Image compression techniques
I'm interested on information on compression techniques that are suitable for images, where exact reproduction of the data is not necessary after decompression, as long as the result looks ok as an image. I've heard that there are, for example, fractal techniques that achieve much better compression on images than standard data compression techniques. Can anyone point me to some references to look up? How good compression can you get for different resolutions in typical images? Thanks.
Image compression techniques
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I'm interested on information on compression techniques that are suitable for images, where exact reproduction of the data is not necessary after decompression, as long as the result looks ok as an image. I've heard that there are, for example, fractal techniques that achieve much better compression on images than standard data compression techniques. Can anyone point me to some references to look up? How good compression can you get for different resolutions in typical images? Thanks.