2006-10-14 02:26:14 · 5 answers · asked by Nicole C 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You might want to read the following article "GIF, JPG and PNG - What's the difference?" by Matt Mickiewicz and Nicky Danino. They did a really good job is explaining the differences.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/gif-jpg-png-whats-difference
2006-10-14 02:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by HaLa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gifs are limited to 256 colors,, jpeg can handle 24k colors
Gif's are preferred for smaller files like icons, web graphics etc because of the color limit there file size will be very small in comparison to jpeg. Jpegs are preferred for photos because of the wide color range available. Jpeg is a lossy compression format meaning that you can adjust the compression ratio but as you increase the compression you have a loss in quality.
2006-10-14 09:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by Fremen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPEG/JFIF is the format most used for storing and transmitting photographs on the World Wide Web. For this application, it is preferred to formats such as GIF, which has a limit of 256 distinct colors that is insufficient for colour photographs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
2006-10-14 09:30:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPEG is a single, still photo.
GIF can be a animated (moving sequence of) photo(s).
2006-10-14 09:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
JPEG are SLIGHTLY less good in terms of quality but take up MUCH less room on a PC.
jpeg is common format, compatable with most digi cams and picture enabled mobile phones :)
hope it helps
2006-10-14 09:29:25 · answer #5 · answered by Spike2012 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