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'''PNG''' (Portable Network Graphics) is an open, extensible image file format with loss-less compression. | '''PNG''' (Portable Network Graphics) is an open, extensible image file format with loss-less compression. | ||
PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel for transparency. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits per component (up to 48bit images for RGB, or 64bit for RGBA). | |||
Revision as of 04:36, 26 December 2011
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an open, extensible image file format with loss-less compression.
PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel for transparency. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits per component (up to 48bit images for RGB, or 64bit for RGBA).