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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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Figure 1-1 Original, 24-bit image; same image after quantization; same image after quantization and dithering
Figure 1-2 Portrait with an oval alpha mask against a white background and against a black background
Figure 1-3 Gray text anti-aliased against a white background, displayed against both white and black backgrounds
Figure 1-4 Comparison of GIF interlacing, normal PNG interlacing, PNG with interpolation, and PNG with sparse display
Figure 1-5 Fireworks 1.0 Export Preview window showing RGBA-palette options
Figure 1-6 Example of Fireworks 1.0 RGBA-palette image showing strong banding
Figure 1-7 Fireworks 1.0 Export Preview after choosing Index Color transparency twice, showing transparency (white artifacts) in opaque regions
Figure 1-8 Example of a Fireworks 1.0 image with single-color transparency, displayed against the “wrong” background
Figure 4-1 Photoshop 5.0 RGB Setup window
Figure 4-2 Photoshop 5.0 File Info window
Figure 4-3 Photoshop 4.0 Monitor Setup window
Figure 4-4 ImageReady 1.0 Optimize palette for 24-bit PNG, with Matte pull-down menu
Figure 4-5 ImageReady 1.0 Optimize palette for 8-bit (colormapped) PNG
Figure 4-6 ImageReady 1.0 optimized preview with 160 transparent entries, showing artifacts
Figure 4-7 ImageReady 1.0 optimized preview with 224 transparent entries, showing degraded facial tones
Figure 4-8 Paint Shop Pro 5.0 alpha mask window
Figure 4-9 The GIMP 1.0's Lasso options window, tool palette, and ...
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