History of Portable Network Graphics

Last update 2024-08-18 11:18:58

Creation date 2011-04-11 23:49:06

Seralo on 2024-08-18 11:16:43
Vector graphics
no
Layers support
no
CMYK support (for print)
no
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG
Seralo on 2024-08-18 11:09:40
Nombre corto
PNG
HDR
no
Descripción
PNG was created to improve GIF image-file format. Removing patent license issues at that time; and removing 256 colors limitation.
_wb_ on 2021-10-03 16:06:49
Year
1996
Vector graphics
no
Raster image
yes
_wb_ on 2021-10-03 10:53:07
Desventajas
Lossless only. Poor compression for photographic images.
Maximum bit depth
16-bit
CMYK support (for print)
no
Maximum number of channels
4 (RGBA)
Alexis on 2020-09-21 21:42:55
Microsoft Edge
yes
Alexis on 2020-09-21 21:03:31
HDR
no
Matt Dexter Adams on 2016-12-31 19:21:54
Animation support
- Animated PNG is an extension to the PNG format which is compatible with the Gecko and WebKit layout engines and many image editing suites. Users of software incompatible with APNG see the first frame as a still.
File extensions
Still: .png; Animated: .png, .apng
Bre Wight on 2016-03-13 15:17:13
Desventajas
More complex and larger image files can be large
Only supports web colors (RGB)
Limited compatibility
Commonly used for
Icons
Simple web graphics like logos
Illustrations, or raster text rendering
Bre Wight on 2016-03-13 12:58:26
Ventajas
Widely accepted format
Lossless
Transparency support
Seralive on 2011-04-11 23:49:06
Mode
70
Nombre
Portable Network Graphics
Viewer
public
Editor
public
Category
pratical
File extensions
.png
Developed by
W3C (donated by PNG Development Group)
Commonly used for
Icons
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics
Lossless
yes
Nombre corto
PNG
Animation support
no
Internet Explorer
yes
Google Chrome
yes
Safari
yes
Opera
yes
Firefox
yes
Licensed
no
Ventajas
Lossless
Widely supported format
Transparency support
Transparency support
yes
Layers support
no
Descripción
PNG was created to improve GIF image-file format. Removing patent license issues at that time; and removing 256 colors limitation.

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