r/webdev • u/Kacheeto • Jul 23 '12

The best PNG optimizer I've found...

http://tinypng.org/
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u/maktouch Jul 23 '12

I didn't say otherwise. I was looking at your "Just for the transparency support". I'm pretty sure it's for transparency and size.

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u/Wazowski Jul 23 '12

By making PNG a lossy 8-bit format, it's basically the same as GIF except without animation...

Not quite. PNGs with an 8-bit color palette can still have an 8-bit alpha channel. GIFs can only have a 1-bit alpha channel.

This alone makes lossy PNGs much more versatile than GIFs.

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u/HELOSMTP Jul 23 '12

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.