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Description / Abstract:
This CCITT Recommendation | International Standard is applicable
to continuous-tone - grayscale or colour - digital still image
data. It is applicable to a wide range of applications which
require use of compressed images. It is not applicable to bi-level
image data.
This Specification
- specifies processes for converting source image data to
compressed image data;
- specifies processes for converting compressed image data to
reconstructed image data:
- gives guidance on how to implement these processes in
practice;
- specifies coded representations for compressed image data
NOTE - This Specification does not specify a complete coded
image representation. Such representations may include certain
parameters, such as aspect ratio, component sample registration,
and colour space designation, which are application dependent.