proj-imim:
Re: wavelet compression
Harald Rieck 2000-Apr-30 23:11:25
I also checked there QT-based image compressor/decompressor. The
image-quality was superior to jpeg (a bit) but the decompression was 12
times slower than jpeg. I did not test enough but this was to much to go
any further with it.
Harald Rieck
>Alternatively, Luratech have got a wavelet based image compresso rand
>decompressor (Lurawave) . Okay, but not amazing.
>
><http://www.luratech.com>
>
>I beta tested their QT-based wavelet compressor/deompressor last year.
>Had some serious problems, but it worked. The image quality wasn't
>amazingly better or smaller than plain-vanilla JPEG though.
>
>So... wavelet sounds good in theory, but am yet to see a practical
>working eg that is significantly better than JPEG. (Fingers X'ed
>it lives up to its promises though!)
>
>Regds,
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