Difference flash based on Jpeg or Bmp?

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Difference flash based on Jpeg or Bmp?

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Can someone explain the difference between flash based on Jpeg or BMP?

Are there other advantages to flash opposed to Gif then the color qualities?

Thx.
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Post by Ron P. »

Basically the difference is the quality. JPEG is a lossy compression, and Bitmap (BMP) is a slightly compressed format.

Another difference is that JPEG does not support alpha channel (transparency), and bitmap does..
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Post by logologics »

vidoman wrote:Basically the difference is the quality. JPEG is a lossy compression, and Bitmap (BMP) is a slightly compressed format.

Another difference is that JPEG does not support alpha channel (transparency), and bitmap does..

Thx VidoMan!