Explain Image Formats.

[Lenton]

Could anyone explain which image format does what please?

When I save an image I need to know which would be the best to save it in..

I know BMP is gd quality but takes long to load. What else?

[Godlord]

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> Could anyone explain which image format does what please?
>
> When I save an image I need to know which would be the best to save it in..
>
> I know BMP is gd quality but takes long to load. What else?

[Comparison of graphic file formats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_formats)

Eclipse only supports BMP, GIF and JPEG though. Besides BMP isn't slow at all, it's probably the fastest and easiest to load of at least those three formats.

Regards,
  The Nameless One.

[Lenton]

I'm not talking about eclipse, just in general.

If you take a screenshot and put it on this website, it will take forever to load, where as gif decreases the quality but is quicker.

[Godlord]

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> I'm not talking about eclipse, just in general.
>
> If you take a screenshot and put it on this website, it will take forever to load, where as gif decreases the quality but is quicker.

This is an issue with being specific. You did never mention loading from another computer or from the same computer.

Best image format for screenshots is probably PNG (Portable Network Graphics), it has the same quality as BMP but is a lot smaller than BMP. I don't really suggest GIF as it normally uses 256 colours, neither do I suggest JPEG as that uses a lossy compression which makes your image look blurry. There are also other formats, just check the link.

Regards,
  The Nameless One.

[xeross]

you could use jpeg with max quality in photoshop that doesnt have much blurry stuff.

[Lenton]

Ok, thanks.