2009-11-02, 04:53 PM
SlayerZach Wrote:Edit: Last, but not least, PNG image type is the highest quality and smallest file size.
That isn't exactly true (although in this case I think it is).
PNG files uses DEFLATE compression which does more or less the job it is suppose to do. GIF files use LZW compression which is more efficient the larger the file size is. Due to all the variables and bytes needed to tell the computer what the proper display is in GIFs, and the additional need for a 256x3 byte color palette, GIFs definitely suck with the really small images such as icons. Both PNG and GIF formats are lossless compression, meaning quality of the information is retained.