Image Comparisons: PNG, WebP, and HIPIX

News · 10-08-10, 09:40 AM

With so many new image formats coming out this week, it seems only prudent to put them through some paces. In this short feature, find some results about how the various algorithms actually work in practice. There are a few important questions I wanted to answer:

Which one offers the best compression?
Which one offers the most visually pleasing results?
Which one offers the most numerically accurate results?

So I set out to test all three of them and see which one fared the best. Using first the CIE 1931 Chromaticity diagram, and then a real photograph, I ran several tests. The results are all inside after the break.

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News Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 34,644	Image Comparisons: PNG, WebP, and HIPIX With so many new image formats coming out this week, it seems only prudent to put them through some paces. In this short feature, find some results about how the various algorithms actually work in practice. There are a few important questions I wanted to answer: Which one offers the best compression? Which one offers the most visually pleasing results? Which one offers the most numerically accurate results? So I set out to test all three of them and see which one fared the best. Using first the CIE 1931 Chromaticity diagram, and then a real photograph, I ran several tests. The results are all inside after the break. (...) Read the rest of Image Comparisons: PNG, WebP, and HIPIX (972 words) (...) Read the rest of Image Comparisons: PNG, WebP, and HIPIX (972 words) Reach out to the community of Visualization and Graphics Experts by Advertising on VizWorld.com Related posts: HIPIX Image Format to challenge Google WebP Google Proposes replacing JPEG with WebP Lightworks photorealistic image competition winner Announced More...