RE: FN-FORUM: png compression

date posted 27th July 2005 15:44

PNG gives you a transparency channel.

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> Behalf Of Niels Reynolds
> Sent: 27 July 2005 16:06
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> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: png compression
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> >Obviously gif has it's place and it ain't photographs I had thought
> >that pngs would compress quite small, but my 4k jpg (8%
> compression) is
> >a 41k png when fully compressed. so apparantly pngs arn't
> much use for
> >photos, or am I missing something?
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> JPGs are best for photos for web - very flexible/adjustable
> in terms of quality/compression. GIFs work best for images
> with large, uninterrupted areas of flat colour - headlines,
> logos and some types of photo.
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> Niels
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