Question on Image File Size

[ShadowsfeaR]

I was wondering if transparencies would take up more space than the same image with the background a solid color (like a picture of a person with the background either trans'd or solid white/black etc etc).

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[e-maxx]

i would think that a transparent image would take up less space because you are getting rid of the background completely

[Tetris]

Yes, making it a .png and having transparencies DOES affect the amount of data the image is

   

            (Solid) 1.5 KB                     (Transparent) 1.7 KB

[Anybody]

Alpha channel uses up more space, of course.

[e-maxx]

lol i am an stoopid