RazerBack Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 What's so good about this file format? And why doesn't Neowin allow it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 thingsforjason Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 i say "giff" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xpablo Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I heard is was pronounced "Jiff" but i've always called it Giff. .png also supports layers, like .psd in photoshop and is real nice to save for when I make logo's for websites, I can easily modify graphics in fireworks with .png format as opposed to photoshop .psd format . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ~clean Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 jif .. wasnt that a cleaning product .. here in the Uk .. but they've changed the name now .. to Cif, to keep in with our european friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Ryan Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 an animated png? :huh: known as mng? :blink: where at? i'd like to see it. i've seen an animated jpg before. what's that called? :wacko: does this exist? an animated jpg, the one i thought i saw, identified iself as jpg when i looked at its properties. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 helmers Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Okay, as far as compression goes, PNG 8-bit compresses a little better than GIF.(But loses the same amount of quality) 24-bit compresses very poorly(compared to JPEG), but is lossless. So unless it is critical that the image is 100% perfect (not just to the eye), then go for 24-bit PNG. For most web graphics it is a waste of space. There are however applications (like CursorFX) which use 24-bit PNG's with the alpha channel to get cool FX and anti-aliased edges. But IE don't support the alpha channel of 24-bit PNG's, so that's why you don't see many of those images on the web. It is a shame though, because the feature would be very cool. And the source is free. Almost every GNU/Linux-browser supports it, so I guess MS could do so as well, if they didn't hate Open Source so much. And yes, there is an animated version of PNG (a fork of the project). I think you can find links on the PNG projects hompage or by googling. I doubt it will be supported soon though, because of the poor interest showed(by MS) for PNG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Groovedude Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 umm you could google it and it will tell you... most people use for Quality to show their desktop or so they can use nice looking pictures for their dock :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Glowstick Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Someone claimed that IE doesn't support PNG. It actually does. You will loose the support once you installed Quicktime, because it kidnaps IEs PNG handler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Fahim S. MVC Posted January 17, 2003 MVC Share Posted January 17, 2003 Someone claimed that IE doesn't support PNG. It actually does. You will loose the support once you installed Quicktime, because it kidnaps IEs PNG handler. Not 32 bit PNGs..... not unless you use the stupid AlphaImageLoader.... hello MS...... sort this out NOW. Peeeeeeeeeeeeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ThunderRiver Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yeah I have noticed poor compression from 32 bit/24 bit PNG files.. they range from 2 to 3 Mb in size. Well, beats me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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