Comments on: PNG vs JPG http://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:13:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: romanhttp://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/#comment-714696 roman Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:11:12 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/png-vs-jpg/#comment-714696 jpg files are for MS paint when you make on it has poor quality because it made from small pixel block png files are good and picures display normal instead of crappy jpg files are for MS paint when you make on it has poor quality because it made from small pixel block png files are good and picures display normal instead of crappy

]]> By: anonymoushttp://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/#comment-713224 anonymous Sat, 09 May 2009 19:56:26 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/png-vs-jpg/#comment-713224 PNGs do not replace anoyimated gifs. PNGs do not replace anoyimated gifs.

]]> By: qwertyhttp://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/#comment-548198 qwerty Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:28:58 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/png-vs-jpg/#comment-548198 anonymous - May 18, 2007 @ 8:32 am is very enlightening. thank you for that viewpoint on when to use these file types. i salute you. anonymous – May 18, 2007 @ 8:32 am is very enlightening. thank you for that viewpoint on when to use these file types. i salute you.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/#comment-535842 anonymous Fri, 18 May 2007 15:32:41 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/png-vs-jpg/#comment-535842 png is lossless, jpeg is lossy. That cameras often save in jpeg format isn't really relevant to the question of which is better. jpeg is the format you use when you're done fooling with an image, while you're working with it it should be in a lossless format of some kind. In keeping with that it seems foolish for cameras to save in jpeg format, no? png is lossless, jpeg is lossy. That cameras often save in jpeg format isn’t really relevant to the question of which is better. jpeg is the format you use when you’re done fooling with an image, while you’re working with it it should be in a lossless format of some kind. In keeping with that it seems foolish for cameras to save in jpeg format, no?

]]> By: Jeffhttp://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/#comment-535841 Jeff Fri, 18 May 2007 15:23:49 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/png-vs-jpg/#comment-535841 PNG's lossless compression is better than JPEG's "lossy" compression, which degrades an image each time you save it. And PNG quality is much better than GIF's. The PNG standards were established in 1996, and we'd all be using PNG images in our web pages by now if some weren't so slow to support it ... especially its excellent transparency features.The definitive resource on PNG, in my opinion, is here:http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ PNG’s lossless compression is better than JPEG’s “lossy” compression, which degrades an image each time you save it. And PNG quality is much better than GIF’s. The PNG standards were established in 1996, and we’d all be using PNG images in our web pages by now if some weren’t so slow to support it … especially its excellent transparency features.

The definitive resource on PNG, in my opinion, is here:

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/

]]> By: Samhttp://chris.pirillo.com/png-vs-jpg/#comment-535809 Sam Fri, 18 May 2007 01:44:38 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/17/png-vs-jpg/#comment-535809 When you say opacity, a more picture-oriented term is "alpha channel" When you say opacity, a more picture-oriented term is “alpha channel”

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