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'''PNG''', short for Portable Network Graphics, is a losslessly-compressed image format. This means image data is perfectly preserved but at a generally much smaller filesize than uncompressed [[BMP]] or [[TGA]] files. PNGs are particlarly suited to images with large sections of solid color.
'''PNG''', short for Portable Network Graphics, is a losslessly-compressed image format. This means image data is perfectly preserved but at a generally much smaller filesize than uncompressed [[BMP]] or [[TGA]] files. PNGs are particlarly suited to images with large sections of solid color.


==See also==
*[[BMP]]
*[[JPG]]
*[[TGA]]
*[[Screenshot]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Glossary]]

Revision as of 14:51, 17 March 2011

PNG, short for Portable Network Graphics, is a losslessly-compressed image format. This means image data is perfectly preserved but at a generally much smaller filesize than uncompressed BMP or TGA files. PNGs are particlarly suited to images with large sections of solid color.

See also