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We need a better file format that JPG for sharing these large images.
by bhouston 9y ago
We need a better file format that JPG for sharing these large images.
- caymanjim 9y agoJPEG is a compressed format; it intentionally sacrifices quality for smaller size. It still has its uses, but it should never be used where image quality is the primary concern. There are many widely-adopted alternatives that suit other purposes and have no data loss. One alternative, PNG, is supported everywhere that matters, but there are plenty of others.
- bhouston 9y agoWe need lossy state of the art codecs, PNG sucks for large images. TIFF and EXR are also great. But I think we need a lossy large image format, probably based on AV1 and similar technology.
- e12e 9y agoWe have jpeg2000 and dng.
- wongarsu 9y agoJPEG is still used because of ubiquity and because it always was good enough, we have over two decades of better replacements lined up if we need them.