Saving as bmp, jpg, gif quality issues

Hello,

I am saving an image from a label....not a picture box. The bitmap of the image looks fine but when I try to save it as a jpg or gif, the image quality goes down. Is this a problem with the orignal bitmap or it the way the jpg and gif are saved? The original bitmap is only 45K.

This is how they are saved:

If saveFile.FileName.EndsWith("bmp") Then
image.Save(saveFile.FileName, ImageFormat.Bmp)
ElseIf saveFile.FileName.EndsWith("gif") Then
image.Save(saveFile.FileName, ImageFormat.Gif)
ElseIf saveFile.FileName.EndsWith("jpg") Then
image.Save(saveFile.FileName, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
End If

This is the difference in quality:

Bitmap
http://www.bestbeginning.com/images/testing1.bmp

Jpeg
http://www.bestbeginning.com/images/testing2.jpg

Gif
http://www.bestbeginning.com/images/testing3.gif

Try to save it with different method (using codec compression) . Try this example .

Thanks! I had seen that example before and dismissed it, but after reviewing it again, I think I have gotten it to work for the jpeg's. Do you have an idea what is going on with the gif's? See examples below:

Bitmap
http://www.bestbeginning.com/images/bighouse.bmp

Jpeg
http://www.bestbeginning.com/images/bighouse.jpg

Gif
http://www.bestbeginning.com/images/bighouse.gif