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		lubutu on Jan 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fast Lossless Color Image Compression It would be great if the author could actually write a description of how IZ's algorithm works. The C++ source is fairly complex and has no comments whatsoever.

chipsy on Jan 30, 2012 [–]

A quick perusal of the source indicates that the algorithm hinges on the predictive encoding strategies in this file:

http://gitorious.org/imagezero/imagezero/blobs/master/pixel....

Without comments the specifics are still somewhat mysterious, though.

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