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PNG

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

abbreviationCore term

In graphic design, PNG means: Portable Network Graphics: a raster image format that keeps full quality and supports transparent backgrounds, often used for logos, icons and screen graphics.

In Turkish: PNG, PNG dosyası

How it is used

Used when exporting for web, presentations and social media. People ask for ‘a PNG with a transparent background’ or ‘the logo as a PNG’. Large photos as PNGs can be very heavy files.

Example sentences

  1. Can you export the logo as a PNG with a transparent background for the slides?

  2. Save the photos as JPEGs; as PNGs they are ten times bigger.

Common collocations

  • export as PNG
  • transparent PNG
  • PNG file
  • PNG with a transparent background
  • JPEGA very common raster image format for photos that makes files small by removing some detail. It does not support transparency and loses quality if saved again and again.
  • SVGScalable Vector Graphics: a vector file format for the web that stays sharp at any size and is often used for logos, icons and simple illustrations on websites and apps.
  • compressionMaking an image or other file smaller in size. Lossy compression removes some detail, as in JPEG; lossless compression keeps all of it, as in PNG.
  • exportTo save a copy of a design from your software in another file format, such as PDF, PNG or JPEG, so it can be printed, shared or used online.

More terms: Image Formats & Resolution

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