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4.2Choosing the right file formats for the printing output
Like in Photo Express, in many image editing software, more than one image file format are supported for editing and output use. But which formats are good enough for the printing? Here you will be introduced some ordinary formats and which ones are appropriate for FotoPrisa Printer output.
*.bmp (Bitmap)
It’s the simplest way to store the data by mapping the digitalized image into a grid of pixels. Each Pixel contains 3 values of R(Red), G(Green), B(Blue) which are defined by a specific number of bits (usually it’s 8 bits for each color for most of popular image editing software which support 24 bits of color processing). It expresses the most real quality but has the biggest data size.
*.gif (Graphics Interchange Format)
A format widely used in World Wide Web for efficient communication. The limitation of this format is that it can only express
*.jpg (JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group)
A compression method that was developed to create a standard for sending images over digital communication lines. Most high and true color images compressed with it show little or no degradation; thus it has become one of the most popular formats in use today.
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