While this article is directed towards cartoonists and online comic makers, there are still many valuable tips for anyone who would like to use animated PNG on their web sites.
"PNG's strengths are well suited for online cartoons:
It can handle truecolor graphics (millions of different colors), while GIF can only display 256 different colors. Therefore PNG comics can look much more vivid than GIF comics.
PNG compression is lossless, which means that unlike JPEGs, there is no degradation of image quality when you save a cartoon. You won't see
This page is intended to provide an explanation of some of the features of the PNG format for non-technical users. As such, it doesn't emphasize PNG features like freedom from patents; those are more of concern to developers. Where programmer information is given, it is principally to explain to the user why various applications may not perform as well as expected. Where performance claims are made--especially compression comparisons with other image formats--we assume that the PNG implementation is at least as good as the best freeware encoders. Note
This page is intended to provide an explanation of some of the features of the PNG format for non-technical users. As such, it doesn't emphasize PNG features like freedom from patents; those are more of concern to developers. Where programmer information is given, it is principally to explain to the user why various applications may not perform as well as expected. Where performance claims are made--especially compression comparisons with other image formats--we assume that the PNG implementation is at least as good as the best freeware encoders. Note
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