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Re:Show HN: Using SVG to Shrink Your PNGs by mark-r on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:59AM (#8935457)
That's interesting, since there isn't a 12-bit PNG format. Do they leave it in 24 bit then, and just rely on better compression due to fewer unique bit combinations?
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Re:Show HN: Using SVG to Shrink Your PNGs by ashmud on Friday January 23, 2015 @02:18PM (#8936666)
It looks that way. Irfanview reports 24bpp for images saved when I selected > 256 colors in CQ.
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