PNG, A Rising Star?
October 6th, 2008 by valiik
One of the lesser used image formats in the past, PNG – Portable Network Graphics is starting to emerge as a leading player in Web design and Internet usage. PNG is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression similar to a GIF file in that file size may be reduced without degrading visual quality. PNG was created to improve upon and replace the GIF format, as an image file format, not requiring a patent license. Because of the absence of patent and licensing issues, PNG is becoming the preferred format for software developers and web designers who prefer open standards.
