NES on an FPGA

[jwdonal]

Actually, I just compared BMP and PNG and you're right, I can't even really see any noticeable difference. Very nice.

In any case, I like your reasons. From now on I will post PNGs.

Hmmm...in fact, I think it would be trivial for me to change all of the previous image references to PNG as well. I will look into this...

Pz!

[hyarion]

Actually, I just compared BMP and PNG and you're right, I can't even really see any noticeable difference.

PNG is a lossless format, so it would be strange if you saw any difference at all. It also supports up to 16bits/channel so it's superior to both BMP and GIF (but it doesn't support animations as GIF does)

[tokumaru]

but it doesn't support animations as GIF does

Yes it does. Not all browsers support it though. Firefox has supported it for ages.

[tepples]

For one thing, APNG appears to be Firefox-exclusive; it doesn't show up in Safari or Chrome. It certainly isn't documented on libpng.org.

And how would I save an animated screenshot in APNG format? What well-known free paint programs support writing APNG with more than one frame? GIMP 2.6.6 for Windows sure doesn't: saving as test.apng gave "The given filename does not have any known file extension. Please enter a known file extension or select a file format from the file format list.", and saving a 2-frame animation as test.png gave "PNG plug-in can't handle layers [Merge Layers] [Cancel]", unlike test.gif that gives a third button "[Save as Animation]".

[tokumaru]

I didn't say it was great, just that it supported animations. These things don't catch on unless they are widely supported. Enough off-topic, isn't it? =)