image file types....yeah, right.

GIF files : so basically gif files are normally used for smaller animations, as the maximum colours you can have is 256. i think that's right? yes, yes I do.

JPEG files : used for digital photography, the maximum colour would be 42949... pretty much the same as a gif. copy cat much?

MPED files : mainly used for digital video's, to use this, need lots of free memory, and maybe a fast computer too? the Standard colour - 1100kbps, it saves space my deleting the repetition of frames.

ANIMATED GIF files : used to make series of images/frames, It is larger than a normal gif, common size is 69x60 pixels, the bigger the picture, the bigger the file. and much better too.

SHOCKWAVE files : mainly used for multimedia, they are vector based, which means that is doesn't save as individual pixels, it saves as a picture. you can find this when you are loading games on the net!