Extension | Compression | Bit Depth | Advantages | Disadvantages |
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PNG is short for Portable Network Graphic | "The PNG format uses lossless compression which means that this file type retains of all its original data when compressed." | 8 and 16 bits per sample, corresponding to 24 and 48 bits per pixel. | The benefits of using PNG images is that it is a lossless compression and it has transparency | The cons of using PNG is that it is a very large file than other image files |