PNG

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Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a free lossless image file format released in 1996. It was ceated as an alternative to GIF, which was at the time a proprietary format. It gained animation support similar to GIF with the release of APNG in 2008, which is now supported by all popular web browsers.

Performance Checklist

Lossless? Yes

Lossy? No

Supported Bit Depths: 8 BPC, 16 BPC

HDR/Wide Gamut? Yes

Animation? Yes

Transparency? Yes

Progressive Decode? Kinda

Royalty Free? Yes