gif and jpg ?

i am trying to make a layout and the coding i use says i need a gif picture but i can only find jpg can i change jpg to gif?

GIFs usually use a smaller pallette of colors (256) than JPGs.

To answer your second question, you can open a JPG image in paint and then click "save as" and under the "save as type" menu, select GIF. Bear in mind that this will often lower the quality of the image. If you have a program like Paint Shop Pro, you can convert the image into a GIF without lowering the quality of the image (select the "Optimized Octree" option).

thanks ill try it

u could rename it....but that could damage the color

sorry 4 the double post but gif and jpg are image formats

u could rename it....but that could damage the color
no, renaming it is not a good idea. the actual file type physically should match the filename extension type. the only good way to do this change is through an image editor as suggested earlier.

do they stand for any specific thing ?
like each letter

do they stand for any specific thing ?
like each letter


From http://en.wikipedia.org

In computing, JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg) is a commonly used standard method of lossy compression for photographic images. The file format which employs this compression is commonly also called JPEG; the most common file extensions for this format are .jpeg, .jfif, .jpg, .JPG, or .JPE although .jpg is the most common on all platforms.

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) / GIFF (Graphics Interchange File Format) is a bitmap image format for pictures with up to 256 distinct colours from the over 16 million representable in 24 bit rgb. The format was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web. GIFs are compressed files, which reduces the amount of time it takes to transfer images over a network connection.

wow thats confusing

wow thats confusing

In brief, JPG = up to 16 million colors, but can be blurry in some cases. GIF = 256 colors. JPG is usually used in photos and graphics, GIFs for smaller images such as buttons and smilies. GIF supports transparency, JPG doesn't.

And in a perfect world every browser (lookin' at you, IE) would properly support the PNG (Portable Network Graphic) file type so we could have the best of both worlds. Not to mention glorious full alpha transparency. :drool:

JPG = Joint Photographic expert Group.

try to stay away from BMP images. (BitMaP). they are very large and bulky in memory size.