Digital Images - File Types

LOSSY images .....

• Lose quality when they are compressed

• Do not lose quality when they are compressed

LOSSLESS mages .....

• Lose quality when they are compressed

• Do not lose quality when they are compressed

Leo wishes to remove the background from an image and save it with transparency. Which of the following file types should he choose?

• JPEG

• GIF

• BMP

• TIFF

Leah is a wedding photographer. She wants to put some example photos on her website to showcase her work. She knows that she needs to compress her images first. Which file format should she choose?

• JPEG

• GIF

• BMP

• TIFF

Priya has taken photos for her GCSE coursework. She will need to spend some time editing them in Photoshop. Which file format should she choose?

• JPEG

• GIF

• BMP

• PSD

How many different colours can be displayed in a JPEG?

• 256

• 1600

• 16,000

• 16 million

How many different colours can be displayed in a GIF?

• 256

• 1600

• 16,000

• 16 million

Anil wants to create an animated icon for a website he is building. Which file format should he use to save his work?

• JPEG

• GIF

• BMP

• TIFF

Which of the following file formats uses LOSSY compression?

• PNG

• JPEG

• RAW

• BMP

Which of the following file formats uses LOSSLESS compression? (Choose as many as appropriate)

• GIF

• JPEG

• PNG

• BMP