Message-Id: <mailto:199409191437.JAA20058@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 04:33:27 +0000 From: Frank Dunn <mailto:frank@BRAZEN.DEMON.CO.UK> Subject: Re: 8-bit vs. 24-bit color To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
snip... >> At that spacial resolution it would be worthwhile considering
>> fractal image transform compression ( AKA .FIF ).
snip... >Well, as I understand it, fractal is a proprietary scheme. I needed
>something which would work with off-the-shelf software people were likely
>to have. Do you know of any which supports fractals other than the
>originator's POEM?
And theres the rub. In which case its back to JPEG for its wider availability.
snip... >Can you recommend some software which would generate RLE compression? In
>fact, can you recommend some reading in this area (I'm always looking for
>material which goes beyond the "This is JPEG" level of discussion but is
>understandable without a degree in optics!)?
I'll post to this list a SunFlash on a new graphics book(1) from O'Reilly as its the most recent publication in an active area. I've not seen this in the UK yet - no sign in central London bookshops last weekend - and as I'm now off to Columbia on Tuesday I won't 'till October. Optics, colour theory, scanning technology, software engineering, networks, user interfaces, compression, storage hierarchies... ahh its a narrow field ;-).
Frank. (demob happy)
(1) Brief biblio data: Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats By James D. Murray and William vanRyper 928 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-058-9, $59.95 (US)
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