On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Thetargos wrote:
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:55:17 -0400 From: Thetargos <thetargos@...155...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape animation test
On 6/11/06, Khiraly <khiraly123@...961...> wrote:
There is MNG (animated png) format which is just what you looking for.
Sadly MNG is not as widespread as gif is (yet), would be nice to see it as widely used as animated gifs, though the format is a bit bigger.
I expect the size of the files produced has more to do with the programs than the MNG standard itself. If anything I'd expect MNG files to be smaller than the GIF but only if you are doing a fair comparison.
PNG files are often larger than GIF files because GIF only supports 256 colours and PNG supports full colour. If you force a PNG file to use only 256 colours you will get a smaller file than the same GIF.
Given the lack of any widely understood layered file format besides Adobe PSD (widely supported, de facto standard but not actually fully open) I really hope MNG/JNG will gain widers support so it can be used not just for animations but also as a file format for most of my layered images. (It wouldn't be enough for users who need CMYK support in their layered images but it would be enough for me and many others I'm sure.)
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
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