In late 1994, controversy was brewing over royalties being imposed on GIFs due to the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) data compression technique used to underpin this image format. Unisys, which had patented ...
PNG format gets an update to support HDR images while only adding a small amount of data. Major internet browser companies, including Chrome and Firefox, already support HDR-based PNGs. Future updates ...
Why it matters: For decades, JPEG, PNG, and GIF have remained among the most popular image formats, even as newer options like WebP and AVIF have emerged. Now, PNG is getting its first meaningful ...