But it no longer can be analyzed for pixel values that have scientific meaning. One of the first techniques that was used to move images around the Internet was designed to make the picture as small as possible. All files using this technique adds three letters to each image file so people would recognize a picture file from a text file. This file shrinking technique works great for maintaining the beauty of a picture while making the file as small as possible. Yes, GIFs, and another great file shrinker called JPEG, are the image files of choice.
Smaller files transfer from one computer to another more quickly.
And this is preferred on the net. All new software is buggy and may cause your machine to crash. Tracking and reporting your crashes to Scion will improve the product. Let me know if you successfully used this lesson on a Wintel computer. When I introduce a new lab to my students, I often use the Mac alias capability for ease of use.