In reference to setting images on a web site.
2007-01-07 05:27:14 · 6 answers · asked by Jr Z 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
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GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) can only contain up to 256 colors, so this file format is most commonly used for images with fewer and flatter colors, such as line art, charts, graphs, or text set as graphics. (They are not ideal for photographic images.) One hallmark of GIFs is that they maintain resolution and sharpness even when compressed.
TIF (Tagged Image File) One of the more commonly used graphics files of the "pre-Windows" days but no longer used much on the Web. TIF is the undisputed leader when best quality is required so it is commonly used in commercial printing or professional environments. Plus, TIF files can be easily converted to GIFs.
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2007-01-07 05:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tif To Gif
2016-12-14 14:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) is a file format for mainly storing images, including photographs and line art. Originally created by the company Aldus, jointly with Microsoft, for use with PostScript printing, TIFF is a popular format for high color depth images, along with JPEG and PNG. TIFF format is widely supported by image-manipulation applications such as Photoshop by Adobe, GIMP, Ulead PhotoImpact and Paint Shop Pro by Corel, by desktop publishing and page layout applications, such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign, and by scanning, faxing, word processing, optical character recognition, and other applications. TIFF was chosen as the native format for raster graphics in the NeXTstep operating system, and this TIFF support carried over into Mac OS X. Adobe Systems, which acquired the PageMaker publishing program from Aldus, now controls the TIFF specification, although it has not had a major update since 1992 (several technical notes have been published with minor extensions to the format).
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is an 8-bit-per-pixel bitmap image format using a palette of up to 256 distinct colors from the 24-bit RGB color space. The format was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability. It also supports animations and even allows a separate palette of 256 colors for each frame.
2007-01-07 05:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by Tumickey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a website context, the difference is that you can't use .tif; web browsers don't recognize it. You need to convert .tif's to .jpg's (JPEG) for web use.
.gif has a limited color palette (256 colors vs 16,777,216 for .tif and .jpg) and is good for solid color graphics (charts and cartoons, e.g.) but not for photographs.
2007-01-07 06:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to use gif and png completely for for the information superhighway by using small record sizes and computable with html. Tif and psd format are greater in selection and heavy record sizes, so used in printing objective for stable consequences. format jpeg (or jpg) is used for for the two information superhighway and print objective, yet for printing objective jpeg isn't cautioned. Psd is extensively utilized for information superhighway yet not rapidly, we can save the psd for information superhighway, like photos (jpg, gif) and html. additionally the record format used for the information superhighway in RGB and for printing that's CMYK. it is all you opt for.
2016-12-16 04:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by nokes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tif, never heard of it. All i know is GIF is really bad quality but loads fast. Good if your using images which are plain simple colors. dont use tif, probably isnt compatible with alot of computers... but idk
2007-01-07 05:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