Re: Lossy compression

Jennifer Brasher (mailto:J.Brasher@INS.GU.EDU.AU)
Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:55:47 +1000

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Date:         Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:55:47 +1000
From: Jennifer Brasher <mailto:J.Brasher@INS.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: Lossy compression
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

I've  heard from a photographer that repeated compression/decompression
with Photoshop using JPEG caused loss of image data?

Jennifer QCA

>A couple of months ago I asked if anyone knew why image files compressed
>repeatedly with lossy compression methods will eventually get larger
>rather than smaller. I think I may have found the answer, which I'd like
>to share.

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