Type III by Emmanuel Acevedo

Raster File Formats: JPG/JPEG:  Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group, is one of the most widely used image formats worldwide across Websites and social media. Has lossy compression meaning the image quality is somewhat degraded and lacks support for transparency. PNG:  Short for Portable Network Graphics, is another widely used image format. Unlike JPEG, this is a lossless compression format meaning that most of the image quality is not degraded. GIF:  Short for Graphics Interchange Format, Is notable for supporting animated images to be played in a sequential format. The drawback of this file format is that it only supports up to 256 colors which by today's standards isn't great. Nowadays it's commonly used for memes and other funny images. BMP:  Short for Windows BitMaP, is an uncompressed raster file format capable of storing high-quality image data in a single file and can be transferred across other Windows PCs and be viewed without losing quality. The dra...

1. What is the difference between 300ppi and 72ppi? The difference between 300PPI and 72PPI is that 300PPI is higher resolution, You are cramming more pixels into an inch. Hence the PPI which means Pixels Per Inch 2. Why is that important for the graphic designer doing print projects? It's important for Graphic Designers as when you try to increase the size of a 72PPI to fit the layout of a magazine or poster, It looks like a pixelated mess which hurts to look at. Whereas if you try to resize a 300PPI it won't look that bad, Sure it will start to look a little pixelated but it would still be pleasant to look at. Well, there might be a situation where 300PPI is too big for your project layout so you can decrease the size and it would still look great overall. 3. Why is that important for the web designer doing websites?  It's equally important for Web Designers, But you also have to be careful, if you insert an image that's too big such as a 1000PPI image your Website wi...