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PNG: The Definitive Guide
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PNG: The Definitive Guide

by Greg Roelofs
June 1999
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
10h 10m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Book

Part I, Using PNG

Part II, The Design of PNG

Part III, Programming with PNG

Conventions Used in This Book

How to Contact Us

About the “Second Edition” (HTML Version)

History

Version 1

Version 2

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

List of Tables

Part I: Using PNG

Chapter 1: An Introduction to PNG

1.1. Overview of Image Properties

1.2. What Is PNG Good For?

1.2.1. Alpha Channels

1.2.2. Gamma and Color Correction

1.2.3. Interlacing and Progressive Display

1.2.4. Compression

1.2.4.1. Compression filters

1.2.4.2. Compression oopers

1.2.5. Summary of Usage

1.3. Case Study of a PNG-Supporting Image Editor

1.3.1. PNG Feature Support in Fireworks

1.3.2. Invoking PNG Features in Fireworks

1.3.3. Analysis of Fireworks PNG Support

1.3.4. Concluding Thoughts on Fireworks

Chapter 2: Applications: WWW Browsers and Servers

2.1. WWW Browsers

2.1.1. Netscape Navigator

2.1.2. Microsoft Internet Explorer

2.1.3. Opera

2.1.4. Acorn Browse

2.1.5. Arena

2.1.6. Amaya

2.1.7. Other Browsers

2.1.7.1. Amiga

2.1.7.2. Acorn

2.1.7.3. BeOS

2.1.7.4. Macintosh

2.1.7.5. NeXTStep/OpenStep

2.1.7.6. OS/2

2.1.8. Client-Side Workarounds: The OBJECT Tag

2.2. WWW Servers

2.2.1. “Standard” Servers

2.2.2. Internet Information Server

2.2.3. Server-Side Workarounds: Content Negotiation

2.2.3.1. Apache variants files

2.2.3.2. Apache MultiViews

Chapter 3: Applications: Image Viewers

3.1. Windows 95/98/NT

3.2. Windows 3.x

3.3. VMS

3.4. Unix

3.5. OS/2

3.6. Macintosh

3.7. Java

3.8. DOS

3.9. ...

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