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  1. zabiMARU.

    zabiMARU. Well-Known Member

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    Ok, what does PNG actually stand for?

    And what is the technical difference between that and a JPEG?

    I'm not stupid...I know better quality, but why?
     
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    Kami Well-Known Member

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    PNG, means Portable Network Graphics.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG (everything about PNGs)

    I don't know why people don't just look on Wikipedia, it has everything.
     
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    They're basically the same but a major difference is that png supports transparency (not in IE), like what the renders here on GR use. :)
     
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    yup, png are supposidly the best quality (they are i know) but i just set it at jpeg max quality
     
  5. Under619Taker

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    IE supports transparentcy..but the webmaster has to put a javascript code in the coding in order for it to work.
     
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    Firefox shows transparency for all images. It makes everything look a lot better instead of having black around it.
     
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    Opera shows transperancy's too.
     
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    idk somebody told me it was better quality so thats all i save as now
     

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