(: Testing PNG Graphics Format... can you see this image? :)

SpaceMonkey · August 29, 2009 3:31PM

Can you see the image below? Testing the PNG format for an updated web site that I am creating...
the PNG format is great because it allows transparent backgrounds...
but before I go too far I wanted to see how widely supported the format is.

-sm

Swampboy · August 29, 2009 3:33PM

IE8

commoncents05 · August 29, 2009 3:33PM

Looks good!

-Paul

commoncents05 · August 29, 2009 3:33PM

(Using FireFox)

-Paul

MidLifeCrisis · August 29, 2009 3:38PM

<< IE8

>>

Ditto

And nice coin too.

BillyGoatsGruff · August 29, 2009 3:48PM

IE8 - Vista 64bit - works great!

Raybo · August 29, 2009 3:53PM

UTILE.DULCI!

SpaceMonkey · August 29, 2009 3:56PM

thanks everybody so far... glad to hear it's working... format is so cool.. only real drawback i can see is that the images are a bit heavy on the file size as i can't find any compression settings... but for my use hey that's ok.

anybody on an older version of IE by chance? Macs?

thanks all!

-sm

coinsarefun · August 29, 2009 3:57PM

I'm looking at it in mozilla and its fine.

I did all my graphics for my site in png files and they seem to work fine
with a transparent background. So does gif.

Resizing the image to fit the placed image size looks like it eliminated the pixelation problem
on my site

........Thanks to you

SpaceMonkey · August 29, 2009 4:01PM

<< I'm looking at it in mozilla and its fine.

I did all my graphics for my site in png files and they seem to work fine
with a transparent background. So does gif.

Resizing the image to fit the placed image size looks like it eliminated the pixelation problem
on my site

........Thanks to you

>>

site looks much better now with all the smooth images!

-sm

BillyGoatsGruff · August 29, 2009 4:04PM

eyoung429 · August 29, 2009 4:21PM

IE 6 working fine.

mikeyg · August 29, 2009 4:24PM

<< thanks everybody so far... glad to hear it's working... format is so cool.. only real drawback i can see is that the images are a bit heavy on the file size as i can't find any compression settings... but for my use hey that's ok.

anybody on an older version of IE by chance? Macs?

thanks all!
works great on my mac (2009)mac

-sm >>

WOO HOOO hit 200 posts lol

UtahCoin · August 30, 2009 12:01AM

I like it a lot!

Sign me up!

blu62vette · August 30, 2009 12:19AM

I can see it looks good, on a MAC using Safari 4.0.1

rjsvt · August 30, 2009 1:08AM

Looks good on my iMac and on my iPhone.

bob

SilverEagles92 · August 30, 2009 1:11AM

Works on Google Chrome!

Loving the transparent background.

SpaceMonkey · August 30, 2009 1:27AM

looks like a winner.... thanks all... try it out for yourself in your image editor...

if you use photoshop put your coins on a separate layer... turn off the background layer.... save as PNG 24-bit... that's it... you now have a high quality file with a transparent background.
(reminder, only real drawback is the files are uncompressed... ie larger).

if you want to get real fancy try adding more layers with your text, etc and you can have all over a transparent background too.

-sm

jesbroken · August 30, 2009 1:49AM

great on ie7

TomB · August 30, 2009 2:01AM

The coin generally looks fine, but if you were shooting for a truly transparnet background for all users then it failed on this end as the background is a light blue. Additionally, at 9:00 on the reverse there is a problem with the image.

SilverEagles92 · August 30, 2009 2:04AM

<< ... the background is a light blue. >>

You sure that's not the color of the background of the post?

blu62vette · August 30, 2009 2:06AM

<< The coin generally looks fine, but if you were shooting for a truly transparnet background for all users then it failed on this end as the background is a light blue. Additionally, at 9:00 on the reverse there is a problem with the image. >>

I would guess the problem with the image is a slab gasket.

mgoodm3 · August 30, 2009 2:09AM

I thought that PNG was kinda like PSD (Photoshop TIFF). The filesize isn't too bad considering that - about 4-5x that of a good JPG.

