What’s inside a PNG file? Graphics, sure. But how is that graphic encoded? [Evan Hahn] shows you what goes into a single black pixel inside a 67-byte file. Why so many bytes? Well, that is exactly ...

Tom Boutell is a modest guy. Considering that one of his most notable achievements is so much a part of the background of the web, figuratively and literally, maybe that character trait makes sense.

Blogger David Naylor managed to get himself dugg for posting this cool 24-bit bitmap that shows every single color in the 24 bit spectrum. The file is 4094 by 4096 pixels which works out to precisely ...

When working with images, certain file formats may be better than others, depending on what your goals are. This infographic showcases the best uses for JPEG, GIF, and PNG file formats. The graphic ...

If you work with images a lot, you probably already know that there are different types of image formats, of which .png and .jpg/jpeg are the most common. Moreover, these two image formats offer ...

When you need to upload an image to your website or social media account, you may use either PNG or JPEG/JPG format. Although you can use both formats for every type of image, there are specific ...

Want to display a PNG file on a display attached to an Arduino or other microcontroller board? You’ll want to look at [Larry Bank]’s PNGdec, the Arduino-friendly PNG decoder library which makes it ...