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Images commonly known as Portable Network Graphic. | Images commonly known as Portable Network Graphic. | ||
PNGs serves as an alternative file compression format to the GIF. Designed especially for the web, these images contain a large range of colors and look sophisticated. PNGs are best for art, text, and logos. While these images take up less space than GIF, they tend to load slower. According James George, "PNG images are lossless, which means that they do not lose quality during editing." <ref>George, James. "GIF, JPG, and PNG - What is the difference". [http://www.sitepoint.com/gif-jpg-png-whats-difference/]11 Aug 2011. Web. Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.</ref> PNG images are known to be inconsistent on different web browsers, especially Internet Explorer, which does not support PNG. | PNGs serves as an alternative file compression format to the GIF. Designed especially for the web, these images contain a large range of colors and look sophisticated. PNGs are best for art, text, and logos. While these images take up less space than GIF, they tend to load slower. According James George, "PNG images are lossless, which means that they do not lose quality during editing." <ref>George, James. "GIF, JPG, and PNG - What is the difference". [http://www.sitepoint.com/gif-jpg-png-whats-difference/ Sitepoint]11 Aug 2011. Web. Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.</ref> PNG images are known to be inconsistent on different web browsers, especially Internet Explorer, which does not support PNG. | ||
===BMP=== | ===BMP=== | ||