A lossless raster graphics format, primarily designed for displaying images on the internet or via digital delivery. This format supports transparency. There are 2 formats for PNG image. PNG8 uses a 2bit alpha channel to render transparency similar to GIF images. This means a pixel within the image ...
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Why can't Photoshop properly open this PNG?
When I try to open this image in PS (CS5) I get red rectangles around the parts of the image that are not transparent.
If I copy the image and paste it in PS I get the contents of the image, as seen ...
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How to automate exporting multiple PNG with different size from Photoshop? for Android
I have a PSD file with 96x96 resolution. Now I want to save this as four PNG files with different resolutions such as 36x36, 48x48, 72x72, 96x96. Instead of adjusting the image size manually 4 four ...
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Exporting photoshop layers to PNG in cs6
I've seen the response here, but the built-in script is excruciatingly slow (I let it sit for 3 hours before giving up) and the custom one in the response thinks there's only one layer (and only ...
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Is it ok to use .pngs on business cards to print?
I want to use a background image from here though these are usually just used for websites. I am worried the quality will not be sufficient enough for print. Would I be correct in this assumption? Is ...
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Which one is better for icon design: vector graphics or bitmap graphics?
To design icons in many resolutions, Which of the following approaches:
* to create them in vector graphics, as svg or ai and then rasterize them,
* to design them directly as bitmap graphics (formats ...
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32/Bit PNG unable to save
I am working with Photoshop CS6 Extended.
I have a PNG that I need to edit it. It is green and orange. Shows up fine in image viewer or even MS Paint. But when I open it with Photoshop the image ...
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What's the point of converting RGB images to CMYK TIF/TIFF before placing them in InDesign?
Currently we receive CMYK TIF/TIFF images of photographs from our design agency (who get them from the photographer). Our in-house designers then place them in InDesign for posters and magazines, or ...
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Photoshop export layers to png but with specific background layer
I have a psd with ~400 Layers which contain semitransparent images and one layer with a solid color. I want to export those layers to png8 and want that layers to have that solid background. I can ...
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Best ways of saving .png 2D game art for an iphone game?
I'm currently working in illustrator CS5 creating 2d game art for iphone, and I'm just wondering about the best way to save the art to still keep the quality but have low memory.
In save for web and ...
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export layers with bleding options and shadow to PNG format using photoshop
I have iphone/ipad app design as PSD file, Most of layers in this file are linked with shapes in order to support retina display. Each shaped layer has blending option like outer glow or external ...
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Illustrator CS6 'Save for Web' doesn't save the image as expected
I have an image 8x8 pixels as below; this is the image as I see in Adobe Illustrator CS6:
Each gray shade in upper left and lower right corners is 4x2 pixels. I would like to save this image as I ...
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PNG vs GIF for 1 bit transparency
Is there any reason for using GIF instead of PNG when the image requires only 1 bit transparency (either on or off) and of course no animation is required?
thanks
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How to export PNG to be compatible with all browsers
I recently found our that some PNG files render a slightly different shade of color in Safari. (I think this is because Safari can't render PNG Gamma channel properly or what).
How do I export the ...
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gif vs png transparency issues
I am going to use an image for my header which should to transparent..i thought of using PNG but a bit worried about its transparency issues .. So is there any solution?
Its a two image header where ...
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Settings to create transparent PNG's with minimal file size for mobile devices
I want to create a theme for android phones. I guess the best way to go is to create a file that is as light as possible.
Now I want to create the files in photoshop, they have to be transparent ...
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Need png optimisation/compression advice
I have a large set of png images I am trying to compress and I would like some advice from all of the graphics experts out there :) on the best method to do this. I have access to both a Mac and ...
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How can i change height size without any deterioration?
I have a PNG, not PSD. It's size 29 x 126 but i want change this to 29 x 220px. What is good solution for this?
Image: http://imgur.com/l2IENUH
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Is there a faster way to save all layers in PSD to PNG?
I'm trying to export all 155 raster layers, each 240*240 in pixels, to separate png files, but it takes ages to do that using CS5 "File > Scripts > Export Layers to Files".
This script creates new ...
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SVG to bitmap converter that doesn't generate horrible bitmaps
I've been using Inkscape to generate PNG's from various SVG files. This works fine for larger images, but for smaller images (like icons), bitmaps appear grainy and extremely anti-aliased at the ...
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Transparency in swf file created using png image
I have some text with transparent background and I imported this png image to flash. Now when I create a swf file, it doesnt show me transparency. I tried using wmode parameter as transparent in the ...
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How do I handle thumbnails of white-on-transparent pngs in Bridge?
When handling multiple white-on-transparent png images, I am hindered by the fact that the thumbnails of these images are all-white. Both Adobe Bridge CS6 and Windows Explorer suffer the same problem, ...
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Problem importing .png files with transparencies to Flash Mx
I can´t import .png files with transparencies to Flash Mx, it says that if I want to import the hole pictures of the sequence and later that the import did not finish because an unknown error ...
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photoshop cs5 export layers to files issue
Hey i dont ussually work with photoshop, but i have many layers that i need make as PNG.
I run that script, uncheck "visible layers only". And what i see in output folder is very weird. Its total ...
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Photoshop: How to use a non-white background as the basis for semitransparent layers in PNG8 export?
PNG8 is a great compressed format when we don't really need semi-transparency. Often an asset will have semi-transparency data that we're happy to lose in the export process, however Photoshop ...
