Paul Irish forwarded me over to this on the subject of PNGs: https://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/wiki/Notes-on-using-png
You will note there is a link to open source software which fulfills Fireworks ability to generate alpha-layer 8 bit PNGs (although apparently not as well) Regards, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com 07594 506 381 On 24 January 2011 17:55, Kevin A. Cameron <kevinacame...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not quite:http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/ > > PNG-8 have the possibility of multiple translucent palette entries, but > only > Fireworks has a PNG-8 export that supports this. Or use smush.it to > convert > down. > > In browsers that support PNG alpha you get the full translucency, and in > <IE7 you get that traditional GIF-like on/off transparency. > > I don't think this is off topic, as it would affect how you accomplish a > CSS > task, ie normally having a separate IE style sheet for transparent images. > <http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/> > Kevin > > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:02 AM, "G.Sørtun" <gunla...@c2i.net> wrote: > > > > > I'm thinking (accurately or not :) that an 8-bit PNG offers > translucency > >> (if that's the right word) if the original file has it. With a smaller > file > >> size than 24-bit. Right? Applicable? > >> > > > > An 8-bit PNG is somewhat like a "refined GIF" - transparency is "on/off". > > > > Example... > > <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_additions_05.html> > > > > ...and we are drifting off declared list-topic (CSS) now. > > > > regards > > Georg > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
