Joe Tobias

Intro To Online Media

BMT

When
customising
your own
Twitter profile,
it is important
to take into
consideration
the specific
requirements
of the website
for optimal
display, in this
case the profile
photo. As
mentioned on
the
screengrab,
the
recommended
dimension is
400x400. This
could easily be
done using
Photoshop, using image size tool, you can specifically change the size to any size
of your liking.

Here is a screengrab of the process. By doing this, you are minimising the file
size of the photo, saving up to 20mb of space depending on the file format of the

1. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/whats-the-difference-between-a-gif-a-jpg-and-apng-file/#ixzz3TGA6F3zr

Joe Tobias

Intro To Online Media

BMT

photo. This is important as for some websites, you only have a limited amount of
file size to be able to upload.
Another important consideration to take into is the file type you will be saving
the images to, for Twitter as stated above, it supports PNG, JPEG, and GIF.
JPEG, is a widely used file format for photos, though this format at extremely
large resolution can be very good, it does tend to compress files, losing on
quality of the image, but taking less file space. PNG on the other hand is the
lossless format of a photo file, it tends to be very big in file size, because it
doesnt compress the image, thus resulting in better quality photos. PNG also
has the capability of transparency, while JPEG does not, this can be useful when
creating images, to go on top of other images, as it minimises the work that
needs to be done. GIF is mainly used for the animation side, this file format can
be bothersome as they are extreme large in size, even in low quality.
An article by Digital Trends explains fully the difference between the three JPGs,
PNGs, and GIFs have benefits and limitations, and its more important to know
when to use each file type. As a general rule, youll want to use a GIF whenever
the image is to be animated. Beyond that, JPG compression tends to create
smaller file sizes at the cost of image quality. However, PNGs are better for
capturing lossless images and in situations where minimizing file sizes isnt of
utmost importance. Ultimately, situational considerations should be weighed
heavily when deciding which of these file types you should use.1

1. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/whats-the-difference-between-a-gif-a-jpg-and-apng-file/#ixzz3TGA6F3zr

Joe Tobias

Intro To Online Media

BMT

Here are two screenshots of the two different file formats comparing their file
size at 400x400, though the difference may seem minute, this will highly differ in
a bigger image.

1. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/whats-the-difference-between-a-gif-a-jpg-and-apng-file/#ixzz3TGA6F3zr