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Which one is better to use in a site .JPEG or .GIF?

by virtualmisc
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Hello Friends

I have a large background image in a site.
I wanted to know if .JPEG or .GIF is the best.


Thanks
#gif #jpeg #site
  • Profile picture of the author iClickGraphics
    I would say use gif for background (plain color, with text) but if there's a image included in your background use .jpg
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    • Profile picture of the author DiamondDog
      Further to iClickGraphics reply, as a general rule of thumb I use JPEGs for photographic images and graphics that contain gradients. However, it is a "lossy" format as it compresses the image quality and cannot handle flat colour well.

      GIFs are excellent for graphics that contain a lot of flat colour but can only contain a maximum of 256 colours and will only allow one colour to be transparent.

      If your graphics software doesn't allow you to preview your image before exporting to either GIF or JPEG, export it in both formats and see which one works out the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Wells
    Originally Posted by virtualmisc View Post

    Hello Friends

    I have a large background image in a site.
    I wanted to know if .JPEG or .GIF is the best.


    Thanks
    jpeg because its a much higher quality image even though it does compress the image, if you use gifs and they are not small, like below 50x50 or so, you will lose image quality and its very noticable.......
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  • Profile picture of the author vivekg
    I would advice you the samem jpeg gives better quality.
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  • Profile picture of the author theIMgeek
    I want to emphasize the point that DiamondDog mentioned.

    This is not an A or B decision... you should most likely be using BOTH! The formats have different strengths and weaknesses.

    Generally JPEG produces better results for photographs while GIF optimizes illustrations that use limited colours.

    Also, the new kid on the block is PNG which can sometimes top them both. PNG is also useful for advanced transparency stuff like shadow effects.

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  • Profile picture of the author Mili_D
    GIF is great for computer such as generated images with limited palettes, JPEG is far better for photographs. JPEG gives better quality images for the same file size.
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  • Profile picture of the author turntwo21
    I always go with JPEG's, like spygadgets says, the smaller file size is key
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