{"id":96451,"date":"2025-02-19T00:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/what-are-different-formats-good-for-macs-tech-notes\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T00:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:57:25","slug":"what-are-different-formats-good-for-macs-tech-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=96451","title":{"rendered":"What Are Different Formats Good For? ~ Mac&#8217;s Tech Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<head>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/static\/v1\/widgets\/55013136-widget_css_bundle.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\"\/>\n<p><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"width=device-width\" name=\"viewport\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"blogger\" name=\"generator\"\/>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/sdmactech.blogspot.com\/favicon.ico\" rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/x-icon\"\/>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/sdmactech.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/graphic-alphabet-soup-what-are.html\" rel=\"canonical\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/atom+xml\" title=\"Mac's Tech Notes - Atom\" href=\"http:\/\/sdmactech.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"Mac's Tech Notes - RSS\" href=\"http:\/\/sdmactech.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss\"\/>\n<link rel=\"service.post\" type=\"application\/atom+xml\" title=\"Mac's Tech Notes - Atom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/361309860284687597\/posts\/default\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/atom+xml\" title=\"Mac's Tech Notes - Atom\" href=\"http:\/\/sdmactech.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7727147236010596109\/comments\/default\"\/>\n<!--Can't find substitution for tag [blog.ieCssRetrofitLinks]-->\n<link href=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/graphics-formats-photo-1080x675.jpg\" rel=\"image_src\"\/>\n<meta content=\"http:\/\/sdmactech.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/graphic-alphabet-soup-what-are.html\" property=\"og:url\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Graphic Alphabet Soup: What Are Different Formats Good For?\" property=\"og:title\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"                     When it comes to graphics on the  Internet, it\u2019s easy to feel as though you\u2019re swimming for your life in a  giant bowl ...\" property=\"og:description\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/blogger_img_proxy\/AEn0k_tg7YgpQxJhCZnp-MB199XIy1FNTC7DluLdibWn-o13-Thi7M6xV6o1tshs9VkV3JViZwGPJou5L10jqlprA0HWkDYxFISPNW1MEGPlIae-ZHt-eHKZl0FFyXKZQUHihnPgcfZ1NhkXiidvoJP0mxhRcngbyunI_daZ=w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu\" property=\"og:image\"\/>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Lato%3A300%2C400&amp;subset=latin%2Clatin-ext\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\"\/>\n<title>Graphic Alphabet Soup: What Are Different Formats Good For? 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PNG! TIFF! What do those names mean? Why does your camera spit out<br \/>\n JPEGs? What\u2019s the best format for a Web graphic? Grab onto a capital O<br \/>\nand let\u2019s get some answers.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First off, don\u2019t worry about the<br \/>\nacronyms, because expanding them doesn\u2019t explain much. For example, JPEG<br \/>\n stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, which is the standards<br \/>\nbody that invented the JPEG format. Helpful? Not really. So think of<br \/>\nthem just as names, like Gabriela or Jayden. That said, it can be<br \/>\nhelpful to know how they\u2019re pronounced:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GIF: Either \u201cjif,\u201d as in jiffy, or \u201cgif\u201d as in \u201cgift\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/23\/battle-over-gif-pronunciation-erupts\/?_r=1\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an interesting story<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JPEG: \u201cjay-peg\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PNG: \u201cping\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIFF: \u201ctiff\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the lowdown on each.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<b>GIF<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oldest of these formats, GIF was<br \/>\nlong the standard for computer-generated images. It worked well for<br \/>\ngraphics and logos with large areas of solid color, but less so for<br \/>\nphotos. Due in part to a patent licensing kerfuffle, GIF has been<br \/>\nsuperseded by PNG in all ways but one.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GIF\u2019s remaining use lies in<br \/>\nflipbook-style animations, where each frame is a separate GIF image.<br \/>\nAnimated GIFs that run in short loops have become wildly popular on the<br \/>\nInternet because they\u2019re small and easy to embed in a Facebook or<br \/>\nTwitter post, email message, or Web page. Numerous utilities exist for<br \/>\nturning a short movie clip into an animated GIF; check out<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gifbrewery.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GIF Brewery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Mac or<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/giphy-cam.-the-gif-camera\/id1017480918?mt=8\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giphy Cam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for an iPad or iPhone.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhy-m38aPj3Fai-QrkPxp8Eu9xzhpK7Aul4XdAfyR8cBbSivRl3zhvHP05j3nxRqc6k1QuumbNDPWlpe0Ak6lgRIcok9Nsb-R0P9KnhoevZVfGPW4AIKaQ4LoaUExfUybGqqvhqXlyqHw\/s1600\/graphics-animated-gif.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"261\" data-original-width=\"346\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhy-m38aPj3Fai-QrkPxp8Eu9xzhpK7Aul4XdAfyR8cBbSivRl3zhvHP05j3nxRqc6k1QuumbNDPWlpe0Ak6lgRIcok9Nsb-R0P9KnhoevZVfGPW4AIKaQ4LoaUExfUybGqqvhqXlyqHw\/s320\/graphics-animated-gif.gif\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<b>JPEG<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common graphics format on<br \/>\nthe Internet, JPEG owes its popularity to being the default format for<br \/>\nphotos created by all digital cameras, including (until iOS 11) those in<br \/>\n iPhones and iPads. JPEG works well for photos because it can compress<br \/>\nfile sizes significantly while barely affecting the image quality.