I started by clicking on the GIF image. This in turn opened internet explorer, Which is what i expected to happen as GIF's are primarly used on interent sites.
I then opened the JPEG image. This image opened in Windows Photo Viewer, I also expected this to happen as the JPEG format is mainly used for photographs.
I then went to open the TGA image, This opened Adobe Photoshop CS5. I have never come across this file format before so researched it on the internet. Turns out that TGA is mainly used for textures as it doesnt compress digital photos or many colour variations very well, So is a good choice for texture images.
Next I opened the TIF image, This also opened in Photoshop. Reading back on the notes from the first lecture I found out that TIF images allow transparency and allow you to save layers. So this Image format is an ideal choice when creating a image in photoshop with layers.
Next I opened up the PNG image, This inturn opened up Adobe Fireworks. On further research, PNG has great control over the transparency and gamma of the image, although it is not widely used in the industry as it doesnt have universal browser support.
I then tried to open the SVG image, but no program could be found that would open that image format. So I started to research and found out that SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics and can be edited using programs such as "Inkscape"
Next I opened the BMP image. This again opened up Photoshop, Which I expected as BMP or Bitmap images are common as they are usually simple images with block colour, although they can be very large file sizes.
Finally I opened up the EXR image. This also opened up in Photoshop. I havent seen this image format before, so decided to research about it. EXR images are multi channel raster images with lossless compression so are good for high quality images.
This exercise has given me a greater insight into different image formats and will help me in the future to decide what the best image format will be when saving an image.
