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Texture File Formats

  • Different files types can be used for the four types of texturing:
    1. jpeg--Good for photographic images, but is "lossy". No transparency.
    2. gif--Good for flat color, or "graphic" images with only a few colors. Using color indexing. Has 1 bit transparency.
    3. png --Good for nice (full) transparency, any type of images. Usually full color, but can be used with 8-bit palettes too. Becoming the web standard.
    4. rgb-- supports full transparency and color, but not a universal format.
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