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From: Alain Martel
Date: 12 Jul 2020 13:00:26
Message: <5f0b41aa$1@news.povray.org>

Le 2020-07-12 à 08:42, Bald Eagle a écrit :
> 
> I really haven't looked into graphics file formats in a long time, so I'll just
> ask this and see what happens.  ;)
> 
> What about BMP or GIF?
> I also never see anyone use RAW file formats - except for professional
> photographers, and it seems a bit --- complex.
> 
> 

BMP is close to a raw format. No compression and minimal header.

GIF only support up to 256 colours and is the grandfather of PNG. 
Meaning that PNG wad developed to address the limitation of GIF and 
improve the compression.

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