Comparison of graphics file formats: Difference between revisions

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| Graphics Interchange Format

| [[CompuServe]],<br />[[Unisys]] (compression algorithm)

| <tt>.gif</tt>

| <tt>image/gif</tt>

| low-bandwidth usage of transparency and animation

| {{but yes}}

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| Joint Photographic Experts Group

| [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]

| <tt>.jpg</tt>, <tt>.jpeg</tt> (containers: <tt>.jfif</tt>, <tt>.jfi</tt>)

| <tt>image/jpeg<tt>

| [[photograph]]ic images

| {{but yes}} (disputed)

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| Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000

| [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]

| <tt>.jp2</tt>, <tt>.j2c</tt>

| <tt>image/jp2</tt>

| [[photograph]]ic images, eventual replacement for [[JPEG]]

| {{but yes}}

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| Portable Network Graphic

|

| <tt>.png</tt>

| <tt>image/png</tt>

| [[W3C]] endorsed replacement for [[GIF]].

| {{but no}}

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| Scalable Vector Graphics

| [[World Wide Web Consortium]]

| <tt>.svg</tt>

|

| scriptable vector image format

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| Tagged Image File Format

| [[Adobe Systems]]

| <tt>.tiff</tt>, <tt>.tif</tt>

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| Image editing format, also functions as a container

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| Windows bitmap

| [[Microsoft]]

| <tt>.bmp</tt>

| <tt>image/x-bmp</tt>

| Simple, uncompressed format for use primarily within [[Microsoft Windows]]

| {{but no}}

|-

! [[Windows Media Photo|WDP]]

| Windows Media Photo

| [[Microsoft]]

| .wdp

| image/vnd.ms-photo

| Lightweight high-performance TIFF-like container format with [[High_dynamic_range_imaging|HDR]] encoding for photographic images

| {{but yes}}?

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| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunnoyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunnono}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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! [[Windows Media Photo|WDP]]

| Lossy & Lossless

| raster

| 1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunnoyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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