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No, lossless compression uses an algorithm to shrink a file without any loss. It can be restored to the same bitstream. What you quoted is a confusing phrase:
by chx 2y ago
No, lossless compression uses an algorithm to shrink a file without any loss. It can be restored to the same bitstream.
What you quoted is a confusing phrase: "visually lossless" which is in fact a lossy compression. It's like People's Republic which is neither a republic nor is it the People's, it's just a dictatorship.
Finally, JPEG-XL supports both lossy and lossless compression.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoIf you make a perfect physical copy of a picture, is it the same picture As the original?
- chx 2y agoYou can not do that. It is literally impossible to make a perfect physical copy. You can make a perfect copy of a file, however.