Subject:
|
Re: Switching from BITMAP/JPEG to PNG
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst
|
Date:
|
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:09:03 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1345 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.cad, Steve Barile writes:
> Recalling a bit of history... .PNG was to be the .GIF replacement (due too
> all the legal stuff around .gif) which is mostly for palletized graphics, in
> which case PNG is great. The PNG features that are beyond the .gif features
> do make a very handy loss-less format for 24 bit graphics (aka images), but
> I don't believe that .PNG was supposed to supplant .JPG for 24 bit
> graphic/image web publishing. I have found that POV rendered 24 bit images
> compress *way* down when converted from .PNG to .JPG which is desired for
> use web use.
That's what I thought too, but it actually takes up to 48-bit color and 16
bit grayscale images.
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
> With all that said I agree that .PNG only support is fine, there are many
> image programs (some free) out there that can batch convert just fine.
Exactly my thoughts. PNG-only support will simplify the program without
sacrificing any key strength. What is more, moving from BMP to PNG makes the
program less M-centric - nothing to frown on, IMHO.
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Switching from BITMAP/JPEG to PNG
|
| Recalling a bit of history... .PNG was to be the .GIF replacement (due too all the legal stuff around .gif) which is mostly for palletized graphics, in which case PNG is great. The PNG features that are beyond the .gif features do make a very handy (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
|
10 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
