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Can this be demonstrated as true? I'm pretty sure the only reason it appears that the cat GIF could contain itself is because of compression. I imagine there's
by xhrpost 11y ago
Can this be demonstrated as true? I'm pretty sure the only reason it appears that the cat GIF could contain itself is because of compression. I imagine there's some mathematical proof that by adding more information effectively, you'll likely reduce the compression ratio and thus this infinite "trick" doesn't hold up. Happy to be proved wrong.
- minimaxir 11y agoIf you haven't, scroll down past the email address. There's the issue with image compression admist noise, but there's a second issue with GIF animation compression specifically which makes the math I provide a complete sleight of hand. I dicuss the GIF file size issue and the quest to minimize it in my original GIF post (http://minimaxir.com/2015/08/gif-to-video-osx/ http://minimaxir.com/2015/08/gif-to-video-osx/), which is why I think mechanics of GIF file size are interesting and why I will write a followup.
- xhrpost 11y agoCompletely missed that, well played. Oddly enough I tried PixelJihad on an image and the PNG size was actually reduced nearly 25% but resolution and quality kept the same.