Homework: File Formats

In the Camera!
JPEG

• Convenient
• Small files
• Compressed when image is stored>can loose detail&pixels
  
  

TIFF

• No Compression>Lossless
• Large File Size
• Uses three color values
• Good for printing and storing
• Bad for recording images
  
  

RAW

• General term applied to formats that are unique to different cameras
• Canon uses CRW. NIKON ueses NEF.
• Larger file size than Jpeg smaller than TIFF
• Good detail
• Little compression
• Need to be converted before editing.

In the Computer!

JPEG

• File format isn't ideal because every time you save it looses some detail. Overtime (with every save) it will loose its quality.
• Good for web/email use.
  
  

TIFF

• lossless file type
• Takes up more space than JPEG
• Can save all separate layers into one file
  
  

RAW

• not available to be saved as RAW