

JPEG is a “lossy” file format, meaning that a compressed JPEG file will not be identical, pixel-for-pixel, to the original. These quality settings will let you achieve compression ratios ranging from less than 10:1 to greater than 100:1. The JPEG file format lets you compress your file on a scale of Fair to Excellent, where quality is directly proportional to file size. Unlike GIF, the JPEG file format displays a full range of colors. When saving in RIFF format, you can minimize the file size on your hard disk by ensuring that the Uncompressed option is disabled by default.Ĭorel Painter supports the JPEG file format. It is recommended that you always save files in RIFF format, and then save to GIF, JPEG, TIF, or another file format when a file is ready for production.Ĭorel Painter lets you compress files and save disk space with a lossless compression method.

RIFF files are best used as “work-in-progress” files. For example, a RIFF file maintains all layers. RIFF is the Corel Painter file format, which retains special information about your document. The following section contains information about some of the supported file formats. When you save a file, you must choose a file format.
