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Digital Image formats (and when to use them)

Image Format Usage Recommendations - Abuse them, Heavily...

JPEG/JPG Web images, email attachments, and situations where file size is more important than maximum image quality.

GIF Simple animations, small icons, and images with limited color on the web. PNG Images that require transparency or high-quality graphics on the web, such as logos. WebP Web images where file size and image quality are important.

HEIF/HEIC High-quality photos on iOS devices. TIFF Use for professional photography, printing, and publishing where high-quality images are necessary.

BMP Used in some specific cases where no compression is desired but more uncommon.

PSD Images edited in Adobe Photoshop.

PDF Images or text that needs to be easily shared, printed, and viewed in a document format.

RAW Professional photography to retain maximum image data for post-processing.

EPS High-quality graphics, logos, and illustrations that need to be resized without losing quality.

AI Creating or editing graphics in Adobe Illustrator.

INDD Creating or editing complex layouts in Adobe InDesign.

DWG A DWG file is a type of digital document. “DWG” stands for “DraWinG.”