Thursday, October 30, 2008

XDepth 48 Promises 48 Bit JPEGs


XDepth® is an image and video compression solution created to satisfy the increasing demand for augmented precision and color depth in digital imaging.What's quite unique about XDepth isn't just its superior image quality but its full compatibility with the Jpeg format.The first software implementation of XDepth supports Adobe® Photoshop® and allows compression of High Dynamic Range pictures.
XDepth 48 is a new technology that allows JPEG images to reach a maximum of 16 bit for each RGB component. XDepth 48 employs the same image reconstruction algorithm offered with XDepth Raw, thus avoiding common JPEG and JPEG2000 artifacts. It also offers improved compression of files, with XDepth asserting that a 48bit TIFF of 6088x4550 pixels would be 166MBs in size, with the equivalent XDepth 48 JPEG only being 17MBs. Further details are scarce, but there is a full-sized sample available for download

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