Re: PNG files in a website by Murray
Murray
Mon Jul 18 07:33:45 CDT 2005
PNG files are safe to use as long as they are 8 bit, or 24 bit files. They
are supported by all modern browsers. If you want to place an image, try a
24 bit PNG.
What is NOT supported (by IE only) is the 32 bit PNG files, i.e., millions
of colors with 8 bit transparency.
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Murray
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"Randy Morgan" <rmorgan1016@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%23NnLx0uiFHA.1464@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Tell me about it! My wife refuses, on principal, to use a help file. She
> spent several years in publishing and considers herself a "Mac person".
> Windows is somehow beneath her. Go figure.
>
> Randy Morgan
>
> Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®) wrote:
>> If you have PS use that!
>>
>> I refuse to teach my wife PS...too much yelling would be involved.
>>
>>
>> "Randy Morgan" <rmorgan1016@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:e%23NdP4niFHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> | Actually, that was a JPG. I've been messing around some more and found
>> | somebody who said you're using PhotoDraw you need to save to a BMP and
>> | then "manually" convert to JPG (whatever that means). I saved from MIX
>> | to BMP and used IrfanView to convert to JPG and it looks substantially
>> | better, I think.
>> | | It might be time to wean my wife from PhotoDraw to Photoshop.
>> | | I appreciate you taking a look at it. Thanks!
>> | | Randy Morgan
>> | | Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®) wrote:
>> | > You mean the guy in the upper right hand corner?...yep fuzzy. Use a
>> JPG.
>> | > | > PNGs never really caught on I guess. The few times I've tried
>> them I wasn't happy with results. | > | > I stick to jpgs for photo
>> images, gifs for graphics...mainly although I've crossed the line many
>> times, just depends on situ.
>> | > | > | > "Randy Morgan" <rmorgan1016@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OnqHeYniFHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> | > | I'm interested in opinions as to whether PNG files are adequately |
>> > | supported in today's primary browsers. (This isn't a programming | >
>> | question -- yet.)
>> | > | | > | I (my wife, actually) is having a heck of a time getting good
>> image | > | quality for the banner graphic in either JPG or GIF format.
>> She's using | > | MS PhotoDraw 2000, and while it looks great as a MIX
>> file a digital | > | photo within the graphic degrades (gets fuzzy) when
>> she saves to one of | > | the other two formats.
>> | > | | > | When, however, she saves to PNG it looks great. In
>> researching the | > | compatibility of PNG files and web browers I find
>> that most of the | > | information I find is at least a year old.
>> | > | | > | So, while I realize this is not a graphics forum, it IS
>> packed with | > | webmasters, so I'm looking for opinions: Would you be
>> comfortable using | > | PNG files on your pages?
>> | > | | > | If the concensus is "no", then I'm on to my programming
>> question: How | > | would I set up the pages to detect whether their
>> browswer will handle | > | PNGs well and then download the JPG or GIF if
>> it doesn't? I have the | > | banner in its own page, which I put into a
>> layout cell at the top of | > | each page on the site using Insert - Web
>> Component - Included Content - | > | Page.
>> | > | | > | If it's possible to detect using JavaScript whether the
>> browser will | > | work with PNGs, I guess I could have a duplicate of
>> each page with the | > | JPG included instead of the PNG for those that
>> don't, but that would be | > | a pain. I'd rather swap the image, if
>> that's possible. And, I realize | > | that not everybody has JavaScript
>> enabled on their brower, but if they | > | don't they've got bigger
>> problems on my site than fuzzy graphics.
>> | > | | > | Or, am I nuts and it's not that fuzzy? If you like, go to |
>> > | www.leonardforiowa.com and tell me if I'm worrying about nothing.
>> | > | | > | Thanks,
>> | > | | > | --
>> | > | Randy Morgan