About Web graphics

Consult the following guidelines when you're adding pictures to your Web page.

Format Description
GIF Graphic Interchange Format. Use for clip art, drawings, and black and white photographs.
JPG or JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group. Use for color photographs and scanned images.
Animated GIF Animated Graphic Interchange Format. Use to add movement to a Web page, but use sparingly so that the Web site's message is not diluted.