Each type serves a different purpose: <ul><li><strong>Base64:</strong> Encodes the entire image into a text string, perfect for embedding directly in web pages or API responses.</li><li><strong>Metadata:</strong> Extracts information *about* the image, such as its dimensions, file size, type, and camera data (EXIF).</li><li><strong>Image Data:</strong> Converts the image into a numerical array of pixel values (e.g., RGBA), used for machine learning or image processing tasks.</li><li><strong>OCR Text:</strong> Uses Optical Character Recognition to scan the image and extract any readable text into a JSON structure.</li></ul>