76 Image and Video Compression
• Lossless and lossy compression
• Both lossless and lossy compression are possible from a single
compression architecture.
• Lossless compression naturally is possible in the course of pro-
gressive decoding.
• Large images
• It allows images greater than 64 × 64K without tiling.
• It has a single decomposition architecture.
• It encompasses the interchange between applications. There are
no multiple modes for specic applications like JPEG.
• Transmission is possible in noisy environments.
• There is error robustness while designing the coding algorithm.
• Computer-generated imagery
• The current JPEG is optimized for natural imagery and does not per-
form well on computer-generated imagery or computer graphics. ...