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 Unit 4. Digital Image Processing
 

Some formats of bitmaps were designed for printing on paper. Others, on the other hand, are made to be distributed through the internet. The first are in non-compressed format and do not lose quality, but are bigger sized files. The second type are compressed files that occupy less space but lose some image quality. For example, in the jpeg format, at greater than 60% compression, the loss of image quality is clearly visible, whereas gif and png formats don't lose image quality even after being highly compressed. Among the most used formats for working with paper is the tiff.