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-- Posted by MouseFreak at 4:16 am on Dec. 1, 2008

who wins ??


-- Posted by bigredron at 4:19 am on Dec. 1, 2008

jpeg is better compresssion wise but png is better because it is lossless


-- Posted by zb at 4:21 am on Dec. 1, 2008

Depends on what you'll use the picture for.
If you want lossless quality then use PNG or if you want small size use JPEG.


-- Posted by Dannay at 4:26 am on Dec. 1, 2008

I've never used PNG, i don't think


-- Posted by lisababyyy at 4:31 am on Dec. 1, 2008

i always use JPEG


-- Posted by Lulu Nobody at 4:37 am on Dec. 1, 2008

PNG is good for quality, JPEG is good for size. Avatars for LW I either always do in JPEG or GIF because of size. Avatars for elsewhere or other images I may edit in Photoshop, I save as PNG.


-- Posted by OGamer at 4:45 am on Dec. 1, 2008

PNG mostly used on the web and JPG mostly used on the static PC


-- Posted by Catacomb at 5:10 am on Dec. 1, 2008

who wins depends on whats being won


-- Posted by YeahBoii at 5:13 am on Dec. 1, 2008

I usually use PNG for high quality stuff.


-- Posted by shyriluv at 5:17 am on Dec. 1, 2008

PNG....yup clearer picture!


-- Posted by britishguy at 4:27 am on Dec. 2, 2008

PNG is lossless and it also has support for alpha transparency. For web graphics I liek to use PNg because of that, however you have to rememebr that IE 6 doesn't support PNG transparency.

JPEG is better for photos because although it is lossy, the compression is much better and it is designed to take advantage of the way the human brian sees an image so that the data discarded is not so noticable. Certainly with large files I'd use JPEG. The difference even between a 100% quality JPEG and a 75% quality is not every noticable in most conditions but can represent as much as 60% compression.

So I say PNG for graphics and JPEG for "natural" or large images.


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