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- From: videoking@mbox200.swipnet.se (Johan Otterstrom)
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- Subject: Re: Fractal compression for Amiga?
- Date: 18 Apr 96 22:21:34 -500
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- >Johan Otterstrom (videoking@mbox200.swipnet.se) wrote:
- >: > I wrote a rather rudimentary "fractal" image compression program
- >: >for my Amiga a few years back in AmigaBASIC
-
- >: What would be great would be a plugin for ImageFX ot ADPRO, I'm sure Nova
- >: is looking at this new format.
-
- >: > If you like, I'll ask Dr. Barnsley (holder
- >: of half the patents I >"violated") if he'll let me release this program.
-
- >: Why not it seems like a very ineresting compression for the future,
- >: especially for internet stuff vere the biggest problem is the size of all
- >: bitmaps. What if all bitmaps were 50 times smaller.... Must be a great
- >: potential for this..
-
- >: If fractalcompressed images is as fast to decompress (much faster than
- >: jpg's, then it must revolutionise the future of internet.)
-
- > The problem is that "fractal" image compression algorithms are seldom
- >symmetrical: They take MUCH longer to compress than decompress! In fact,
- >there's an old joke that the best "fractal" compression algorithm is the
- >"graduate student in a closet" routine."
-
- > The other problem is that there are other algorithms available that
- are
- >faster, compress tighter, and are less lossy. One that looks promising is
- >"wavelet compression. Wavelet theory seems to be taking the scientific
- >communitty by storm, not unlike Chaos theory and Catastrophy Theory a few
- >years ago....
-
- Wavelet compression, is this what NewTek's flyer system uses? I know it
- doesn't use JPEG/MPEG or MJPEG. Jpeg is really a crappy tecnique. You can only
- apply a very low compression before you see the artifacts.
-
- Best regards Johan Otterstrom
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