when to use jpg and png?

[videojim]

Photo Studio 2 seems to like jpg's the best, but I am told the editor will also work with png. I am thinking that png works best when the image is a logo on a transparent background. Does anybody here had experience putting png's into PS2, and how did that work?

[JBrooks]

.PNG files are not designed to be imported via Photo Studio 2.....You have to import via the "custom images" then use the Pattern 2 effect to insert & place on a scene where you can adjust the alpha channel & place anywhere on the screen.....very nice feature that was added under Bogart 4 & up....

Joel Brooks
MIT Video
http://www.mitvideoproductions.com

[videojim]

Okay, Joel you have confirmed a suspicion- png's are pretty much logos and other images that go on top of other images, right? Jpg s are the background pics and png's are more the next layer up. Makes sense, coming from the eye candy exercise that Chet has on his dvd. Thanks!

[Christopher6206]

You can also use .png in some of the titling menu effects to fly your logo in and out of the frame. Just by experimenting I found which ones it works with and which ones don't.