Comment by archerx Comment by archerx 4 hours ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Lossy PNGs exist with transparency.
Copy Link adzm 3 hours ago Collapse Comment - Do you mean lossless? PNGs are not lossy. A large photo with alpha channel in a lossless png could easily be 20x the size of a lossy webp Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link Semaphor 2 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - PNG of course can be lossy. They aren’t great at it, but depending on the image can be good enough. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link archerx an hour ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - No I meant lossy. This is the library I use; https://pngquant.org/ Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Semaphor 2 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - PNG of course can be lossy. They aren’t great at it, but depending on the image can be good enough. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link archerx an hour ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - No I meant lossy. This is the library I use; https://pngquant.org/ Reply View | 0 replies
Do you mean lossless? PNGs are not lossy. A large photo with alpha channel in a lossless png could easily be 20x the size of a lossy webp