JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts ... and they both use a similar type of lossless compression. The GIF was designed more than 30 years ago, when internet speeds were slow, and images ...

Despite this, the final code works well, and is able to work with most animated GIFs of the right dimensions and construction. 24K of RAM is required, and image width is limited to 320 pixels.

A GIF image that gradually comes into focus. Instead of displaying a line at a time from top to bottom, lines at various intervals throughout the frame are displayed until all the lines are filled in.

JPEG and PNG files store 24 bits for each pixel, whereas GIF images only store 8 bits per pixel. The higher colour depth formats will produce files with a greater file size.