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 ...

Yes, I understand why the initial compression of a bitmap (not necessarily a .BMP) to a JPEG is lossy, via the quantization step after DCT. But if I decompress a JPEG back to a new bitmap, and then re ...

JPEG is a lossy compression format conceived explicitly for making photo files smaller and it exploits the imperfect characteristics of our perception. JPEG files are more correctly described as being ...

Music streaming and image / video transfer are technologies that are indispensable in modern society, but in order to use these technologies, it is indispensable to 'compress a huge file size to a ...

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.

Google is working on a new lossy image format called Pik. The project is hosted on GitHub but Google warns that it is in the initial research stage and shouldn't be used for any purpose. Google is ...