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==image file formats, an enquiry== | |||
''An image file format may store data in uncompressed, compressed, or vector formats. Once rasterized, an image becomes a grid of pixels, each of which has a number of bits to designate its color equal to the color depth of the device displaying it. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats]'' | |||
==.bmp== | ===.bmp=== | ||
official name: '''Windows bitmap'''<br> | |||
owner: Microsoft<br> | |||
file extension: .bmp, .dib, .rle, .2bp (2bpp)<br> | |||
mime-type: image/x-bmp<br> | |||
application: Used by many 2D applications.<br> | |||
patented: NO<br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-bmp1.png]]<br><br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-bmp2.png]]<br><br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-bmp3.png]] | |||
===.jpg / .jpeg=== | |||
official name: '''Joint Photographic Experts Group'''<br> | |||
owner: Joint Photographic Experts Group<br> | |||
file extension: .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe (containers: .jif, .jfif, .jfi)<br> | |||
mime-type: image/jpeg<br> | |||
application: Photographic images. Supported by most web browsers.<br> | |||
patented: Expired (see also Forgent#JPEG)<br> | |||
--> JPEG 2000 ? | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-jpeg1.png]]<br><br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-jpeg2.png]]<br><br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-jpeg3.png]] | |||
===.png=== | |||
official name: '''Portable Network Graphics'''<br> | |||
owner: World Wide Web Consortium<br> | |||
file extension: .png<br> | |||
mime-type: image/png<br> | |||
application: W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web browsers.<br> | |||
patented: NO<br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-png1.png]]<br><br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-png2.png]]<br><br> | |||
[[File:Manetta-social-file-formats-png3.png]] | |||
Revision as of 19:35, 25 September 2014
image file formats, an enquiry
An image file format may store data in uncompressed, compressed, or vector formats. Once rasterized, an image becomes a grid of pixels, each of which has a number of bits to designate its color equal to the color depth of the device displaying it. [1]
.bmp
official name: Windows bitmap
owner: Microsoft
file extension: .bmp, .dib, .rle, .2bp (2bpp)
mime-type: image/x-bmp
application: Used by many 2D applications.
patented: NO
.jpg / .jpeg
official name: Joint Photographic Experts Group
owner: Joint Photographic Experts Group
file extension: .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe (containers: .jif, .jfif, .jfi)
mime-type: image/jpeg
application: Photographic images. Supported by most web browsers.
patented: Expired (see also Forgent#JPEG)
--> JPEG 2000 ?
.png
official name: Portable Network Graphics
owner: World Wide Web Consortium
file extension: .png
mime-type: image/png
application: W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web browsers.
patented: NO
