# Png vrs gif

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/png-vrs-gif/37933>\
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**Created:** [December 16, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/png-vrs-gif/37933 "2003-12-16T03:55:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@999](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/999)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/png-vrs-gif/37933/1 "2003-12-16T03:55:17Z")

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Been using .png for transparency for some time now since file size usually isnt an issue for most of my projects. (non-web) Since I started playing around with Flash I decided to try and get some better optimization by using .gif format instead but it doesnt seem to work that way?

I have 28 .png images, total file size of 678KB imported to flash and the exported .swf is 56KB.  
Same 28 images in .gif has a total size of 248KB but when exported the .swf is 188KB ? They were both made exactly the same way. The gif version has a much crisper look to it, but for its ridiculous final size it \*\*\*\* well better.  
Whats up with that? Does Flash just hate the .gif format or what?