Still no Animated PNG's on Steam Gallery?

[Derrick]

I am disappointed that the Artwork image gallery will not display animated png images. Current top web browsers support this html5 feature and surprised Steam hasn't implemented this excellent feature. And in case you are not aware, animated png's work exactly like animated gif's, except apng's are not limited to an awful 256 color palate.

Please look in to this so us artistic users can liven up the gaming galleries.

The image attached is animated. If it is not moving, view it in a browser.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3189513258

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

How big would the PNG be?

[Derrick]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

How big would the PNG be?

:winterbunny2023:

That's an excellent question. As far as bytes, a png image is already fairly compressed. So, pre any other compression, the file size would be equal to total bytes of each png image included in the APNG. The link below is to a 182x182 pixel animated png consisting of 12 images, each being around 35k, for a total file size of 137k.

https://www.krown-products.net/virtual3d/AVAproject/PngAni/kpl_mocap_124-09a.dsa.

Edit: Compressed as a gif animation, file size was 177k.

[Derrick]

A link to view the 'Spooked Fairy' animation in the OP.
400x600 pixel APNG at 4 megs.

https://www.krown-products.net/virtual3d/AVAproject/PngAni/FairyS4-Flight2-02.png

Right click the link and 'view in new tab'