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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: RandomTiger on October 18, 2003, 09:46:17 am

Title: File formats question
Post by: RandomTiger on October 18, 2003, 09:46:17 am

.dds, .dib, .png,

What kind of graphics formats are these and what are the differences between them?

Title: File formats question
Post by: Bobboau on October 18, 2003, 10:16:53 am

I think
direct draw surface
something
and some sort of lossless image

Title: File formats question
Post by: phreak on October 18, 2003, 10:20:21 am

.dib is a device independant bitmap.  i think .bmp format with a different extension

Title: File formats question
Post by: HotSnoJ on October 18, 2003, 10:46:36 am

.png (I think) is the best web image format EVER. It's suppose to be just as small as .jpg and .gif but much better image quality.

Title: File formats question
Post by: Kazan on October 18, 2003, 10:50:16 am

.png = portable network graphics
.dds = direct draw surface
.dib = .bmp = device independant bitmap
.gif = compuserve interchange formart
.jpg = JPEG [forget the expansion, it's some industry image standards group]

Title: File formats question
Post by: karajorma on October 18, 2003, 11:12:24 am

Joint Pictures Expert Group if I remember correctly.

Title: File formats question
Post by: Taristin on October 18, 2003, 03:37:35 pm

Photo... I'm retty sure, but it's besides the point... PNG's are huge usually... but do have the best quality.

Title: File formats question
Post by: Ryx on October 19, 2003, 09:27:53 am

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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Photo... I'm retty sure, but it's besides the point... PNG's are huge usually... but do have the best quality.

IIRC, .PNG is a lossless format, so quality should be good. The size is large compared to .JPG (smaller than a .BMP, though), but you do get an alpha channel.

Also, isn't .DDS the DXTC* format??


*Direct X Texture Compression