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Breakthrough In JPEG Compression

Posted by timothy on from the like-free-flash-memory dept.

Kris_J writes "The makers of the (classic) compression package Stuffit have written a program that can compress JPGs by roughly 30%. This isn't the raw image to JPG compression, this is lossless compression applied to the JPG file. Typical compression rates for JPGs are 2% to -1%. If you read the whitepaper (PDF), they are even proposing a new image format; StuffIt Image Format (SIF). Now I just need someone to write a SIF compressor for my old Kodak DC260."

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  1. Re:Fractal image format by happyhippy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I did my final year project in Fractal Image Compression about 5 years ago.

    I concluded that it isnt practical for general use, it took too much time to compress an image (alright it was five years ago and so today it probably wouldnt matter), but most importantly there is no easy general compression solution for all images (for instance one that compresses tree pics well wont do faces well and vice versa).

    For a general dip into fractal image compression try to get and read 'Fractal Image Compression By Yuval Fisher'. Damn good read.