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March 9, 2022
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What is the difference PNG, PNG 8, 20, 50, 80, 100

  • March 9, 2022
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Ok in working on a web page in Ai. i nocise there is a tab that will let you save you assets into a file so i been playing with this. But i dont know what are the difference in th PNG setting? what does the 8, 20, 50, 80, 100 Mean and whe is it best to use them?

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Ton Frederiks
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March 9, 2022

You are mixing jpeg and png.

The jpeg numbers are about compression and quality. Higher number, better quality.

The PNG supports full color and transparency and PNG 8 uses 256 colors.