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Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?)

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On 4/07/24 5:31 am, HenHanna wrote:
> thank you...  so it seems the GIF file is smaller but
>                can show fewer  colors.

I think it depends on the image. Wikiopedia suggests that GIF
can be smaller for small images, whereas PNG tends to be smaller
for larger 8-bit images.

-- 
Greg

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in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?) HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-07-02 08:02 -0700
  Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?) Pieter van Oostrum <pieter-l@vanoostrum.org> - 2024-07-03 13:22 +0200
    Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?) Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2024-07-04 03:36 +1200
      Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?) HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-07-03 10:31 -0700
        Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?) Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2024-07-04 10:24 +1200
      Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save as PNG or GIF ? (size?) Pieter van Oostrum <pieter-l@vanoostrum.org> - 2024-07-05 13:54 +0200

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