Raster Graphics

Problems with Graphics

• Viewing graphics is not platform independent (GIF, JPEG)
• Patent/licensing issues (GIF, TIFF)
• Transparency and Antialiasing woes (GIF, JPEG)
• File sizes too large (GIF, TIFF)
• Lack of metainformation (GIF, TIFF, JPEG)
• Incompatible subsets (TIFF)