Media Types

Question 1

How to reduce file size: reduce resolution, reduce colour depth – This will reduce quality

Answer 1

reduce resolution, reduce colour depth – This will reduce quality

Question 2

What is compression?

Answer 2

Compression is a method of reducing the amount of storage space that any type of file takes up

Less time to upload/download/transfer and requires less space

But can take a lot of time and damage the quality

Question 3

Lossless Compression

Answer 3

does not reduce the quality - reduces the final file size – by repeating patterns in the data

Question 4

Lossy Compression

Answer 4

reduces the quality and the file size - by:

Removing parts of the image that our eyes cannot see

Removing sounds that our ears cannot hear