Are you using PNG yet

[Arkady]

I was just wondering how many people if any have made the move from JPeg to PNG now that most software and browsers support them with full alpha channel compliance.

[Andy]

For me personally there is no need to move to PNG as most people have a fast connection and file size really don't matter anymore.

[Toon]

Agreed.

[tommylogic]

I prefer png... and i disagree, I think that file size does matter, and that just because "most" people have a highspeed connection is not a valid reason to bloat the web.


This was injected "moderation"

Dont really care about your theorys, Your point of view of PNG is fine

.... hmm interesting.

[Arkady]

Originally Posted by Andy

For me personally there is no need to move to PNG as most people have a fast connection and file size really don't matter anymore.

That seems to me to be a slightly odd thing to say, given that continuous tone PNG image files are generaly larger than JPG files

[tommylogic]

Arkady, what program do you use to manipulate your png files?

my experience with photographs is that the png's file size will go from say 400kb (jpeg) --> 2000kb (png32).

Perhaps he was thinking of png8 compression which is more similar to how Gif's are compressed and usually results in reduced filesize.

[Toon]

Surely png's are used when an image is using minimal colours/grads and is a replacement for a gif not a jpeg?

[tommylogic]

Originally Posted by Toon

Surely png's are used when an image is using minimal colours/grads and is a replacement for a gif not a jpeg?

that is one good place to use it.. but png's are also similar to psd files in that you can save all your layers and such in it.

[Mack]

png's are fat little piggies.
jpg's are sleek race horses.



but you can obviously have an overweight horse and a skinny pig.... but that is rare.

[Arkady]

Originally Posted by Toon

Surely png's are used when an image is using minimal colours/grads and is a replacement for a gif not a jpeg?

Although PNG was originally designed to replace GIF the eventual spec made it a possible alternative (not replacement) for Jpeg and Tiff as well. The main advantages as far as web use goes I would have thought, are lossless compression, gamma correction and even more important, alpha channel transparency in a 24/32 bit fully supported image format