Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP

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A comprehensive reference on the major graphics file formats and the compression technologies, this work is a useful resource for graphics programmers, especially those developing graphical applications for the Web. It examines the most common graphics...readmore

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