Thursday, September 2, 2010

What Are JPEG, GIF, PNG File Formats And How Are They Different From Each Other?

What is JPEG?

JPEG or JPG (often pronounced as jey-peg) is an image format used to save images in a compressed format and to make them lightweight so that they can be used in websites. Today JPEG is the most common image format used to transfer the data over web and mobile as well as digital camera devices. It supports 16.7 million colors which is highly greater than GIF which supports only 256 colors.