PNG file

Conrad wrote:

Hi,

I’ve gotten some graphic .PNG files recently. Would somebody please tell me the advantages or disadvantages of this file system?
TIA,

Conrad
Camp Sherman, Oregon

Advantage, high quality images plus transparency (unlike jpg). Disadvantage, not supported by all browsers, specifically Internet Explorer.

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:10:36 -0400, edjh wrote:

Conrad wrote:

Hi,

I’ve gotten some graphic .PNG files recently. Would somebody please tell me the advantages or disadvantages of this file system?
TIA,

Conrad
Camp Sherman, Oregon

Advantage, high quality images plus transparency (unlike jpg). Disadvantage, not supported by all browsers, specifically Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer V6 supports PNG.
Fireforx supports PNG.

Easy to use graphics effects:
http://www.ransen.com/

On 18 Jul 2006 05:06:38 -0700, "Conrad" wrote:

Hi,

I’ve gotten some graphic .PNG files recently. Would somebody please tell me the advantages or disadvantages of this file system?

Have a look here:

http://www.ransen.com/Articles/Formats/Image-Formats.htm

Easy to use graphics effects:
http://www.ransen.com/

Owen Ransen wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:10:36 -0400, edjh wrote:

Conrad wrote:

Hi,

I’ve gotten some graphic .PNG files recently. Would somebody please tell me the advantages or disadvantages of this file system?
TIA,

Conrad
Camp Sherman, Oregon

Advantage, high quality images plus transparency (unlike jpg). Disadvantage, not supported by all browsers, specifically Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer V6 supports PNG.

‘fraid not. Not in Windows. IE 7 is supposed to when it comes out. I have 6, latest updates. You need a javascript or other workaround in your web page to display the transparency properly.

Fireforx supports PNG.

Of course.

Easy to use graphics effects:
http://www.ransen.com/

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http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:05:45 +0200, Owen Ransen
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:10:36 -0400, edjh wrote:

Conrad wrote:

Hi,

I’ve gotten some graphic .PNG files recently. Would somebody please tell me the advantages or disadvantages of this file system?
TIA,

Conrad
Camp Sherman, Oregon

Advantage, high quality images plus transparency (unlike jpg). Disadvantage, not supported by all browsers, specifically Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer V6 supports PNG.
Fireforx supports PNG.

IE cannot handle PNG transparancies. PNGs with transparent parts look like shit in IE.

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Owen Ransen wrote:

Internet Explorer V6 supports PNG.

Not with transparency. It will display a PNG file as long as it is not a 24-bit transparent PNG, but it does not display 24-bit transparent PNG images correctly.

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Files can be larger than the same image in JPG. You have to decide if lossy compression is a problem (jpg) or if you really need the loss-less compression (png). If IE was to ever support all of PNG especially the alpha level transparency it would be great. As it stands now you have to install a plug-in to get that and even that has problems.

R

"edjh" wrote in message

Conrad wrote:

Hi,

I’ve gotten some graphic .PNG files recently. Would somebody please tell me the advantages or disadvantages of this file system?
TIA,

Conrad
Camp Sherman, Oregon

Advantage, high quality images plus transparency (unlike jpg). Disadvantage, not supported by all browsers, specifically Internet Explorer.

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Hebee Jeebes wrote:

Files can be larger than the same image in JPG. You have to decide if lossy compression is a problem (jpg) or if you really need the loss-less compression (png). If IE was to ever support all of PNG especially the alpha level transparency it would be great. As it stands now you have to install a plug-in to get that and even that has problems.

Files in PNG can also be (much) smaller than JPEG, it depends on the contents. For photos use JPEG, for line art/screen shots use PNG (or GIF).

Waldo

‘fraid not. Not in Windows. IE 7 is supposed to when it comes out. I have 6, latest updates. You need a javascript or other workaround in your web page to display the transparency properly.

As long as you don’t use alphablending for transparency in PNG images, IE displays PNG files correctly. So IE supports PNG, but not the complete feature list 😉

Waldo

Waldo wrote:

‘fraid not. Not in Windows. IE 7 is supposed to when it comes out. I have 6, latest updates. You need a javascript or other workaround in your web page to display the transparency properly.

As long as you don’t use alphablending for transparency in PNG images, IE displays PNG files correctly. So IE supports PNG, but not the complete feature list 😉

Waldo

Which is a rather severe con, IMHO.

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http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Hi,

Thanks to all of you who answered my .png question.

Best,

Conrad
Camp Sherman, Oregon

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And, the one big thing about PNG is the alpha transparency. That is the one thing that is really needed for the web. So since IE doesn’t support that I see little reason to use PNG for the web. Shame really.

R

"Waldo" wrote in message

‘fraid not. Not in Windows. IE 7 is supposed to when it comes out. I have 6, latest updates. You need a javascript or other workaround in your web page to display the transparency properly.

As long as you don’t use alphablending for transparency in PNG images, IE displays PNG files correctly. So IE supports PNG, but not the complete feature list 😉

Waldo