On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: > Others may know uses for png that I am not aware of, but so far I > have found no use for it in web design.
PNG is quite useful for some effects. Say I wanted a div element to have a gradient background - I could create a new image that's 1px wide by the height of my div, add a gradient, export as PNG. Then the css would be something like: div { background: url(/path/to/png/file) repeat-x } ..and all divs would have a gradient background, using one tiny file (and even IE6 will comply). Quite useful for things like faux drop shadows, rounded corners, etc. too (but newer CSS techniques are arguably better/easier). My general rule is: photograph -> JPEG, icon/effect ->PNG. As with every rule, there are exceptions ;) Anyhoo, there are tons of uses for PNG in web design. Check out a Joomla template sometime - most of those do a crazy amount of styling using PNG files. Chris _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list