PNG Rises From the Ashes: A 20-Year Hiatus Ends

After a two-decade slumber, the PNG image format is back with a bang! This update brings native HDR support, official recognition of APNG animations, support for Exif metadata, and general cleanup and improvements to the specification. This resurgence is fueled by collaborative efforts from tech giants like W3C, Adobe, and Apple, and driven by the need for HDR capabilities. Major browsers and software such as Chrome and Safari already support the new spec, with future improvements focusing on compression algorithms and parallel encoding/decoding.