What I learned for the Second Quarter: Empotech-y

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Lesson 1.2: Infographics & Image File Formats. December 13, 2021

The first thing we tackled in this part of this lesson were the elements of Infographic.

The first one was "Story". It is also known as the "thesis" which is the main idea and concept of the infographic. The second one is the "Data". Data would be the brief yet packing information that backs up the main idea or the story. Next was the "Simplicity". From the word itself; the color palette, design, and illustrations in our infographic must be simple yet eye-catching. The fourth one was "Sources". We must not submit our finished infographic without citing the sources in where we got the information we had encoded (which I did :DD). #WagTularan. The last one would be "Branding" where our infographics must be creative and innovative.

Our teacher also provided us trustworthy links where we can make our own infographic like Canva.com as well as PiktoChart.com, Venngage.com, and Infogr.am.

Moving on, the next part of the lesson was all about Image File Formats. But first, we talked about the differences between Raster Images and Vector Images.

Long story short, it's Vector Images that's better than the other, so yeah.

The first Image File Format was JPEG. It is also known as "Joint Photographic Experts Group". It is the most popular and widely used 'highly compressed' clustering technique for photographic files, notably those captured by digital imaging.

JPEG. Photo from WIX.

Second was GIF or the "Graphics Interchange Format". It is a watertight image format that can store both dynamic and stationary images. It works best for schematics, caricatures, and trademarks with limited colors.

GIF. from WIX.

The third format was BMP. It is also called as "Bitmap". It is a lossy compression file composed of specks called 'pixels.' It is not commonly shown on the internet since it consumes an amount of storage and does not expand properly.

BitMap. Photo from WIX.

Next was TIFF or the "Tagged Image File Format". It is a desktop publishing file type. A suitable system for storing, editing, and generating visuals. It is also regarded an image quality format, although it consumes a lot of storage space.

TIF- [ERROR, FILE TOO LARGE]

Last but not the least was PNG. It is also known as "Portable Network Graphic." It is an image file format that was created as a generic substitute to GIF.

format. It fully supports pictures that is used for digital photos, but the file size is substantially bigger. Line art, calligraphy, and icons work best in PNG.

Line Art - PNG. Photo from WIX.

That is all I have learned in this lesson. See ya at part 3 for Lesson 2!