Template:Convert to PNG/doc
- This template should not be used for:
- images for which only a JPEG source is available; recompressing with PNG will not remove artifacts and may produce larger files
- animated images. Although PNG does officially support animation, they are not widely supported by browsers, so GIF should be used instead
- images which contain strictly vector (non-raster) data. Convert to SVG should be used in this case.
The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Images which should be in PNG format
Usage
{{Convert to PNG}}
The template takes no parameters.
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Placement: At the bottom of the page
See also
- {{Convert to SVG}} adds a note including “could be re-created using vector graphics as an SVG file”
- {{BadGIF}} adds a note including “please upload a PNG version (or JPEG for some photos)”
- {{BadJPEG}} adds a note including “please upload a PNG version (derived from a non-JPEG source) or SVG version (for certain cases)”
- {{SupersededPNG}} the counterpart, used for images that have been superseded by PNG's
Localization
This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Convert to PNG/layout.
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Convert to PNG/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang
from en
(or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.