src/png/png.5

.TH PNG 5 "September 18, 2002"
.SH NAME
png \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
.SH DESCRIPTION
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the
lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides
a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many
common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are
supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from
1 to 16 bits.
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PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications, such as the
World Wide Web, so it is fully streamable with a progressive display
option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and
fast, simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store
gamma and chromaticity data for improved color matching on heterogeneous
platforms.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR libpng(3), zlib(3), deflate(5), and zlib(5)
.LP
PNG 1.2 specification, July 1999:
.IP
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http://www.libpng.org/pub/png
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or ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents
.LP
PNG 1.0 specification, October 1996:
.IP
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RFC 2083
.IP
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ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2083.txt
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or (as a W3C Recommendation) at
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http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png.html
.SH AUTHORS
This man page: Glenn Randers-Pehrson
.LP
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.2 (July 8, 1999):
Glenn Randers-Pehrson and others (png-list@ccrc.wustl.edu).
.LP
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.0 (October 1, 1996):
Thomas Boutell and others (png-list@ccrc.wustl.edu).
.LP


.SH COPYRIGHT NOTICE
The PNG-1.2 specification is copyright (c) 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson.
See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
.LP
The PNG-1.0 specification is copyright (c) 1996 Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.  See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
.LP
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	1	.TH PNG 5 "September 18, 2002"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	png \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
	4	.SH DESCRIPTION
	5	PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the
	6	lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides
	7	a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many
	8	common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are
	9	supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from
	10	1 to 16 bits.
	11	.br
	12
	13	PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications, such as the
	14	World Wide Web, so it is fully streamable with a progressive display
	15	option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and
	16	fast, simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store
	17	gamma and chromaticity data for improved color matching on heterogeneous
	18	platforms.
	19
	20	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	21	.IR libpng(3), zlib(3), deflate(5), and zlib(5)
	22	.LP
	23	PNG 1.2 specification, July 1999:
	24	.IP
	25	.br
	26	http://www.libpng.org/pub/png
	27	.br
	28	or ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents
	29	.LP
	30	PNG 1.0 specification, October 1996:
	31	.IP
	32	.br
	33	RFC 2083
	34	.IP
	35	.br
	36	ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2083.txt
	37	.br
	38	or (as a W3C Recommendation) at
	39	.br
	40	http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png.html
	41	.SH AUTHORS
	42	This man page: Glenn Randers-Pehrson
	43	.LP
	44	Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.2 (July 8, 1999):
	45	Glenn Randers-Pehrson and others (png-list@ccrc.wustl.edu).
	46	.LP
	47	Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.0 (October 1, 1996):
	48	Thomas Boutell and others (png-list@ccrc.wustl.edu).
	49	.LP
	50
	51
	52	.SH COPYRIGHT NOTICE
	53	The PNG-1.2 specification is copyright (c) 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson.
	54	See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
	55	.LP
	56	The PNG-1.0 specification is copyright (c) 1996 Massachusetts Institute of
	57	Technology. See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
	58	.LP
	59	.\" end of man page
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