JPEG2000 Standard Approved

The International Standards Organization's JPEG2000 commitee has finalized specs for a new algorithm that compresses images up to 200 times with no appreciable degradation in quality.
The standard will become ISO 15444 when it's officially approved in 2001. So don't hold your breath just yet :-)
Read the full article and see the example!

Written by: Jari Ketola @ 5 Jan 2000 15:54