So, let’s go through some of the basics ideas and terms and look at the most popular image formats in use today and address some of their pros and cons.

You need to think of how your image will be used now and in the future, scales, and resolutions are all going to matter. Why because this will help you future-proof your image. You need to know what these are and get an idea of the basics. Some image formats work better with certain types of images, there are pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, limitations, and usage issues. What a pain! but, the fact is there is a reason for different image formats. Then you get the messages -this device doesn’t support this format, please send in PNG, that’s just the start… Let’s be honest: you often just choose the one you’ve heard of, or used before and presumed it worked. Instead, we are overwhelmed by a series of semi-understood (at best) acronyms. Image formats should be clear cut -you’ve created an image, logo, animation, poster… so you save it, and now you can just use it for anything, right? If, if only that was the case, a one size fits all image format system, would make life much easier.

High quality file formats for pictures