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Image:Usa-state-boundaries-lower48+2.png – USA state outlines, Hawaii and Alaska displaced, 2005x1289px, black on transparent. Image:usa-state-boundaries-1000.png – USA state outlines, true positions, 1000 px wide, black on white
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This image shows the results of overlaying each of the above transparent PNG images on a background color of #6080A0. Note the gray fringes on the letters of the middle image. This shows how the above images would look when, for example, editing them. The grey and white check pattern would be converted into transparency.
Sometimes, you find a drawing or similar image useful for a Wikipedia article, that was saved as a JPEG but should have been saved as a PNG.JPEG is good for images where the color changes fluidly throughout the image, like in a photograph, whereas PNG files are good for images with relatively few colors, such as a drawing of a flag, a chart, or a map; note that sometimes SVG is better.
This file was derived from: Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (black and white) highres.png: Author: File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (black and white) highres.png: Reynolds Stone; derivative work: TilmannR; Permission (Reusing this file) The original PNG version, from which this file derives from, is out of copyright since 1 January 2006.
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
The PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file format was created as a free, open-source alternative to GIF. The PNG file format supports 8-bit (256 colors) paletted images (with optional transparency for all palette colors) and 24-bit truecolor (16 million colors) or 48-bit truecolor with and without alpha channel – while GIF supports only 8-bit ...
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