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Photoshop CS5 doesn't seem to natively support saving image as APNG even tho few of the major browsers already support it. Are there any export plugins or such available for Photoshop?

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"Few major browsers" being currently Firefox, SeaMonkey and Opera. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG#Application_support – koiyu Jan 23 '11 at 14:35
I may be wrong (someone correct me if I am) but I thought the APNG format was abandoned no too long ago. – DA01 Jan 25 '11 at 17:46
@DA01 that'd be a shame. It's a great idea because it supports alpha and practically lossless animations without taking too much space. For small images, that is. – Ars Magika Jan 31 '11 at 23:07

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For 24-bit/32-bits APNG: In Photoshop (File - Export - Render Video), then use apngasm. Checked method.

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Wow! Thanks! After Aeons of waiting xD! Gotta check this out the first thing when I get home. – Ars Magika Mar 2 '11 at 18:05
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It seems that to date there are none.

You could try to work this around by exporting each frame as a PNG in Photoshop and then use an external application to merge the PNGs to an APNG. See the list of related software on animatedpng.com. For example Japng or APNG Assembler could do the trick.

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Yeah, what would be the quickest and simplest way to do that? Let's say I'm dealing with 100 gifs that need to be APNG. – Ars Magika Jan 23 '11 at 15:14
If the GIFs are already animated, probably the quickest way is to use gif2apng: gif2apng.sourceforge.net If the GIFs are supposed to be single frames in the APNG you should consult the software list I posted - or first convert the GIFs to PNGs and then convert the PNGs to APGNs with e.g. the aforementioned Japng or APNG Assembler. – koiyu Jan 23 '11 at 15:26
Yes, but if the gifs need Photoshop attention, e.g., resizing (Photoshop resize is usually superb compared to conversion tools) and are already animated. – Ars Magika Jan 23 '11 at 15:32
Well, first do the needed edits to GIFs, save as a GIF and then use mentioned tools to convert the GIF to APNG. – koiyu Jan 23 '11 at 15:41
Oh yeah I know, I know. I was thinking if you had a quick way to offer for saving individual frames as separate files. – Ars Magika Jan 23 '11 at 15:49
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