Favorite image file format for 2d sprites

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Spodi picture Spodi · Sep 28, 2008 · Viewed 21.2k times · Source

What is your favorite, lossless image format for games (namely 2d games)? And why?

Some things to take into consideration are size on disk, overhead for converting to a usable format, and features of the format (ie alpha support).

There is no best answer, but be sure to back yours up the best you can!

Answer

OregonGhost picture OregonGhost · Sep 28, 2008

I'd suggest PNG. Most software supports writing it, most libraries support reading it, it's lossless and supports alpha transparency. And it's a standard format.

And, maybe important for hobbyist 2D games, very small images also result in very small files (i.e. a 16x16 icon can be 1KB or less).

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