Which image filetype to save as?

Hello I am new to making wallpapers and as most of you probably know I created the ORBIT WALLPAPER PACK anyways, I was wondering. What is the best extension to save wallpapers as?

.jpg, .png, .bmp, etc!

Thanks.

#410078

jpg and png are the best options

#410090

Highest quality jpeg would probably be the best.

PNG retains more information but filesizes are bigger by comparison.

#410102

.MDI's just kidding =)

#410118

how about wmf? whatever happened to that extension?

#410123

PNG and JPG.

#410152

I personally like PNG because it's essentially lossless

#410163

Yeah i'm currently saving them as .PNG, like my ORBIT WALLPAPER PACK, that's in .PNG. For some reason though when I save it in .PNG and I use it as my wallpaper the wallpaper keeps dissapearing in the background.. Maybe it's my problem but yeah I might keep using .PNG.

#410170

Haha advertise that pack.

#410611

I personally like PNG because it's essentially lossless

Problem with PNG is that if a wallpaper has transparency and is saved as a PNG, it won't show up properly on a Windows desktop... which is where JPG comes in.

#410625

That's why you don't have wallpapers with transparency

#410662