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Why Is it In Your Best Interest To Use PNG Images in Your Website Creation?
The benefits of using PNG file format in website creation over various other file types like GIF and JPEG; the image format can be used to make good and wonderful icons that will wow your visitorsThe PNG image format was introduced quite a while back; it was put forth for consumers around 95/96 to make up for the shortcomings of the traditional GIF file format. However, it did not catch on because the then browsers were not designed to support the state of the art features of PNG so internet designers and developers had to incorporate it restrictedly. One of the main blocks standing in the way was Microsoft Internet Explorer which was one of the most popular browsers of the time; IE had limited provision for PNG support which equated to the fact that the format could only be made use of in the most restricted way. However, things went through a change after the availability of IE7; this new offering from Microsoft has aided in increasing the popularity of PNGs. So here is why at three reasons why PNG is by far the best image formats to be introduced so far:
You can get images that can be superimposed due to their transparency or alpha transparency: When you analyze the features of GIF and PNG, will notice that a very distinct advantage with PNG is that you can only save a specific color transparently through the use of GIF this simply means that the color can be used regardless of it being opaque or transparent with just transparency in between with the use of PNG, you get a serious advantage; because the format can be used to produce semi transparency. With this attribute, you can save a PNG picture with a soft drop shadow and then fuse it with a background that suits your taste. You can also use the image as a gradient background or water mark. The file type gives you the option to use the gradual fading of colors from entirely opaque to transparent, exposing the webpage below
They look spectacular: Not only do you get surprising flexibility when using PNG images but also; there are numerous other benefits to incorporating this format. For instance, if you choose a JPG image, you lose a portion of the data on the original file each time you save the file, so eventually, you will notice a conspicuous downgrade in the appearance of the images. Even if, this issue has been solved in the image format and you will be able to store the pictures without sacrificing any details, GIF has a limited color palette of 256, which renders it quite futile if you have to save a photograph. However, when you use PNG, you can get the most desired benefits of both these formats; you will be provided a complete color display similar to JPEG images and it also offers managed color palette as seen in GIF files. Also the compression of the image is sans loss so the picture stays as it is regardless of how many time you save it.
PNG allows for self optimization: One of the hurdles that web programmers need to handle very often is the fact that the contrast and the brightness of the monitor has to be adjusted to see the the display correctly; this happens due to the Gamma settings of different monitors. Gamma setting is a technique used to scatter the luminance across the screen. However, different operating systems use distinct Gamma settings. So, multimedia that is color corrected for Windows may not look right on a Mac. Again, in this situation the versatile PNG picture format comes to the rescue, in PNG, you can store the pictures with with a Gamma correction feature that is innate so whatever operating system you are working on; the Gamma settings will be realigned to display a file with the perfect ratios of contrast as well as brightness.
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