Sometimes we confuse to choose the suitable format file for our picture to publish to internet or just sharing with our friends. And there are some format you can choose it below before publish your picture. Let’s check it out!

PSD (Photoshop Document)

This file format is original document format of adobe photoshop. This format can

keep layer information and alpha channel found on a picture, so that

in a moment can be opened and editted again. This format also can to keep picture in

several colour fashions that provided in photoshop. You can keep with this file format if we like to edit it again.

BMP (Bitmap Image)

Is flexible graphic format to platform windows so that can

read by every graphic program . This format can to keep information with quality

level 1 beet until 24 beets. This file format weakness is cannnot to keep alpha

channel with there obstacle in transfer platform. To make a object as

desktop wallpaper, save your document with this file format. You also can compress

this file format is with RLE compression. This file format can save picture in colour fashions RGB, grayscale, indexed color, and bitmap.

EPS (Encapsuled Postcript)

This file format is format often used for document transfer deliver betweeen graphics program. Beside that, this file format often also used when we want to print

picture. This file format superiority uses language postscript so that this file format

identified by most of all preparation program prints. This file format weakness

can not to keep alpha channel, so that many users adobe photoshop uses

this file format when picture that is done finals. This file format can keep

picture with colour modes RGB, CMYK, lab, duotone, grayscale, indexed color, with

bitmap. Besides, this file format also can to keep clipping path.

JPG/JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)

This file format can to compress object with quality level as according to choice

provided. File format often be ma use to will keep picture that be used

for web yard, multimedia, and another electronic publication. This file format

can keep picture with colour fashions RGB, CMYK, and grayscale. This file format

also can keep alpha channel, but because the orientation of electronic publication

so this format measures relative smaller is compared with another file format.

GIF (Graphic Interchange Format)

This file format just can keep in 8 beets (only support colour fashions

grayscale, bitmap and indexed color). This file format is standard format to

electronic publication and internet. It also can keep animation two dimensions

be publicized in internet, web yard design and electronic publication. This file format

can compress of the size little use compression LZW.

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

This file format can keep a picture with quality up to 32 beets. This file format also

can be used for transfer deliver platform (PC, Machintosh, and Silicon

graphic). This file format is one of format that chosen and liked by so much

graphic computer user especially orientating in publication (print). Most of all

program that can to read file format bitmap also can to read file format TIFF.

PCX

This file format is developed by company named Zoft cooperation. This file format

be flexible format because most of all program in PC can read

picture with this file format. This file format can to keep beet information depth as big as

up to 24 beets but cannot to keep alpha channel. This file format can

keep picture with colour fashions RGB, grayscale, bitmap and indexed color.

PDF (Portable Document Format)

This file format is used by adobe acrobat, and can be used by graph based on pixel

also vector. This file format can keep picture with colour fashions RGB, CMYK,

indexed color, lab color, grayscale and bitmap. This file format cannot keep

alpha channel. this file format often uses compression JPG and ZIP, except for

colour modes bitmap that is use CCIT.

PNG (Portable Network Graphic)

This file format function is other alternative from file format GIF. This file format is used to display object in web yard. Surplus from this file format is compared

with gif the ability keeps file in beet depth up to 24 beets with can produce background transparent with soft hem. This file format can keep alpha channel.

PIC (Pict)

This file format is standard in graphic application in macintosh and processor program

text with intermediate quality for document transfer deliver applications. This file format can keep picture with colour fashion RGB with 1 alpha channel with indexed color,

grayscale and bitmap without alpha channel. This file format also prepare beet choice between 16 and 32 beets in colour modes RGB.

TGA (Targa)

This file format designs to platform that use targa true vision video board.

This file format can to keep picture with colour fashion in 32 beets with 1 alpha

channel, also grayscale, indexed color, and RGB in 16 or 24 beets without alpha channel.

This file format good for keep document from result render from animation program

with result output shaped sequence like 3d studio max.

IFF (Interchange Format File)

This file format is usually is used to work with video toaster and transfer process

documentation from and to comodore amiga system. this file format is identified most of all graphic program found in PC with can keep picture with colour fashion

bitmap. This file format doesn’t can to keep alpha channel.

SCT (Scitex Continous Tone)

This file format is used to keep document with tall quality in computer

scitex. This file format can to keep picture with colour fashion RGB, CMYK, and

grayscale but cannot to keep alpha channel.

PXR (Pixar)

This file format is special for document transfer with pixar image computer. This file format can to keep picture with colour fashion RGB and grayscale with 1 alpha channel.

RAW

This file format is flexible file format for document transfer deliver applications

and platform. This file format can keep colour fashion RGB, CMYK, and grayscale

with 1 alpha channel with colour fashion multichannel, lab color and duotone without alpha channel.

DCS (Dekstop Color Separation)

This file format is developed by quark and be standard format to .EPS. This format

can keep picture with colour fashion multichannel and CMYK with 1 alpha

channel and many spot channel. This file format can keep clipping path and often

used for printing office process (publishing). When keep file in this format so

stored 4 channel from picture and 1 channel preview.

And there are some compression format for publish a small picture:

Compression Format

Several programs especially orientating in electronic publication and multimedia always

will need file format that measure little so that when opened not slow to

need compression. Follow file format orientating electronic publication and multimedia with the each compression.

RLE (Run Length Encoding)

This compression can to compress file without cause the loss of detail. Used by adobe

photoshop, TIFF and a large part program found in windows.

LZW (Lemple-Zif-Welf)

Same like compression RLE, this compression also can to compress file without cause the loss of detail. This compression is used by TIFF, PDF, GIF, and format that support language postscript. This compression is very good to compresses picture with area big

use 1 colour.

JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)

This format compresses file with cause the loss of detail. This file format often is used

by JPG, PDF, and format that use language postscript. This compression is very good

used for picture with continous tone like photo.

CCIT

CCIT be abbreviation from french in english is called International Ticker and Telekeyed Consultive Commitee. This compression is used to compress black and white picture, and can to compress file without cause the loss of the detail. This compression often is used by PDF and format other use language postscript.