Module 4- Build a Game Understanding Pictures Compression – Making things smaller
JPEG Best for: CCompressing high-quality images such as photographs and detailed artwork, without sacrificing quality. HHandling subtle shadings and colour blends more efficiently.
GIF Best for… Images with solid areas of colour Line drawings or logos Transparency effect Animation
PNG Open Source, no licence required by developers, unlike GIFs. Widely supported by the Web. Will never completely replace GIF, as it does not support animation.
Scratch - over to you… Scratch accepts the following file formats for images or photos: JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF (including animated GIF). Find some images / photos on your computer or on the internet and import them as sprites into Scratch. You can choose backgrounds or characters.