Re:Show HN: Jpeg.io – Convert any major image format into a ...
by tedmiston on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @02:32PM
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> PNG-24 - ... generally shouldn't be used for production sites.
But it is sometimes of course, particularly when the designer does not want the PNG restricted to 256 colors. For example, suppose that your logo is a single lowercase letter with an overlaid multicolor gradient rainbow, the banding in the transitions becomes super pronounced in PNG-8.
Beyond that, SVG can replace a lot of what PNG has been used for on the web for the past couple decades.
But it is sometimes of course, particularly when the designer does not want the PNG restricted to 256 colors. For example, suppose that your logo is a single lowercase letter with an overlaid multicolor gradient rainbow, the banding in the transitions becomes super pronounced in PNG-8.
Beyond that, SVG can replace a lot of what PNG has been used for on the web for the past couple decades.