As i was working on my proposal for the class website i began to search for possible ways to create an Animated Gif with a transparent background (I'm new to extensions meanings). Took me a while to find NOTHING!!. Animated Gifs can's show transparency. BUT .PNG DOES?? IS THERE A WAY TO ANIMATE PNG???
I began to do some research and found that indeed there is a way to ANIMATE A PNG!!
.apng Format is an unofficial extension and was rejected by the PNG Group back in 2007 but this looks like something that would be very useful if it ever gets passed.
Animated PNG files work similarly to animated GIF files with differences like:
-it supporting 24-bit images and 8-bit transparency.
-It saves the first frame as a normal .png withing the file and the rest of the animation separately so that browsers that don't support the files could load the first frame instead of a blank where the animation should be.
- AND DID I MENTION IT SUPPORTS TRANSPARENCY!!.
.gifs are good but not good when we need to add a glow or shadow to the animation.. check it out!! here are some links for you to compare the differences...
Open using FireFox and EI so u can c what I'm talking about.. =)
http://people.mozilla.com/~dolske/apng/demo.html
http://animatedpng.com/index.php/about/
d^^,b Geo Garcia =)
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I've tried some animated gif images on one website called lunapic.com. It's a bit of a rough site to get the hang of, but it's better than nothing, especially since it's free.
-Patricia B.
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