Mini Me - usenet poster
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Bitmap images can be saved in various file formats that fall into two categories - Uncompressed and Compressed. Uncompressed formats store bitmap images as stream of bits they were created (scanned, captured, drew, etc.), the actual file size therefore is the raw data size (pixel dimensions times color depth) plus rooms for extra pieces of information (file header, remarks, etc.). Common uncompressed image formats are BMP, PCX, PICT, TIFF, PSD, etc. These file formats are usually adapted for advanced publishing purpose because they keep the precise information of the original image, but they require much more disk space then compressed file formats do.