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rozallin
<i>PNG is very similar to GIF, but it uses a different compression algorithm and can't be animated (yet, I hear rumors that they are working on that...)</i>
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The PNG equivalent of Animated GIFs are MNGs (Multiple-image Network Graphics.) As implied by the name, MNG was based on the PNG format to handle animated graphics. In addition to sharing a number of PNG's best features, it offers the following animation features:
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<li> Object/sprite based animation</li>
<li>Much better compression than animated GIFs</li>
<li>Frame differencing support</li>
<li>Nested loops (useful for complex animations)</li>
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But MNGs are currently still in development and very few programs support it as of yet (the only program that springs to my mind is Netscape 6).
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-- Rozallin J. Thompson
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