Explaining Image File Formats
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Published 2022-01-23
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Key concepts
04:47 JPEG
05:59 PNG
06:57 GIF
07:33 TIFF
08:26 PSD
09:15 RAW
10:31 Other Raster Formats
11:06 Vector Formats
12:55 The Best Format
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All Comments (21)
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You have a god-given talent for breaking down the complicated into simpler conceptual parts. I have been working with image files for the past 50 years and although I understand the difference there is no way I could explain it as well as you have in this video. Thank you!
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This guy's bucket is always full of content and it will never empty.. Thank you for sharing your never ending knowledge with us..😍😍
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Nice thing about SVG is it’s an XML text tag based document, which means it has a DOM that can be manipulated via scripting (JavaScript most likely) or even CSS. Very useful for the web. Several JavaScript libraries exists to do so.
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Fantastic to finally understand the typical use cases for each file format. I work with pngs a lot, it's good to finally understand what the "alpha channel" actually means.
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I missed these explaining videos... Please make more and more :) They are one of the reasons i fell in love with the channel some 7 years ago :)
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Professor Barnatt, this content not only was as informative on a grand scale as always, but gave me a good start to my day. I've needed to engage my brain. Despite being in the imaging industry for over 40 years, I had never heard image file formats explained so well. Thank you.
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This video is timeless. People will continue seeking this particular condensed, informative content for years to come
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I wonder how many subscribers unsubscribed when they heard, that Chris is in the "GIF" camp, not "JIF" :P SVG is awesome, this format can do a lot of tricks that are not widely known, especially in web development. It's worth mentioning that SVG is basically a text file, you can open it with a notepad and embed in your website without using the file and later animate it by manipulating the data over time with scripts.
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Mr. Scissors always gets a moment in the spotlight. Love it!
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My favorite part in these videos is that even when I know everything, it's still interesting and deserves watching until the end. Great job as usual with this video. Surprised that Webp wasn't mentioned, given that it's the only relatively-common format, as far as I know, that has been invented recently.
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Thanks for being the most straight to the point tech tuber.
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Very informative video! PNG format is very versatile, it actually supports 16 bits per channel. Additionally, it supports low bit depths down to 1 bit per pixel for images consisting of fewer colours. TIFF provides some interesting features too. For the most interesting feature, TIFF may include more pictures (pages) in a single file.
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You're like the Techmoan of computer topics, thank you so much for putting out basic explainers like this!
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Excellent, interesting and well presented. Information I needed right about now. Thanks from my 3D printer lab in Orlando Florida 👍👍
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Interesting video Chris. As someone who works with images, it's nice to see this topic greatly explained particularly the lossy compression. BTW, isn't it Leica and not Lecia ?
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Thank you for pronouncing GIF correctly. 😊
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Everything you ever wanted to know about image file formats but were to intimidated to ask. Very useful for we the confused.
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My favourite moment of the day! Thanks again for another awesomely instructive and entertaining video, Chris.
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So nice explanation! Thanks so much every time is a joy to see a video from you!
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This forum about digital imaging makes me appreciate the microcomputer more and more. I am beginning to acquire some desire to work with photographs like I do working with text. Thank you for presenting this forum on YouTube.
