TYPES OF STATIC IMAGES most often used on the Internet

.JPG/.JPEG

means Joint Photographic Experts Group (developers of ths format). This format supports up to 16.7 million colours and is best for photographs and photorealistic images.

.GIF

This compact file format is ideal for graphics that use only a few colors. In one of its formats (Gif89) it is used for animation of simple graphics. GIF format is commonly used for simple logos.

.PNG

This format combines many of the benefits of GIF and JPEG, but has not become very popular.

YOUR MONITOR - pixels per inch and colour!

Monitors show colours differently. Depending upon brightness, contrast and other settings and the age of the monitor, you will see the colours on a web site slightly differently from the way they are seen on a different monitor. The "web-safe" colours come closest to consistant appearance, but cannot be guaranteed due to individual monitor settings.

Resolution describes the level of detail in an image in terms of dots per inch or pixels per inch.
Common PC resolutions include:
640 pixels by 480 pixels ( appropriate for a 14-inch monitor)
800 by 600 (appropriate for a 15-inch monitor)
1,024 by 768 (appropriate for a 17-inch monitor)
1,280 by 1,024 (appropriate for 19 inch monitor)
This site looks best at 1024 x 768 ppi

You can control which resolution your monitor shows at any given time. This is done in the Display area of your Control Panel.

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