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Why Is it In Your Best Interest To Use PNG File Format in Your Website Creation?
The benefits of incorporating PNG image format in web designing over various other image formats such as GIF and JPEG; the file format works well if you need to make really amazing and wonderful icons that will prove alluring to your customers.
The PNG file type was introduced a few years back; it was put forth in the marketlfor consumers in 1995/96 to cover the drawbacks of the popular GIF file type. However, it failed to create ripples because the early browsers were not designed to support the advanced features of PNG so web designers and developers were compelled to incorporate it stingily. One of the main blocks standing in the way of PNG was with Microsoft Internet Explorer which was by far the most famous browsers of the time; IE had very little space for PNG support which equated to the fact that the format could only be made use of in limited capacity. matters changed with the introduction of IE7; this latestfresh product from Microsoft has proved immensely useful in increasing increasing the usability of PNGs. So here is why at three reasons why PNG is by far the best image formats in the market today:
It is possible to create images that can be superimposed due to their transarentcy or a feature called alpha transparency: When you pitch GIF against PNG, you will see that A defnitve difference in the two formats is that you you will be restricted to saving any odd color in a transparent format through GIF this equates to the fact that the color can be used regardless of it being opaque or transparent with nothing in between; however, with PNG, you get adistinct feature over GIF; because the format can be used to roduce semi tranparency. This feature gives you the ability to save a PNG image with a soft drop shadow and then fuse it with a background that suits your taste. Through this feature you will be able to use an image as a gradient background or water mark. The image file type allows for the glardual fading ofshades from fully opaque to absolutely transparent, and hence you will be able to view the webpage underneath
They lookspectacular: It is a well known fact that PNG images give you extreme flexibility also ; there are numreous other benefit to using this format. For instance, if you make use of the JPG Format, you lose some of the details from the original file every time you save the file, so after a while, you will notice a distinct decline in the appearance of the media. Although, this concern has been solved in in the file type and will be able to save the images without compromising any data, GIF only allows for a limited 256 color palette, which rendersimpart it quite futile if you want to store a photograph. On the other hand, when you use PNG, you can get the most desired benefits of both these formats; you get a an extensive color display similar to JPEG format and it also}{supports| provides|offers} managed color palette {like|a la| as seen in} GIF files. {Also|At the same time|Another advantage is that} the {compression|storage} of the {file|image|picture} is {lossless|sans loss|without loss} so the {image|picture|photograph} {stays put|stays as it is|does not change} {regardless of how many time you save it|despite innumerable times of saving the file|even if you save the file several times}.
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