Best Graphic Format to use other than .gif .bmp .png .jpg

[Kaisa]

are there any other image formats that are good to use other than .jpg .bmp .gif .png ?

[Rick Bull]

Well I think it depends on what you want from a format (e.g. compression, transparency, gama support, vector support, etc.) But if you mean for web then you are best sticking to PNG, GIF or JPG as they are best supported. I'm hoping MNG will become better supported (only Gecko bases browsers support it at the moment to my knowledge), as they are an animated format similar to PNG, and they support alpha transparency, gama correction, sub-loops, lossless compressions, plus other useful stuff.

[khaki]

Hi again Kaisa,

Since your question is directly related to graphics, you should post it in the Graphis forum here.

And while Rick Bull was able to provide you with some help here in the General forum, you'll find a much larger graphics-centric audience over in the Graphics forum (including Rick Bull).

Just a suggestion...
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[Kaisa]

I didn't see any fourms for graphics unless you mean the area where it shows what fourms you can go to like

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[khaki]

I see that you have posted in HTML, General, and CSS.

Graphics is just another forum here.

[Kaisa]

Well the image format i want has to have the smallest size , support transparent color , and looks best with a computer screen or tv screen and anything else like the best look of blended colors etc.

[Stefan]

Originally posted by Kaisa
Well the image format i want has to have the smallest size , support transparent color

I would recomend PNG.
For small size and transparency it's the best format available AFAIK.

The only real competition for these features are GIF, but PNG is usually a bit smaller and offer full 8-bit transparency, true color & gamma correction to name a few advantages.

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngintro.html

[Rick Bull]

Yeah I'd agree with Stefan, plus they are patent free unlike GIF.