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Compact images Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 26 May 14:29
  Compact images Bruno de Oliveira Schneider 26 May 14:36
Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha
2006-05-26 14:29:39 UTC (over 18 years ago)

Compact images

Hi list,

I have a huge image and need to compress the size of it. Could someone tell me what are the differences between the 4 types of compretion like on:

http://static.flickr.com/60/153568257_fe65ba24c3.jpg?v=0

Regards

Bruno de Oliveira Schneider
2006-05-26 14:36:51 UTC (over 18 years ago)

Compact images

On 5/26/06, Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha wrote:

I have a huge image and need to compress the size of it. Could someone tell me what are the differences between the 4 types of compretion like on:

http://static.flickr.com/60/153568257_fe65ba24c3.jpg?v=0

LZW, "Empacotar bits" and Deflate are lossless compression algorithms much like those used in zip files. They are better used on synthetic images like screenshots, logos, etc.

JPEG is the JPEG lossy compression used in JPG files. Better used on natural images like those from a camera.