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Originally Posted by jackastor
Not to sound Flippant, but whats the difference between png and jpg?
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Jpeg compression is lossy (i.e., it reduces filesize by reducing quality), whereas png is lossless. Because of this, png usually has larger filesize, but in
certain cases it can be smaller. (For instance, MS Paint doodles, or screenshots of text.)
Check out when to use jpg versus gif:
http://www.wfu.edu/~matthews/misc/jp.../JpgVsGif.html
Png is similar to gif, except it supports more colors and partial transparency. (No animation though, except
unofficially in Firefox and Opera.)