Understanding basic image file formats

Macworld
Mar 17, 2016, 5:30 pm884 pts
Chances are good that you’ve witnessed a wide variety of file formats flit across your screen, but do you really understand what they mean? For example, you may understand that a JPEG is for pictures but what’s a PNG and a TIFF? And which format supports an image with a see-through background? In this column,…

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