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Is there any quality difference between PNG vs BMP image formats?
I have just learned that PNG is a lossless image format while BMP can be both uncompressed or lossless format. Should there be a quality difference between these two? If not, does it mean that other ...
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How to convert a photo without losing quality?
I have to convert a bmp into another standard format, without losing quality. To which format shall I convert it to?
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Multiply blending mode to PNG
I have a layer in Photoshop with multiply on, when I however save to web it loses the blending mode.
How can I keep multiply or achieve the same effect in another way?
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How do I convert an SVG to a PDF on Linux
How do I convert and SVG (containing a a few words of latin text and some simple vector graphics) to a PDF on Linux?
I tried Inkscape 0.47 on Ubuntu Lucid, but it moves some sub-graphics randomly, ...
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Keep alpha transparency in indexed PNG from Fireworks when batch resizing using convert (ImageMagick)
I have a special case where I'm using alpha transparency in indexed PNGs from Fireworks to keep the file size of PNG's in an iOS game down. (That is, indexed colors like an 8bit PNG but alpha ...
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Make the extension .fw.png open in a different program to .png?
I want files ending in .fw.png to open in Adobe Fireworks but I want regular .png files to open in my standard image viewer program.
Is this possible?
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What is the best way to create a single PNG image containing multiple PNGs of the same size?
What is the best way to create a single PNG image that contains multiple PNGs of the same size, such as 32x32 and 64x64?
I have a lot of images that I need to include in a single image so I can load ...
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Why do two 50% opacity layers of the same color don't make the solid color in Photoshop?
I am trying to create a gradient that when flipped and overlayed on itself will show a solid color.
I thought I would make it with a regular solid-to-transparent gradient on Photoshop, and save it as ...
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Is it possible to store arbitrary data in an image file?
Is it possible to store arbitrary data such as documents or a program in the form of an image file, such as a PNG image? My concern is that someone could encode data for use by malware into an image ...
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Convert many images to one PDF
How can I convert about 100 PNGs to one PDF on a Mac? I'm open to using the command line if it helps.
I have tried using iPhoto, but it quits, not sure why. Saving from Preview doesn't quite do what ...
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How to create an uncompressed AVI from a series of 1000's of PNG images using FFMPEG
How can I create an uncompressed AVI from a series of 1000's of PNG images using FFMPEG?
I used this command to convert an input.avi file to a series of PNG frames:
ffmpeg -y -i input.avi -an ...
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Can I export a PNG image from Word? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Copy Image Out Of Microsoft Word
Someone sent me a doc file with a picture in it. Probably it is a png.
I want to save the picture in order to paste it to other ...
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(Batch) convert a BMP to a PNG with transparency
I have +- 500 .bmp's that I would like to convert to .png's. It would be especially nice if the color white (#FFFFFF) of the original BMP's could be converted to transparent in the .png's.
PNG-8 is ...
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How do I apply a border on a picture from another picture [closed]
I want to add the border on this picture:
to this picture:
How do I accomplish this?
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Is it possible to make a .png image that doesn't have rectangular dimensions?
This might be a dumb question, but is it possible to make a .png file that isn't square?
If so, how can one do this in Gimp?
Ideally I'd like one in the shape of an X.
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How to remove a set of pixel columns from an image, using GIMP?
To clarify, say I have an image that is 100px wide and 50px high and I want to make it 50px x 50px, by removing columns from the MIDDLE of the image. i.e. I want to keep the left side of the image, ...
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Software for lowering the colors in PNG-24 files
I am searching for a software that will allow me to reduce the number of colors for PNG-24 transparent (as in photoshop) files. Photoshop doesn't allow me any control over the amount of colors the PNG ...
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How do I explain to my mother how to convert a bunch of PNG files into JPEGs?
Mom asked me to scan in a bunch of photos for her previously, and I scanned them in as PNG files; namely because most any software package can read them, and they don't throw away any of the photo's ...
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Replacing a colour with GD/imagemagick and maintain semi transparent channel (PNG)
I have an image which has only one colour - black. The anti aliasing is done with semi transparent black pixels of various opacity. I want to swap all the black (including the semi transparent black) ...
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Do PNGs compressed multiple times require multiple decompressions?
If my PNGs get compressed multiple times, do they need to be decompressed the same number of times?
I need my PNGs to load darn fast.
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Saving as PNG-8 vs -24: How can I tell how much color info is being discarded?
Using Photoshop CS4 'Save for Web & Devices' -- I can tell with the Color Table how many colors are in use in the PNG-8, but am not sure how much downsampling to 256-colors is reducing the color ...
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Tag PNG files in Windows Explorer
Is there a workaround to make Windows 7 apply tags to .PNG files like .JPG?
maybe some registry hack?
Update *
see the answer I've found for this posted as my answer
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How do I rescale large images?
How do I reduce the dimensions of large .png images? I've tried GIMP, Paint.NET, and IrfanView, and they work well for smaller images but won't even open larger ones.
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What meta-information is contained in an image file?
I'm wondering what information is contained in an image file like JPEG or PNG.
I know that most of them contain a metadata file, but anything else other than that?
Anything relates to the license ...
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How to save 1-bit PNG?
I have .png image which represents relief shadows. I need to save it in Photoshop 1-bit .png. Can someone help me, please?
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How to use .png icons in Windows 7?
I'm pretty sure I you can't do that directly, but maybe there is a workaround which I am not aware of?
