Whatever Happened to JPEG2000? |
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| Published by: Steves-Digicams 08-14-2005 Read Complete Article |
Article Summary
In 2001, the official release of the JPEG2000 spec sent ripples through the digital imaging industry. Camera and software manufacturers had already started planning a quick path that would lead us all to hardware and software upgrades that would make our web browsers, imaging software, and cameras even better by allowing use of this new "wavelet" based image compression scheme which provides higher quality images using even less storage space than the old JPEG standard. Back in 2001, it was thought that the changeover from JPEG to JPEG2000 would be well on its way by 2003 and by 2004 it was expected to be the new standard for file storage in digital cameras. So what happened? It's now 2005 and there are still no digital cameras that support JPEG2000 and support for this new standard really only made it into "mainstream" digital imaging software within the last year or two. Did JPEG2000 fall on its face? Did it not live up to the hype? Read on and I'll give you my own insights into the subject.....Read Complete Article
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