From 79fafe2f44f5e31522dd93013950474342bfdfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:48:55 -0500 Subject: archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired --- .../Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt') diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9697ca3 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The JPEG standards group announced today it will consider Microsoft's HD Photo format (also known as Windows Media Photo) as a possible successor to the JPEG standard. If the Microsoft format is approved, it will be renamed JPG XR. + +Geared toward the digital photography market, Microsoft's HD Photo offers a number of advantages over the existing JPEG format, including lossless compression, support for embedded color profiles and the ability to manipulate the compressed data directly. + +Another format, JPEG2000 is also under consideration, but Microsoft claims its format offers speed and size advantages over JPEG2000. + +As part of the submission, Microsoft has also said it will release royalty free versions of all the patents required by HD Photo, should it be approved. + +The JPEG standard committee will make its decision by the end October. Should it be approved HD Photo will probably be published as a completed standard within roughly a year. + +[via [Ars Technica][1]] + +[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070801-microsoft-hd-photo-considered-for-standardization-by-jpeg-committee.html \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2