On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 08:25 -0700, Jeff Schroeder wrote: > Shane wrote: > > > PNG images don't go through the rigmarole of an indexed palette. > > With PNG you can use the full RGB palette as well as a full alpha > > (transparency) channel. Use PNG in preference to GIF if you can. > > Absolutely. You can index a PNG image, just like GIF, and the image > file will almost always be smaller than the corresponding GIF. Since > you also get transparency (1-channel or full alpha), a PNG can do > everything a GIF can do except animation. In other words, there's > almost no reason to use GIF.
Unless you want your transparent image to render properly in an unfortunately common browser, Internet Explorer. It's a shame and a great example that Microsoft has managed to popularize some of the worst Internet software out there, but the fact remains. Corey
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