- JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)
- 24 bit = 16.7 million colors
- Fixed bit-depth
- "Lossy" compression (regions of 'similar' color)
- Can vary quality by increasing size of 'similar' regions.
100% (62K) 70% (8K) 30% (3K)
(200% scale to emphasize regions)
- JPEG Pitfalls
- Small details/large blocks of color generate artifacts
"Artifacting" - Quality/Size tradeoffs (better quality=larger file)
- Small details/large blocks of color generate artifacts
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