Gif png jpg

**richer** · 10-10-2009, 03:51 PM

Which is more convenient smaller gif or png ? Please suggest me.

**chrishirst** · 10-10-2009, 03:53 PM

for what?

**airforce1** · 10-14-2009, 10:38 AM

I think gif would be smaller if the quality is acceptable while png would help you keep more details.

**rednimaT** · 10-14-2009, 09:44 PM

it really depends on your image and how much quality you want to keep. if you don't care about quality, you can just highly compress a JPEG/GIF file. PNG is required for perfect transparency & GIF is good if the matte matches your background.

**b0881** · 10-16-2009, 10:35 AM

PNG's are decent quality and preserve transparency better than gifs, but if its to be used on a website then you remember the issues within IE6.

PNG's are the future though.

**Mystical Pippin** · 10-18-2009, 05:41 AM

I perfer png for it's quality & flexability but of course the files are larger. Gif's are ok if you really need to have a transparant background and don't mind low resolution.

b0881: What issues did IE6 have? I never noticed any and just upgraded my IE6 to IE8. But, I'm having seperation anxiety.....I don't like it or any of the other browser versions. but alas, for better security I had to enter the 21st century and make the change.

**chrishirst** · 10-18-2009, 09:20 AM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294714

**Mystical Pippin** · 07:47 AM

ahhh I see! thanks Chris. That's never happened to me....but it brings another question to mind. Does anyone know why - on some forum sites (not all) my GIF avatar -the same one I use here- the background shows up black?

**chrishirst** · 10-19-2009, 07:59 AM

Those forums having the background colour for the avatar container set to black would be the logical answer.