Test # 4 Study Guide

You should know:

• Compressing Images for use on the Web
• Graphics formats on the web (features, limitations, of each)
• Differences between GIF, JPEG, and PNG
• Situations to use a GIF or JPEG
• Differences between lossy and lossless compression
• How color depth and resolution relate to file size
• scaling an image in the browser verses scaling in Photoshop
• Audio and Video on the Internet
• 3 major audio / video formats
• Streaming vs. Downloadable media
• Temporal vs. Spatial compression
• Waveform audio, MIDI audio, and mp3
• Anything in the assigned readings (including online articles) may be on the test
• Anything from previous tests / study guides