alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .PNG

File description

The PNG file format is a short form for Portable Network Graphic. This format offers a zipped lossless extension for the graphic bitmap images. The PNG files are like the .GOF files. They comprise of the bitmaps and also offer lossless compression algorithm, however, they do not consist of the copyright restrictions.

Contrasting the .GIF format, they can just provide for fully opaque pixels or fully transparent, whereas the PNG extension offers 8-bit transparency. As a matter of fact, the PNG file format cannot be animated whereas the .GIF files can. The PNG file format is becoming one of the most ideal image format for graphics over the Internet.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .PNG file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .PNG extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .PNG file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .PNG file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

Raster Image Files

Developer

N/A

Popularity

File name: Portable Network Graphic

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

ACDSee

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Canvas

CorelDRAW

Illustrator Extreme

IrfanView

Microsoft Paint

PaintShop Pro

Picture viewer

SWFTools

Web browser

Windows Live Photo Gallery

XnView

Mac OS

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Apple Preview

Preview

Safari

Web browser

Linux

darktable

GIMP

Picture viewer

Web browser

Remember!

The .PNG file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .PNG extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .PNG file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .PNG file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .PNG file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .PNG file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .PNG file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .PNG file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.