>> Thought those of you who deal with images on a frequent basis might like
>> what I'm now using. A ten meg file compressed to 100k is
>> indistinguishable from the original. The product is called LuraWave and
>> is available as a free dload for Linux. The Linux version appears to be
>> a Lura-enabled version of XV. Would like to hear if anyone else likes it
>> as much as I do. The have a demo page if one wants to have a look before
>> dloading.
>> Are these techniques just for images, or could they be used on binaries
>too ? (I'm pretty sure they are image-only, but...)
Image compression methods are typically lossy, i.e.. they lose data
in the compression scheme. gzip/zip/bzip2 etc are lossless compression
schemes..
Lossy compression is fine for pics etc since the human eye isn't that
great for finer details ;-)
>>Kate
Sean.
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