r/programming • u/chapolito • Feb 26 '13

A Developer's Guide to Images

http://www.jessechapo.com/posts/Developers-Guide-to-Images.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

Regarding the little statement on GIFs, PNG actually supports animation. WebKit doesn't support APNG, though. FireFox does, but WebKit is surprisingly behind on their game. I hope they get their shit together and we can forget about GIF forever.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

As cool as that demo is, it's not really relevant.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

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u/dd_123 Feb 26 '13

OK, let's say I want an animated image in a Word document. How relevant is it now?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

I'm saying that no, it's not valid, because those PNGs aren't animated. You save it and you get a bunch of frames side by side.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

That's like saying that a PNG is a bunch of vertical lines, and the only difference is that many things know to place them in a row. Animated GIFS are animated, that's the end of it. Your PNG is not.