Name | Graphics Interchange Format |
|---|---|
| Short name | GIF |
| Developed by | CompuServe |
| Year | 1987 (still) 1989 (animated) |
| Pros | Simple animations/short video clips Widely supported format Transparency support Lossless compression Smaller file sizes |
| Cons | Limited to 256 colors (8-bit per pixel). Only binary transparency. |
| Features | |
| Vector graphics | No |
| Raster image | Yes |
| Lossless | Yes |
| Animation support | Yes |
| Transparency support | - Only all-or-nothing, no semi-transparency |
| Layers support | No |
| HDR | No |
| Maximum bit depth | 8-bit (but only 256 different colors) |
| CMYK support (for print) | No |
| Maximum number of channels | 1 (palette data) |
| Commonly used for | Animation Simple web graphics |
| Browser support (without plugin) | |
| Google Chrome | Yes |
| Microsoft Edge | Yes |
| Safari | Yes |
| Firefox | Yes |
| Opera | Yes |
| Internet Explorer | Yes |
| Additional | |
| File extensions | .gif |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
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