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, a 20 MB photo saved in<br \/>\nJPEG format might end up as only 4 MB, with reductions in image quality<br \/>\nthat most people would never notice. Most graphics software lets you<br \/>\nadjust a slider to specify different quality levels, and while the<br \/>\nresults vary by the photo, saving at a 75% quality level is usually a<br \/>\ngood compromise between quality and file size.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The downside of JPEG is that it<br \/>\nachieves these minuscule file sizes by throwing away data in the file,<br \/>\nwhich limits how it can be edited in the future. That\u2019s why professional<br \/>\n photographers generally shoot in what are called \u201craw\u201d formats (which<br \/>\ncontain all the image data the camera sensor recorded when the shutter<br \/>\nwas opened). Raw files are huge but can be edited in ways that aren\u2019t<br \/>\npossible with a JPEG file. Once edits have been made, photographers save<br \/>\n a copy as a JPEG for sharing or posting online.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5081\" data-attachment-id=\"5081\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S400&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1085858402&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.40625&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"graphics-dark-red-flower-jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/graphics-dark-red-flower-jpeg-1024x768.jpg\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/graphics-dark-red-flower-jpeg-300x225.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/graphics-dark-red-flower-jpeg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/what-different-graphics-formats-are-good-for\/graphics-dark-red-flower-jpeg\/\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/graphics-dark-red-flower-jpeg-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"673\"\/><\/p>\n<h3>\n<b>PNG<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conceived as an improved, patent-free<br \/>\n alternative to GIF, PNG is now the go-to format for online graphics<br \/>\nthat have large areas of solid color, such as buttons, logos, and<br \/>\nscreenshots That\u2019s because PNG can compress such images well without<br \/>\nintroducing fuzziness, as can happen with JPEG. Similarly, you can edit<br \/>\nPNG images repeatedly without hurting image quality.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another contrast with JPEG, PNG<br \/>\nsupports transparency, which means you can define one color in an image<br \/>\nas \u201ctransparent\u201d rather than an actual color. When the image is<br \/>\ndisplayed on a Web page, the transparent pixels are rendered in whatever<br \/>\n the background color is. That\u2019s tremendously handy for creating images<br \/>\nthat seem to float over the background.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t use PNG for photos, since a photographic image saved in PNG format will be much larger than the corresponding JPEG.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgET5jb3V8G-CjCPAuHSjlKxYDUWBzmmQYSLQLHaKy9a3E8Rl0Fbi5abNSvN0fPZXVOzIwfRnCjcQHFebL7HVhZuWAy17Q7L2pDYCjkjvw_xvJqbhyO1e9ErTUBzBVhlz_SshFXS1jhBg\/s1600\/graphics-TC-logo-transparent.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"420\" data-original-width=\"629\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgET5jb3V8G-CjCPAuHSjlKxYDUWBzmmQYSLQLHaKy9a3E8Rl0Fbi5abNSvN0fPZXVOzIwfRnCjcQHFebL7HVhZuWAy17Q7L2pDYCjkjvw_xvJqbhyO1e9ErTUBzBVhlz_SshFXS1jhBg\/s320\/graphics-TC-logo-transparent.png\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>TIFF<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like PNG, TIFF files can be<br \/>\ncompressed without losing any data. Because of this, TIFF is used<br \/>\nextensively for archiving original photos instead of JPEG; TIFF files<br \/>\nmay be much larger, but that\u2019s acceptable when it comes to preserving<br \/>\noriginals from which you could later make edited copies.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIFF also boasts some additional<br \/>\ncolor-related features that PNG lacks, making TIFF useful in the print<br \/>\nworld\u2014if you were to write a book that was going to be printed<br \/>\nprofessionally, the publisher might ask for any photos or other<br \/>\nillustrations in TIFF format. Useful as TIFF can be, for most people,<br \/>\nmost of the time, JPEG and PNG are all you need.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\n<b>Back and Forth<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly any graphics program can open<br \/>\nimages in these formats and convert to the other formats, but look no<br \/>\nfurther than the Preview app from Apple on your Mac for basic image<br \/>\nconversion features. For more info about using Preview, check out<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.takecontrolbooks.com\/preview\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take Control of Preview<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Adam Engst and Josh Centers<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know the basics of the<br \/>\nMac\u2019s most important graphics formats, you\u2019re ready to put your best<br \/>\nfoot forward whenever you need to pick a file format for your images.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One last thing! You might start<br \/>\nhearing about a new format that iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra<br \/>\nintroduced this year: HEIF, or High Efficiency Image File Format (we<br \/>\ndon\u2019t know what happened to the extra F either). HEIF provides tight<br \/>\ncompression, transparency support, animations, and much more. But you<br \/>\nprobably won\u2019t interact with HEIF files, since Apple plans to use HEIF<br \/>\nonly behind the scenes. 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