What is difference between png8 and png24

html css png png-24 png-8
Kesar Sisodiya picture Kesar Sisodiya · Mar 28, 2014 · Viewed 131.4k times · Source

I want to know about uses of png files. There are two formats available for png images; one is png8 and the another one is png24.

I would like to know that if I use either type in my html page, will there be any error? Or is this only quality matter?

Answer

user694733 picture user694733 · Mar 28, 2014

There is only one PNG format, but it supports 5 color types.

PNG-8 refers to palette variant, which supports only 256 colors, but is usually smaller in size. PNG-8 can be a GIF substitute.

PNG-24 refers to true color variant, which supports more colors, but might be bigger. PNG-24 can be used instead of JPEG, if lossless image format is needed.

Any modern web browser will support both variants.

Related questions

CSS Border on PNG image with transparent parts

Im trying to add a border on a PNG image I have (Example included). The thing is that when I add the border currently it adds it on a box shape around all the image and not on the exact …

Read More
CSS3 / HTML 5 / PNG blur content behind element

I'm trying to blur the content behind a fixed position header so that the content behind it has the user scrolls is blurred when behind this div. I used to achieve this with simple opacity in CSS but this does …

Read More
Clicking through a transparent .png

First off, I would like to say that myspace is a pain. But, musicians love it, and I can make some money doing layouts for them. I overlayed a layer of .png's over myspace's original look, but need to utilize …

Read More