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I just finished a giant project for English. This feels so good to just sit in my chair and type about how good this feels.

Since I'm in a good mood, I'm going to band my head on my keyboard and see what comes up.

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Image Filetypes

 

Image Filetypes

This is a guide to commonly used image file types.

There are 4 main image file formats used most, and they are:

• JPEG
• GIF
• PNG
• BMP

Each has their own good and bad features.

• • JPEG is used mostly in photos, but it can have lower quality than others because of it's compression type, lossy. Lossy and Lossless are compression algorithms that tell the photo whether it should keep the high quality or lose it to keep the file size low. Lossy picture compression decreases the quality of the photo, but not too evidently. It can lower the file size. Lossless picture compression is used for whenever you care more about the quality than the file size.
• • GIF is used for simple graphics since it can only use 256 colors, but it can be used for animations which are widely used on the internet. (Example animated GIF on the left, I found it on 4chan.... lol)
• • PNG can use 16 million colors and are great for high definition/quality pictures and photos. I try to save most of my pictures in this format because it's so reliable and the quality is great.
• • BMP is a very simple file type that is typically uncompressed, and is usually used in Microsoft's Paint application. (Example BMP pixel art created by me below)
  

The file types mentioned about are known as raster images, because they are made of thousands of colored pixels. The SVG file type is a vector image that doesn't use pixels, but shapes.

• SVG stands for scaleable vector graphics. Vector graphics are, as apposed to raster (examples are mentioned above), made by rendering, or creating, shapes that can be sized and won't lose quality, no matter how big you zoom in on it. Raster images are made by thousands of pixels of colors that can lose quality when zoomed in. (Example at right, vector is on the left and raster is on the right)

The gentleman's way

Yesterday, a junior by the name of Michael (this guy rocks!) told me one of the most hilarious jokes I had ever heard of this month.

Ever heard of mindf***s? They're pictures that seem normal, but upon closer look, you see something scary. Example at right (the mindf**k in this pic is the guy in the window) ->
They're known to have the subtitle, "When you'll see it, you'll s**t bricks".
Michael revealed to me another version of this that made me laugh so hard, I did nearly s**t bricks: The gentleman's way. "When thou has viewed it, thou shalt eject bricks from thy rectum."
If you don't get it, that's OK. You don't need to.

My talk about computers today will be using your TV as a monitor for your computer, which could be useful for showing PowerPoints on your HDTV, or possibly watching that cool movie you have on your comp.

Whenever I want to do this, I use an HDMI cable.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.

Or in other words, it's a device/cable that can transmit digital data, like TV, computers, etc.  If this sounds like a really cool and helpful tool, congratulations! You're correct!
To use such a helpful tool, one must have these items:

• An HDMI compatible computer (one that has a port that looks similar to this)
• An HDMI compatible TV (most relatively new TVs have HDMI ports)
• An HDMI cable (Be careful, some can be really really expensive)

It's extremely easy to do:

1. Plug cord into both computer and TV.
2. Configure settings in your TV to view the port used on your TV (if you used port HDMI5, for example, change your input to HDMI5 or however you do it on your TV)
   
3. Press the CRT/LCD button on your computer (if it has it, it may not)
4. You can now switch between having the screen on the TV only, on the computer only, or both at the same time. However, please note that it isn't a monitor and cannot be used to extend your desktop, but just project it onto your TV.

I have sucessfully done it on my TV, but for some reason the screen doesn't fit exactly to my TV, and that is because my computer screen size does not match my TV (1800 x 800 VS 2000 x 3000), so the TV just projects the screen the biggest it can without stretching it and causing the image to get distorted. Luckily, my TV has the option to zoom in, making the screen easier to see but also cutting off the screen a little.

HDMI. There are good sides and down sides to it, but it's fast, easy, and the best in quality.