How to Choose The Best Format For Screenshots

 Lots of people use different formats of images in their website/blog to provide tutorials etc. The quality of screenshot images and illustrations used on your blogs can make a difference

You may use old Print Screen method or any of the professional screen capture tools that are available on the internet for your desktop. At present PNG, JPG and GIF are the three most popular image formats for sharing screenshots on the internet. You need to keep in mind the best formats for particular tasks.


  • Text & Clipart.
  • Regular Desktop.
  • Video & Photographs.
Now I am going to elaborate these topics with examples.

Text & Clipart

If you are using screenshot for capturing text, always use GIF or the PNG format. The screenshot of this format are clear and also the file size consumed is less.

Regular Desktop

If you are using screenshot for capturing a regular window on your screen, Command prompt window, with the whole browser. For this of screenshot PNG format is the best.

Video & Photographs

If you are going a fixed image screenshot of the YouTube video or any video, Flash animations, desktop wallpapers or photographs. I would recommend you to go with JPG format instead of PNG format because the image file size would be smaller than the PNG format and there is no much difference on their quality.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope it had helped you bit for your blogging life.

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