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The state of using image formats on the web since 2020:
- GIF: Sadly, still the only fully compatible way of sharing a muted and looping moving picture. Only use it for animation at this point, if you want a single 256 indexed image use PNG8 since it gives better compression.
- PNG8: The 256 indexed color PNG. I personally prefer it to rgba24 PNG because they take less space and keep simple images crisp instead of blurry (JPEG), not a fan of the dithering, always disable it unless It's for aesthetic purposes.
- PNG: Takes too much hosting space but It's crisp, has transparency and is compatible with everything. APNG supports animations but only modern browsers support APNG and nothing else really.
- JPEG: Takes medium amount of space but it is bad for text. Has no trasparency, but it is widely compatible.
-Webp: Takes a small amount of space, can have transparency, can be lossy or lossless, has presets for photo, screenshots, drawings, and icons. Supports animations. It is MOSTLY compatible but not exactly and it makes some people very angry.
-Avif: Way better compression than any of the above, supports lossless, transparency and animations. It is only supported by the latest versions of browsers and almost no other piece of software will recognize it correctly.
-JPEGXL: As good as Avif but better at decoding speed. Also supports lossless, transparency and animations. Not even most modern browsers support it yet. Same for any other common programs.
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