PNG: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Nutshell)

By Greg Roelofs

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is the next-generation graphics file format for the Web. Designed as an open-source format to replace the proprietary GIF format, PNG is better, smaller, more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565925424
• ISBN13: 9781565925427
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excelent Tutorial on PNG

This is the first book to cover the ins and outs of the Portable Network Graphics format. Now that this book is available everyone on the web should dump GIF along with Unisys's lawyers and switch to PNG. It contains everything you need to know about the purpose of PNG, the file format, and applications and libraries that support PNG. Many will be interested in the discussion of gamma correction and XYZ color which is illustrated with color plates.