| SWF 212 bytes |
Vector graphics are symbols that are drawn using attributes like height, width, color, position, transparency...
They look perfect when magnified but are not good with lots of details.
Flash files can also have GIF and JPG graphics in it.
| JPG 1,878 bytes |
In the JPG format, each byte in the file describes the colors of a group pixels.
The JPG format is great for photo realistic images.
They look good when magnified and have a large range of compression-quality levels
| GIF 4,141 bytes |
In the GIF format, each byte in the file describes the colors of a group pixels.
The GIF format has sharp detail that is great for small icons.
It also has a full transparent mode and an animation mode.
The animation works by cycling through several images stored in the same file.
They can look bad when magnified and with larger images the file size gets drastically bigger.
| PNG 4,348 bytes |
The PNG format can use pixel and vector graphics.
It has a wide variety of compression-quality levels and effects.
It is not a plug-in so browsers might support them differently.