Re: png format

by "Carol Parent" <parent(at)djam.com>

 Date:  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 12:38:08 -0800
 To:  "Jeff Kane" <jeffkane(at)pobox.com>
 Cc:  "graphics" <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
That was what my next question was going to be.<grin>  How to make it look
good in gif or jpg.  Any ideas?

I loaded all three formats up to this url if you want to take a look.
http://djam.com/~parent/newpage2.html

thanks

Carol

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Kane <jeffkane(at)pobox.com>
To: <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 1999 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: png format


>Carol--
>
>A limitation of PNG is that most browsers in use do not have built-in
>support for the format.
>
>You didn't say why the graphic looks "awful" in JPG and GIF. Maybe it's
>dithering that could be minimized if you used a different color palette.
>
>--Jeff
>
>
>
>
>>I am wondering about the diff formats that are workable on the web.  I
found
>>that a graphic that I am working on looks great in bmp or png format but
>>looks awful in jpg or gif format.  I loaded the graphic up to the web in
png
>>format and can view it just fine.  But am curious to know if this is an
>>acceptable format for all browsers to view.  Thanks.
>>
>>Carol Parent
>
>

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