Compression articles
Google's new coding library aims to improve the JPEG image format on the web
How Does JPEG Work? Understanding the Subtle Beauty of Image Compression
At a high level, JPEG is a lossy image compression technique. What you may not realize is that achieving this required a fascinating blend of human perception, elegant signal processing, and clever engineering prowess.
Let's begin with a visual challenge: What are the colors of the tiles marked as A and B in the image?
Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library
WinRAR 7 introduces 64GB dictionaries, backend improvements
A new pixel-stealing exploit can read usernames and passwords across websites
Caesium is a free desktop app for image optimization
WinRAR 6.20 offers faster RAR5 compression
Stable Diffusion: weird for visual arts, a boon for image compression algorithms?
In a nutshell: Stable Diffusion is a phenomenal example of how much a picture is worth more than a thousand words. In fact, by cutting the image-generation text prompt altogether, the visual AI could be used to get a highly compressed, high quality image file.
The PlayStation 5's compression tech can drastically reduce game file sizes
How to Recover Data From a Corrupt ZIP File
As what may be the most common way to store and share multiple files, the ZIP file format is used by essentially everyone online. With that said, there's a good chance you'll eventually come across one that has been corrupted, but everything's not lost.
WinRAR updated to version 5.50, download it here
Guide to HEVC/H.265 Encoding and Playback: A better, more efficient format
#ThrowbackThursday HEVC's main advantage over H.264 is that it offers roughly double the compression ratio for the same quality. This means that a video file encoded with HEVC can occupy half the space of its H.264 equivalent with no noticeable change in quality, or the same amount of space with improved quality.