Category:GIF images

Images in the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). To place an image in this category, add the line to its  page.

This format is appropriate for images containing regions of uniform color, such as "cartoon-like" drawings and illustrations, icons, logos, etc. — especially if the image has a reduced color palette. Note, however, that the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format is generally preferable for such images. To tag a GIF image as one that would be better uploaded as a PNG, add the template reference to PNG to the image page, which places the image in Category:Images for conversion to PNG format.

Note that the GIF format is generally not appropriate for images containing regions of continuously varying color, such as photographs of natural objects (people, landscapes, etc.). Such an image is better suited for the JPEG format, and so should usually be tagged with to JPEG, which places the image in Category:Images for conversion to JPEG format.