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Post by Gabriel on May 27, 2009 19:37:30 GMT -6
Photoshop is a powerful ally.
GIF images are fine for things without many colors or color variations, as are small sprites. For anything over 100x100, though, a PNG is almost always better. JPGs are the worst in most, if not all cases.
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Post by Wein Lowell on May 27, 2009 19:47:09 GMT -6
Eh, I've noticed that most people seem to use gifs when it comes to spriting.
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Post by Gabriel on May 27, 2009 19:53:40 GMT -6
As I said, since sprites are small and do not use a wide range of colors, it is fine. Anything of a high resolution or with a vast number of different colors benefits far more from PNG than it does from GIF or JPG formats.
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Post by Wein Lowell on May 27, 2009 21:03:45 GMT -6
Oh, most definitely. Bitmaps are the best though, aren't they?
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Post by Sakura on May 27, 2009 21:07:46 GMT -6
Bitmaps are blah. I only use PNG and GIF. GIF for the transparent sprites, and PNG for better quality.
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Post by Gabriel on May 27, 2009 21:12:39 GMT -6
PNG is lossless and offers MUCH better compression than bitmap(BMP) does, as far as I know. That does make them "blah".
And PNGs can be transparent, Sakura.
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Post by Sakura on May 27, 2009 21:14:10 GMT -6
I know, it's just in case I wanna make a Sprite Sheet. ^w^
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Post by Lilith on May 28, 2009 20:08:54 GMT -6
Theres an online image editor I use to make my stuff transparent... I think Rayl gave me the link.
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Post by Wein Lowell on May 28, 2009 22:37:30 GMT -6
The PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format was developed in 1995 as the successor to the GIF format. PNG uses a more efficient compression algorithm than GIF, is patent-free and supports true color images. Alpha channels (variable transparency), gamma correction (cross-platform control of image brightness), and two-dimensional interlacing are other important features of this format. While support for PNG images in browsers has been low in the past, they can now be safely used in all modern browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer supports binary transparency in PNG files, just like with GIF, but lacks support for alpha channels.
The BMP format (Windows Bitmap) is compatible with most Windows programs, including older programs, but is not recommended for Web browsers, because BMP cannot compress images. BMPs are sometimes preferred for images in computer software when speed is more important than reduced file size, because uncompressed bitmaps can be displayed more quickly.
That settles it.
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Post by Gabriel on May 29, 2009 12:16:05 GMT -6
As I said, BMP is not compressed, while PNG is a lossless compression. The only reason to use gifs is animation as it stands, but even PNGs can be animated. They are just not too common, though. And I think I have no way to do it, anyway.
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