Please, could I ask you to take this "discussion" off-list if you
want to continue. It's really degenerated to an unresolvable cycle of
"I'm right", "No, I'M right"... When it just comes down to "Use the
best available solution for the problem at hand"
All compressed image file formats have strengths and weaknesses.
Andrew
On Nov 25, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Brett Patterson wrote:
First of all, No I am not! Second I have tried out differences.
Notice the difference in file sizes. Thirdly, I did not say that
png did not support 8-bit, nowhere does it say that, it does
however say that GIF only supports a maximum of 256 colors.
Fourthly, Todd your argument is off subject, because neither MIke
nor me ever mentioned it looking best, although I would have to
agree, PNG most certainly does look best, depending on the image.
And fifthly, Mike, sorry, but no, without using a PNGGauntlet or
whatever, I am not. All I simply stated is that gif files have to
be smaller, (probably should have said before) without using
pnggauntlet. And I say without, because anyone else may not have,
or know where to get it. Well...and sixthly, I use PNGs just as
much you, but there are a lot of times when PNGs will not cut the
job, and GIFs are, again, majority of the time smaller and better.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Christian Montoya
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Foskett, Mike
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry Brett, you're wrong.
>
> The png format will handle three levels of bit-depth including 8-
bit which
> is the same as the gif format.
>
> The references you state are somewhat outdated and don't consider
the
> different methods of compression that a png will handle natively.
>
>
>
> I suggest you try a few comparisons out yourself.
>
> They don't always work out smaller but most often they do.
Seconded. You can make 8 bit PNGs with as little as 8 colors or as
many as 256. Just try "Save for Web & Devices" in Photoshop CS3. I
don't even bother with GIFs anymore, the 8-bit PNGs come out smaller
almost every time.
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