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GIF should be killed. Animated PNG is where it's at.
by Grue3 13y ago
GIF should be killed. Animated PNG is where it's at.
- iopq 13y agoAnimated PNGs should be killed. Just embed a video with an alpha channel. It compresses way better. http://simpl.info/videoalpha/ http://simpl.info/videoalpha/
- Grue3 13y agoWrong use-case. Animated GIFs and animated PNGs were never intended for video. The analogy to still image formats is video:JPEG = web-animation:PNG. You don't save screenshots as JPGs and you don't save photos as PNGs. Same with video and web-animation, two different use-cases require two different formats.
- iopq 13y agoexcept that's a false dichotomy one format can support both lossy and lossless images and use better compression between frames to achieve 10x better results for animations than animated pngs without visible loss of quality
- maxst 13y agoWhen you can only post/upload content that end up inside img tag, it's not a false dichotomy.
- Grue3 13y agoWhich format can support both lossy and lossless images? I spent 2 seconds in GIMP to make the following GIF: http://i.cubeupload.com/kbrcfQ.gif http://i.cubeupload.com/kbrcfQ.gif Please show me the video format that can replace it.
- iopq 13y agowebp supports animations, lossless and lossy images, etc. I already linked to a video with an alpha channel that can match your gif
- TheZenPsycho 13y agomeanwhile, back in the real world, gifs and apngs are staying exactly where they are.