TomB · August 30, 2009 2:21AM

<< 

<< ... the background is a light blue. >>

You sure that's not the color of the background of the post? >>

It is not the color of my generic background. My background color is a light grey-blue mix and the coin is clearly formatted against a light green-blue background. Additionally, the image problem is not with the coin's gasket, but rather with part of the image at 9:00 on the reverse missing as well as a similar problem at 6:00 that I did not mention in the previous post.

robec · August 30, 2009 2:33AM

I was successful using Mac's classic and IE 5.0 from 2000. It worked fine as long as there is enough memory alloted to it.

SpaceMonkey · August 30, 2009 2:46AM

<< The coin generally looks fine, but if you were shooting for a truly transparnet background for all users then it failed on this end as the background is a light blue. Additionally, at 9:00 on the reverse there is a problem with the image. >>

Tom... thanks foe checking...
what System are you running?

-sm

SpaceMonkey · August 30, 2009 2:47AM

<< I thought that PNG was kinda like PSD (Photoshop TIFF). The filesize isn't too bad considering that - about 4-5x that of a good JPG. >>

actually... another good point... a cool feature is that the PNG format also supports layers (like PSD or TIFF)... so if you had you coin image with say a text layer... it would display on the web as well as be editable later on.

-sm

rjsvt · August 30, 2009 3:08AM

I tried saving your file as a GIF. You get the same quality image and transparent backgrounds, but the file is less than half the size of the PNG.

bob

adamlaneus · August 30, 2009 3:11AM

Never mind. Another +1.

Some browsers are buggy.

SpaceMonkey · August 30, 2009 3:13AM

<< I tried saving your file as a GIF. You get the same quality image and transparent backgrounds, but the file is less than half the size of the PNG.

bob >>

problem with GIF though is you are limited to 256 Colors instead of Millions you get with PNG.

-sm

garsmith · August 30, 2009 3:14AM

That's one ugly dude

adamlaneus · August 30, 2009 3:15AM

I am using .PNG for the intermediate file format of my high resolution images.

.PNG supports 16 bits of color information per pixel. .PNG supports a form of compression that is not lossy. Seems to be slightly better than .TIF for this purpose.

I still strive to use JPEG only for publishing because you can fine tune the compression so much better with JPEG.

SpaceMonkey · August 30, 2009 3:17AM

<< I still strive to use JPEG only for publishing because you can fine tune the compression so much better with JPEG. >>

reason why i am using PNG for my updated web site is because I wanted to have a way of doing the coin images only once and then change my backgrounds, etc whenever i want by replacing 1 file instead of redoing all the coin images every time i want a change.

-sm

Dropdaflag · August 30, 2009 4:36AM

A-OK Firefox 3.0.10

Gemineye · August 30, 2009 4:50AM

......colonial_1723RosaAmericana.png.........

....works for me....

InternetJunky · August 30, 2009 4:53AM

Shows up on Opera v10, looks great too - very detailed image.

rjsvt · August 30, 2009 4:57AM

<< 

<< I tried saving your file as a GIF. You get the same quality image and transparent backgrounds, but the file is less than half the size of the PNG.

bob >>

problem with GIF though is you are limited to 256 Colors instead of Millions you get with PNG.

-sm >>

Ah yes, I forgot about that 256 color limitation and take back what I said about "the same quality image".

bob

TomB · August 30, 2009 5:26AM

I'm using IE 6.0 on a Windows XP.

Batman23 · August 30, 2009 6:39AM

IE7 Windows XP. Looks great

coinkid855 · August 30, 2009 7:29AM

<< Works on Google Chrome!

Loving the transparent background. >>

Ditto.

-Paul

MikeInFL · August 30, 2009 7:39AM

Looks perfect in Firefox 3.5.2

intence · August 30, 2009 8:00AM

works fine here.

(: Testing PNG Graphics Format... can you see this image? :)

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