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From: Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>
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Subject: Re: in a program like this, it makes NO difference , whether i save
 as PNG or GIF ? (size?)
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 10:24:26 +1200
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On 4/07/24 5:31 am, HenHanna wrote:
> thank you...  so it seems the GIF file is smaller but
>                can show fewer  colors.

I think it depends on the image. Wikiopedia suggests that GIF
can be smaller for small images, whereas PNG tends to be smaller
for larger 8-bit images.

-- 
Greg