TGA is an old image format. Still, its simplicity and ease at processing still make it appealing to the users. This format was the first one true color. Lossless compression, alpha channel allowing transparency, capability of representing bitmaps ranging from indexed color and RGB color up to 32-bit color images, easiness in reading and writing …
To realize the difference between the NEF format and the JPEG format one needs to know the basic difference between RAW and JPEG. NEF is one of the variations of the RAW format proprietary of the Nikon cameras. What makes NEF different from JPEG is its ultimate flexibility. What you get as .nef image is …
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is widely used in the web. GIF supports lossless compression method preserving every image pixel. The number of colors supported by GIF is limited to 256 only, so this format is more appropriate for images that contain few colors – drawings, line art and images containing text. PNG (Portable network Graphics) …
Information about PNG and JPEG formats PNG (Portable Network Graphic) – the image format developed to replace its predecessor GIF. It supports up to 48-bit truecolor or 16-bit grayscale images. PNG also supports a full range of transparency, but its main advantage is being fully lossless. One can edit and save PNG images as often …
PSD is the native format of Photoshop. This format is lossless though supports RLE compression algorithm. Still, even compressed the PDS files are pretty large and are not suitable for the web. There are both advantages and disadvantages of this format, and it’s always an individual decision whether or not to keep working with the …
