It really is the worst image format

a month ago by cannedtuna to c/memes

Copy image? Nope, here’s the link instead.

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Zangoose 171 points a month ago

Why are we sending someone to "Extra Hell" for making an improved image format that has better compression and is an overall improvement over all 3 of the existing formats it replaces (jpeg, png, gif)?

Shouldn't this apply to everyone the companies who refused to adopt it, thus breaking every normal image workflow? (Same thing can be said about JXL)

Edit: fix vague wording

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far_university1990 5 points a month ago

How to determine if webp is lossless? Old format easy, jpg vs. png.

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ArchAengelus 28 points a month ago

As an expert in image processing:

.png supports pretty extreme compression, while a jpeg can also be lossless. The extensions tell you nothing except which family of algorithms was used to encode/compress/store them.

Webp though, webp is only used for the internet. I mean, you could use it other places, I guess.

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Dookieman12 -24 points a month ago

You're an "expert in image processing" but don't understand the fundamental difference between the .jpg and .png image formats or the encoding and compression algorithms underpinning them? I find that doubtful.

.png only compresses efficiently when used as intended, which is for screenshots or other images with large areas of solid colors, where each pixel is most likely the same color value as its neighbors. In this use case, it's much more efficient than .jpg. However, .jpg is much more efficient than .png when it's used as it's intended; encoding images of the real world, like images taken with a digital camera, where each pixel has a slightly different color value than the ones next to it.

You can test this yourself by taking a picture with your phone's camera, then copying the image, converting the copy to the other file format, then comparing the file sizes. Next, repeat the process with a screenshot of a web page or a simple Paint drawing. You'll see that the camera image is smaller as a .jpg but the screenshot is smaller as a .png.

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Carrot 38 points a month ago

Nothing the other guy said contradicts this? Nor shows a lack of understanding this?

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Ghoelian 6 points a month ago

Yeah they didn't say anything about efficiency lol, where the hell did all that come from

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sem 4 points a month ago

Maybe the commenter got lost looking for a Wendy's

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