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> This is a use case for PNG, and one where people can plainly see why a lossless format exists. WebP has a lossless mode for that reason, and is almost a stri
by lifthrasiir 5y ago
> This is a use case for PNG, and one where people can plainly see why a lossless format exists.
WebP has a lossless mode for that reason, and is almost a strict improvement over PNG [1].
[1] https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/webp-flif-comparison.html https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/webp-flif-comparison.html
- djbusby 5y agoWow! Violin graphs are neat!
- astrange 5y agoIt's not really a "mode", it's a completely different codec that appears to have been invented by a single random guy at Google and they just released it one day. Much like the rest of WebP.
- lifthrasiir 5y agoI'm aware of that, search for my other reply to this thread. Also that single random guy [1] is one of the co-authors of Brotli, WOFF2 and many image compression algorithms including JPEG XL. [1] https://twitter.com/jyzg https://twitter.com/jyzg