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Mysterious line next to shape after saving for web in Illustrator
So I have got the .ai file from our designer and I have to save it to a specific size to then be used on a website.
I have aligned all shapes to pixel raster (not sure if this is required) and I have ...
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Size and transparency differences when saving PNG by different methods
I'm exporting PSD layers to PNGs for a game's texture atlases.
When I'm doing Copy -> New File (RGB 8-bit) -> Save As PNG, the resulting PNG is quite heavy and Finder shows white background ...
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Can I create a PNG from InDesign?
I usually have to export my InDesign file into an eps, then convert it to PNG in illustrator. Does anyone know an easier way?
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How can I preserve vector file size and quality when exporting to PNG format with Illustrator? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
eps file vector quality issue
I have a large vector .eps file of 8 logo samples. At 100% zoom, it is crisp and gorgeous, about 4 inches wide and 1.5 inches high on my ...
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How to paste PNGs keeping the original transparency
Is there a way to directly paste PNG images in Photoshop and keep their transparency? I don't mean dragging them, but directly pasting from, for example, a browser. Transparency is always replaced by ...
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How to save Photoshop file with for web with partial transparency over transparent background?
I have an image in my program which I want to superimpose against a background. However, the image will move around and I need the background image to remain in place while the front image moves. ...
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In Illustrator CS5, why are my colors dull when I export to png?
I'm having an issue with Illustrator CS5 that I've seen mentioned in many, many forums, but I haven't found an answer that has fixed my problem.
When I use Save for Web & Devices... to create a ...
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Add transparency to an existing PNG
I'd like to use this image on a web site.
What I need to do is change the background from black to transparent, so I can use the arrow on my site maintaining the page background.
I used Gimp to ...
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Change the color of an image in a website
I have this image in my website, is a png:
I want to know if there is any way with HTML5, javascript or css to change the color of the image. Or at least make the image change to white (invert ...
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How to extract PNGs from Adobe Illustrator file
My graphic/web designer left me with an Adobe Illustrator file of my website. She said it would be easy to extract the images out as PNGs so I can use them in my HTML. But I can't figure this out too ...
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Export Multiple Artboards to Pngs Named after the Artboard Without the Filename Prepended
Given the following setup:
File: SomeFilename.ai
Which contains artboards named:
Artboard_01
Artboard_02
Artboard_03
At the moment if I export the artboards Illustrator insists ...
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When saving as a PSD, have a PNG also saved automatically
On Photoshop CS5, I had it set up so that whenever I saved a .psd, whether it were through cmd-s or the file menu, it would also save a file as a .png with the same name.
I upgraded to CS6 and now I ...
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bmp alpha channel issues
SlavaSoft Paint Express is an image editor that I try to use for re-shaping one of my Android app's assets. It takes in a .png file, auto-convertit to .bmp (it can't work with PNG format), I do the ...
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Tools for *lossy* PNG compression?
I'm trying more and more to get by sans PhotoShop for my personal/freelance work. I do primarily web work these days and don't do enough side gigs to justify keeping up with the Creative Suite beast.
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Convert foreground motif to degrees of transparency?
I have a 24-bit PNG where the motif is a subtle pattern. The pattern itself is in light greys, i.e. the background color of the PNG is #eee and the pattern is in a range of slightly darker greys.
I ...
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32 Bit PNG's won't save as png?
Just for some background knowledge. I am absolutely terrible with graphics, but I attempt anyway. I am trying to create a dead simple graphic for my Android APplication while trying to follow the ...
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Is there a nice way to convert a vectored pdf to a vectored png?
I seem to be stuck in a situation where all I can get out of some designers(through a client so it's a little embarrassing now I've asked more than three times) is some vectored pdfs.
I need to put ...
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Photoshop saves PNGs with less quality
I have a 2000x1500 image created with Photoshop CS6 Extended. When I save images in different formats for re-use in other programs, e.g. PNG, the image quality will suffer. I have nice basic gradiants ...
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Why does my transparent PNG not look good?
I want to convert a JPG to transparent and using GIMP I added alpha layers and transparency same way I make a GIF transparent I converted it to PNG but it doesn't display well when I load it on my ...
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Remove background from a shadow effect
I have the following image:
It is a shadow effect created in Photoshop. I need to have that black shadow with transparent background in order to be used with different background colors.
The ...
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When you export from Adobe Illustrator cs4, is it done as png-24?
In Adobe Illustrator CS4, when I do Save for Web & Devices I get to choose explicitly that I want png-24. But when I export I do not get asked it, is this because it is the default? I need it to ...
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is PNG-24 being converted to PNG-32 in Photoshop?
when i save an image in Photoshop as a PNG-24 with trans on, does PS actually convert that to PNG-32 but not tell me about it?
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White border around png image after saving with IrfanView
I created a simple circle drawing in Inkscape. Then I exported the drawing as png.
When I resize the image in IrfanView and save it as png then a thin white border appears around the circle.
You ...
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PNG Files all place larger than saved in Photoshop
I am saving 3 different file sizes of PNG's (1" x 2", 2" x 3", 3" x 4"). When I place them all in Indesign or MS Word they are all the same size. All of them show up in their folder as different ...
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Photoshop: Animated PNG?
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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Adobe Illustrator: maximum artboard dimensions for PNG export?
As all Illustrator users know, there is a hard limit on the size you can export a PNG file. I'm curious if anyone knows the maximum limit on this, and if it differs depending on the DPI of the ...
