Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down14
arrow-up1808arrow-down1external-linkPNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animationwww.tomshardware.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·2 days agoAnimated PNG has been trying to be an extension to the PNG spec for 20+ years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
minus-squareAusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoYep, it was one of the ways to have an animated avatar on BB forums. Most recently, I have seen them being used in animated chat stickers (like on Signal).
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoRight there’s actually like a select few applications that support it which is cool, but so many get confused when they see an apng file with frames.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoProbably still more supported than Webp and Webm
Animated PNG has been trying to be an extension to the PNG spec for 20+ years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
Yep, it was one of the ways to have an animated avatar on BB forums.
Most recently, I have seen them being used in animated chat stickers (like on Signal).
Right there’s actually like a select few applications that support it which is cool, but so many get confused when they see an apng file with frames.
Probably still more supported than Webp and Webm