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Animated PNG Anticipation (New Firefox 3 Image Format)
peterdevore
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Firefox 3 will support a 'new' image type for animations. It's backwards compatible with PNG, it just shows the first frame in browsers that only support PNG. The main advantage over GIF is that it has alpha transparency (like PNG i guess), which gives web developers some room to make cool effects (like the linked article shows).
You can already download the public beta of firefox 3 to try it out. I thought we could have a nice thread, maybe make some avatars or sigs that take advantage of APNG.
There is very little support for APNG in standard image editors, but these firefox plugins (made by the 'creators' of APNG) should get you started:
There is some discussion whether APNG should become an official format, since it abuses the PNG specification a bit to make it backwards compatible. If you're interested about the technical side of this, there was a large discussion in the PNG community, rejecting APNG as an official extension.
*ARGH* I just found out that the automatic photobucket optimization munges the animating part out of the PNG and leaves just the first frame. I guess this is what you get when you use a format that poses as another. This makes working with APNG's a bit more of a bother, and I hosted my lame example on google pages:
You can already download the public beta of firefox 3 to try it out. I thought we could have a nice thread, maybe make some avatars or sigs that take advantage of APNG.
There is very little support for APNG in standard image editors, but these firefox plugins (made by the 'creators' of APNG) should get you started:
- APNG Edit: Firefox plugin APNG editor, link. Is a bit flaky under firefox 3 beta, but works.
- SVG2PNG: Another Firefox plugin APNG editor, only this one takes SVG files instead of 'regular' image files. Link
There is some discussion whether APNG should become an official format, since it abuses the PNG specification a bit to make it backwards compatible. If you're interested about the technical side of this, there was a large discussion in the PNG community, rejecting APNG as an official extension.
*ARGH* I just found out that the automatic photobucket optimization munges the animating part out of the PNG and leaves just the first frame. I guess this is what you get when you use a format that poses as another. This makes working with APNG's a bit more of a bother, and I hosted my lame example on google pages:
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However, given the current amount of support for this new format, it'll probably take a couple of years before it's accepted as a 'common' format. Hell, even using PNGs on websites is still kind of iffy.
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Also, I don't see why they could just use MNG.
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