Raster-uses pixel by pixel images so when they are up scaled they lose quality

JPEG (lossy Raster file type) GIFS (lossless Raster file type) GIF stands for graphics interchangeable format and was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and can support up to 8 bit per pixel for each image of the images in the GIF these can be used for animation and low quality film clips and each image has a colour palette of 256 colours and like jpeg can support transparent backgrounds some of the limitations are that they are hard to edit after it is created it can't be used to make more complex animations and there are file size limitations these can be used to store low colour sprite animations

JPEG stands for joint photographic experts group and is lossy compression method are the norm that people use when uploading images to the internet when images are taken with a digital camera this is the most common file type when JPEG's are resized they lose quality there are compression artefacts that start to appear and they make it look more muddy than a better quality one. JPEG images cannot be partially transparent or animated and JPEG files are capable of containing a 65,000 colour spectrum while GIFS can only have 256 colours

File formats

TIFF (Raster compressed)

TIFF stands for tagged image file format it is a format that saves 8bit to 16 bit for each colour (red, green, blue) they can be both lossy and lossless some cameras can save images as TIFF's not many browsers support TIFF images so they aren't always reliable on the however it is a very accepted photo format it can also support CMYK colour so that they can be printed by most printers

BMP (Raster uncompressed)

BMP which is windows bitmap handles that are used within the Microsoft OS they are a type of uncompressed so the file size very large but they are simply and can be accepted by any windows program and operating system they are easy to create but are not very good when you upscale them.

Vector-they use shapes and lines to create images so that they are don't lose quality when they are scaled and are only good for objects not peoples faces.

EPS (vector) EPS stand for encapsulated postscript and is maybe one of the most commonly used and is the one used mainly by print industry and can also be used to logos but this mainly goes for any vector file format if a program can support EPS it is guaranteed than they can support it other variants it is also a part of adobes creations