the new APNG format for great quality skinning

Published on February 18, 2009 By frankell In Skinning

No more the GIF limitations (only 256 colors \1 alpha channel with poor transparency support)
now with the format AnimatedPNG (APNG) we have all the PNG quality going to replace all the GIF animations

... at the moment only browsing with Firefox 3 or Opera 9.5 (also on XnView and KSquirrel)
AW we can run the APNGs locally as throbbers or splash screens or just for fun (drag&drop the file into an open page)
The results are stunning the same as the animated icons only running on the great "animated shortcut" docklet !

Have a look at APNG.com: http://animatedpng.com/index.php/about/
+ try my first APNG uploaded on the Wincustomize gallery :
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=15351&libid=29

Are you ready ? with the "APNG Edit" addon on Firefox 3 assemble all the pngs already created for the new skin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5519
+ please come back for your skinner comment !

Comments

frankell

on Feb 22, 2009

here is a resized preview (for upload limits) only 6 frames out of 10

FIREfox3 InColors preview

below another APNG this one was created by DoeJohnDoe:

any comment ??

frankell

on Feb 22, 2009

... sorry I forgot to remember that the previous examples are visible only on Firefox3 or Opera 9.5 ...

2of3

on Feb 22, 2009

Me likes!

frankell

on Feb 23, 2009

thanks 2of3 !

this is a very simple animation: the throbber is coming with a pulsing effect (only 2 frames x 2 kb)

ready for the upcoming FIREfox 3.1n Black pack

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