You’ve probably seen a picture or image on the web and may have noticed it was .gif format. GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, which basically means it is a compressed image file format.
The reason .gif is used more widely on the web is because the file size is smaller than a .jpg file and is faster and easier to load in your web browser.
GIFs are great for small icons and animated pages, but lack the color range for high quality photos.
If you have an image you want to use on your mom blog or web site that is in .jpg format, MS Picture Editor has a tool you can use to compress the image into a .gif file. If you don’t know how to do this or don’t have the time, you can hire a VA, such as myself, to do it for you.
JPG, pronounced “jay peg”, is one of the most common types of image formats used on the Internet. The format is either abbreviated as JPG or jpeg and comes from the name of the committee that created the standard, Joint Photographic Experts Group.
JPG technology was designed for compressing full-color or gray-scale images of natural, real-world scenes. It works well on photographs, naturalistic artwork and similar material.
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I didn't know that GIF were for smaller pictures. I liked the details on this!
Thanks for informing us on the difference between gif and jpg.
Thanks for informing us on the difference between gif and jpg.