GIF Animation Question:
Do you know what are the alternatives to GIF?
Answer:
PNG and MNG are the alternatives for GIF.
PNG:
- GIF images are limited to 256 colors.
- PNG format supports palette-based images, Gray Scale images.
- PNG also supports full color non palette based RGB images.
- PNG format is suitable for transferring images on internet.
- PNG is not for professional-quality print graphics.
MNG:
- MNG is closed to PNG format.
- Better compression standard than GIF
- Integration of PNG and JPEG based images.
- Supports transparent JPEG images.
PNG:
- GIF images are limited to 256 colors.
- PNG format supports palette-based images, Gray Scale images.
- PNG also supports full color non palette based RGB images.
- PNG format is suitable for transferring images on internet.
- PNG is not for professional-quality print graphics.
MNG:
- MNG is closed to PNG format.
- Better compression standard than GIF
- Integration of PNG and JPEG based images.
- Supports transparent JPEG images.
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