GIF
• GIF uses a lossless compression technique,
meaning that no color information is
discarded when the image is compressed
• The color depth of GIF is 8-bit, allowing a
palette of no more than 256 colors
• GIF excels at compressing and displaying flat
color areas, making it the logical choice for
line art and color graphics
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GIF Transparency
• With GIF files, you can choose any one color in an
image to appear as transparent in the browser
• The background color or pattern will show
through the areas that you have designated as
transparent
• Using transparent areas allows you to create
graphics that appear to have an irregular outside
shape, rather than being bounded by a rectangle
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