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minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months ago Compared to something like JPEG XL? It is hands down worse in virtually all metrics. Only thing I can think of is that PNG is inherently lossless. Whereas JPEG XL can be lossless or lossy.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIt has a higher bit depth at orders of magnitude less file size. Admittedly it has a smaller max dimension, though the max for PNG is (I believe) purely theoretical.
Only thing I can think of is that PNG is inherently lossless. Whereas JPEG XL can be lossless or lossy.
It has a higher bit depth at orders of magnitude less file size. Admittedly it has a smaller max dimension, though the max for PNG is (I believe) purely theoretical.