You often see 'JPEG' and 'PNG' when saving photos or screenshots. While both are image file formats, they differ in how they ...

Figure 1. JPEG 2000 applications. Click here to see an enlarged diagram. The JPEG 2000 standard, finalized in 2001, defines a new image-coding scheme using compression techniques based on wavelet ...

Whether you’re running a website or using social media, images are crucial. They provide a visual representation of your brand and its offerings, catching the eye of prospective customers. However, if ...

The Guetzli project shows there's room to improve the venerable compression tech. Too bad Google's software is slow and not so practical for most sites right now. Google says its Guetzli compression ...

The missing E in JPG is a DOS-era hangover you’ve been typing for decades.

At the turn of the century, the Joint Photographic Experts Group created what they considered to be the next generation of JPEG image compression. Suitably named JPEG 2000, the standard promised ...

The Winner of Image Compression Isn't Decided by Compression Ratio AloneThe recent Hacker News discussion, starting with a ...

Image compression is an essential technique for efficient transmission and storage of images. The demands for transmission and storage of multimedia data are increasing exponentially. A gray scale ...

In this article I will take a look at Google Photos’ new photo compression performance. I’ve been using a program called JPEGmini for a couple years now to compress my JPEG images. Its compression of ...

Image compression, once the domain of the PC, is becoming pervasive in embedded environments. This trend is largely a result of the increased processing power and multimedia capabilities of new DSPs.