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website for Portable Network Graphics, PNG is the preferred format for images like graphs, logos, and text. If you prefer, you can save the photograph as a PNG file. There is often a higher quality in a PNG than in a JPG. Because PNG files are not intended for file compression, they retain a lot more image detail, color detail, and information than JPG files. As with JPG files, PNG files are widely viewable and shareable. When you search for an icon on a web browser, you’ll likely find a .png file file version of that icon.

Advantages of PNGs

Lossless Image Quality

As PNGs are compressed, they do not lose quality when saved, edited, and reopened repeatedly. In contrast, a JPG file will further compress and lose information when edited or re-saved.

Transparency Features

Its transparency makes PNG files ideal for icons, logos, and smaller graphics requiring transparency, which is one of its biggest advantages. When you download PNG images, you usually see gray checkered backgrounds that indicate transparency.

Disadvantages of PNGs

Larger File Size

Due to their friendly file size, JPG images are commonly used on the web. PNG images are compressed differently than JPG images, reducing the file size in a different way.

Neither ideal for photos nor printing

With lossless image quality, PNGs are ideal for online images with limited color palettes. In this case, JPGs and PDFs are more suitable than PNGs when printing out photos.