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mark-r on Jan 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Using SVG to Shrink Your PNGs

That's interesting, since there isn't a 12-bit PNG format. Do they leave it in 24 bit then, and just rely on better compression due to fewer unique bit combinations?

ashmud on Jan 23, 2015 [–]

It looks that way. Irfanview reports 24bpp for images saved when I selected > 256 colors in CQ.

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