JPEG Compression Comparisons

Discussions compare a new image compression technique to JPEG and other formats like PNG, focusing on lossiness, artifacts, efficiency, recompression effects, and resistance to distortion.

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e.g jpegclub.org JPEG2000 mozilla.org GIF MPEG JPEG PSD d.net RAW jpeg compression image lossy png lossless jpg compressed formats images

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adrianN Nov 20, 2020 View on HN

Wasn't this what progressive jpeg was invented for?

tych0 Dec 5, 2013 View on HN

Wouldn't something like image compression potentially distort this?

arasmussen Oct 2, 2015 View on HN

How does it compare to slightly lossy jpegs?

Almondsetat Mar 6, 2025 View on HN

This is image compression, which uses visual tricks, not simple binary file compression

grim_io Aug 28, 2025 View on HN

The jpeg compression argument is still valid.It's lossy compression at the core.

mansr Aug 6, 2013 View on HN

JPEG will not do that, but MPEG at high compression levels might.

edflsafoiewq Jun 17, 2025 View on HN

I guess you're thinking of jpegli? Do you know how big a difference this actually makes?

beatsbears Nov 4, 2018 View on HN

Does this work for image types that use lossy-compression, or just lossless (e.g. png, tiff, etc.)?

system2 Apr 18, 2020 View on HN

It is more resistant to image compression, maybe that's why.

makomk Jan 16, 2017 View on HN

Those are probably fairly common in image compression standards - designers of image compression are not, in general, going to make their compression less efficient than it has to be. JPEG2000 in particular is likely to be far worse.