But, if nothing else, someone points to the good png-to-ico batch converter, well, so be it, ...
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Paint for Windows seven 64 bits: How to change the default save format from png to jpg [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to change MS paint's default save file type to PNG
When I copy an image in Paint and want so save it, the default format is png. How is it possible ...
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Is there any way to save a PNG-8 file with Alpha Transparency in Photoshop?
I recently discovered something that I previous thought was impossible: PNG-8 files can store Alpha Transparency in the same way as PNG-32 files can. Not Indexed Transparency (like GIFs), but full on ...
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Mass recoloring of PNGs from command line
Similar to the mass rescaling command this site taught me here, is there a command-line trick for mass recoloring?
To make it specific, suppose I have a bunch of images with RGB and alpha values:
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How can I save a graph to a PNG or GIF file in Microsoft Excel?
How can I save a graph to a PNG or GIF file in Microsoft Excel?
I know I can save as an HTML file and use the image created there, but I suspect there is a way that doesn't create other clutter of ...
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How to get rid of light border around inserted images in Microsoft Visio?
When inserting a raster PNG image into Microsoft Visio 2007, it tries to make it smoother by interpolating pixel colors. It seems like Visio interpolates border pixels with white as if image was ...
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How can I render a website as an image from the shell?
Looking to say "http://example.com/index.html -o website.png"
Is there an existing program to do this? I'm ok with doing html to png. Is there a program for that?
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Get pixel dimensions of a PNG on my Mac?
I have a random .PNG file on my Mac. Actually I have about a hundred of them. What is the easiest way to get the pixel dimensions? (I.e, 100 pixels wide and 50 high, or whatever).
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How to convert .tga files to .png?
I wish to convert TGA files (from Steam) to something more suitable, like PNG. I can't find any converters or workflows, I don't mind which it is. For Snow Leopard.
edit: Are there any free fronts to ...
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Convert compressed PNG-8 back to PNG-24
I have a PNG-8 image with transparency, which, due to this problem, I cannot edit in Photoshop (CS5).
Is there a tool that would convert PNG-8 back to PNG-24, preserving transparency layer, so that ...
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Photoshop does not open PNG with grayscale colors correctly [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are PNG-8 files mangled when opened in Photoshop?
I'm trying to use Adobe Photoshop CS5 to edit a PNG image. It contains grayscale colors, but Photoshop shows only ...
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IE8 crashes on downloading PNGs
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is simply refusing to download a PNG image - it just crashes.
First, I thought it was the file size, so I saved it as a JPEG, which worked but then IE hung on the rest of ...
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Convert .ai to .png?
I just downloaded a free vector graphics set which contained UI elements and icons. The button graphics have some text on them. It were, however, .ai files which are not familiar to me.
Obviously, I ...
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Convert BMP to PNG on right-click in Windows 7
I want to select 1 or more BMP files in Windows 7 file explorer, right-click them, click "convert to PNG", and have them all replaced by PNGs with identical information. What are some possible ...
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How to quickly view huge PNG images in OS X?
I need to view and zoom into selected parts of PNG images around 10,000x10,000px, ~10MB.
When I open these images with Preview, it takes over a minute to load and then is very slow to show the image ...
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Bulk convert PNG-24 to PNG-8 files with best quality
Can anybody recommend a good method of bulk converting a large amount of PNG-24 files to PNG-8 with as little loss of quality as possible and maintaining transparency?
I've tried ImageMagick but the ...
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How to create a semi-transparent image
I need to create a semi transparent PNG image. I dont have Photoshop, so how do I make it using gimp?
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How to convert a multi-page PDF file to PNG files, with one PNG file per page of the PDF document (Windows)
Is there a software that could convert a multi-page PDF file to PNG files, and could automatically save one PNG file per page of the PDF document (for Windows 7)?
I have tried a few virtual printer ...
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Export frames of animation separately
I'm working with lots of Photoshop animations provided to me by a designer. Each one is made of six frames, and I need to export each frame so that they have the titles (say): left*.png, where * is ...
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Tool to repair line drawings / diagrams wrongly saved as jpgs
When you compress a line drawing as a jpg, it goes kind of blurry. Areas of solid colour become areas of slightly variable colour etc. Are there any tools out there that attempt to fix this kind of ...
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Creating blurred PNG image to lay over text link
I have a website where I want the text links in the navigation to be blurred. When the visitor then hover over the text link it becomes clear again.
My idea is to make some kind of blurred image in ...
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Use ImageMagick to convert TIFF to PNGs, how to improve the speed?
I am using "convert" from IM to get PNGs from multi-page TIFF files, everything is good except the speed. From "convert" documentation, I found:
For the MNG and PNG image formats, the quality ...
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How do I convert a .PNG into a .ICO?
There's an image in the VS2010 stock icon pack which is only included as a PNG, which I would like to use as an ICO (I want XP and earlier users to see the icon). How can I convert the PNG into the ...
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Mass rescaling of PNGs
I have a bunch of PNG files that I want to rescale.
Oversimplifying a little, let's say I have files named:
apple@2x.png
orange@2x.png
pear@2x.png
and so on, and I want to make:
apple.png
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Convert TIFF with Alpha Channel to PNG?
I have a TIFF File that has a blue background and an Alpha Channel. I would like to save a PNG File which has the blue background transparent, using the Alpha Channel (because some pixels are not ...
