PNG

Also known as Portable Network Graphics. Category: 360, 3D and output formats

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless image format that supports full alpha transparency. It reproduces images exactly but produces much larger files than JPEG for photographs.

How PhotoRobot uses it

PhotoRobot uses PNG for images with a transparent background. Its item export manual notes that PNG files are often too large for the web and are used only in special cases.

  • Transparent background: An image whose background pixels are transparent, so the product can be placed on any colour or layout.
  • Alpha channel: An extra image channel that stores the transparency of every pixel.
  • JPEG: The most common lossy image format for photographs; small files, no transparency.
  • WebP: Google's web image format with efficient lossy and lossless compression and transparency.

Where this term appears on photorobot.com

Mentioned on 14 pages of photorobot.com:

  1. Item Export - PhotoRobot User Support Manual (Manual)
    For each output, select which file format to download images in: JPG, PNG, WebP, or TIFF.
  2. PhotoRobot Controls Software Solution Overview & Pricing (Manual)
    Supported file formats include: JPEG, WEBP, and PNG (for images with a transparent background).
  3. Present Products with Style - PhotoRobot Studio (Page)
    Receive files in JPEG or PNG, or instantly publish web-ready assets online via PhotoRobot’s global CDN.
  4. A Quick Guide to 360 Product Photography for Amazon (Blog)
    360° animations are an assortment of JPEG or PNG format images, ranging from 24 to 1024 photos.
  5. PhotoRobot’s Light, Fast and Free Online Image Viewer (Blog)
    In principle, we store in our cloud all original files as PNG with zero quality loss.
  6. Digital Asset Management (Software)
    There is full support for JPEG, PNG, WebP, as well as RAW files, camera downloads, and naming conventions.
  7. Image Hosting With Spin Viewer (Software)
    JPEG, PNG, WebP supported.
  8. Getting Started - A PhotoRobot User Support Manual (Manual)
    For each output, select which file format to download images in: JPG, PNG, WEBP, or TIFF.
  9. PhotoRobot SmartCodes User Guide and Print-Ready Code Sheet (Manual)
    Although, standard bitmap formats such as PNG are usually sufficient.
  10. PhotoRobot Viewer Layouts & Configs - User Support Manual (Manual)
    Image settings enable users to specify the image format and quality of the image viewer: Format: Select file format in JPEG, WEBP, or PNG.
  11. 360-Degree Product Viewers for E-Commerce Businesses (Blog)
    TIFF and PNG file formats are simply too large, and they negatively impact page performance with spin images.
  12. 360° Product Photography - Content Formats and Production (Blog)
    All files are easily organized, searchable and secure within a digital asset management system, with JPEG, PNG and WebP supported.
  13. eCommerce Photography - How to Optimize Production (Blog)
    Meanwhile, supported file formats cover JPG, PNG, WebP, as well as RAW files, camera downloads and naming conventions.
  14. PhotoRobot Workflow Demonstration - Video Recap (Video)
    12:39* It is possible to configure image format, quality, and resolution, with images downloadable in jpeg, PNG, WebP, and Tiff formats.

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