23:03:03 · answer #10 · answered by jaedi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