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When to save as gif vs jpeg vs png in Photoshop?

Saturday, 28th November 2009
by NinaJ

When I use Photoshop I typically save everything as gifs but without any reasoning behind it. I would like to know when each of those three formats should be used so that I am creating my graphics in the most effective way.

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