1 .TH MNG 5 "July 25, 2000"

     2 .SH NAME

     3 mng \- Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) format

     4 .SH DESCRIPTION

     5 MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) is the animation extension of the

     6 popular PNG image-format. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an

     7 extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed

     8 storage of raster images. 

     9 .br

    10 

    11 MNG has advanced animation features which make it very useful as a full

    12 replacement for GIF animations. These features allow animations that

    13 are impossible with GIF or result in much smaller files as GIF.

    14 

    15 As MNG builds on the same structure as PNG, it is robust, extensible and

    16 free of patents. It retains the same clever file integrity checks as in PNG.

    17 

    18 MNG also embraces the lossy JPEG image-format in a sub-format named JNG,

    19 which allows for alpha-transparency and color-correction on highly

    20 compressed (photographic) images.

    21 

    22 .SH "SEE ALSO"

    23 .IR png(5) ", " jng(5) ", " libmng(3) ", " libpng(3) ", " zlib(3) ", "

    24 deflate(5) ", " zlib(5) ", " jpeg(5)

    25 .LP

    26 MNG 1.00, Februari 9, 2001:

    27 .IP

    28 .br

    29 http://www.libpng.org/pub/mng

    30 .SH AUTHORS

    31 This man page: Gerard Juyn

    32 .LP

    33 Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) Specification Version 1.00 (Februari 9, 2001):

    34 Glenn Randers-Pehrson and others (png-list@ccrc.wustl.edu).

    35 .LP

    36 

    37 .SH COPYRIGHT NOTICE

    38 The MNG-1.00 specification is copyright (c) 1998-2001 Glenn Randers-Pehrson.

    39 See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.

    40 .LP

    41 .\" end of man page

    42