First colour document paper for web publishing application
Image Power Inc IPZ
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Thu 16 Oct 97 News Release
Mr Stephen Swift reports
Image Power's integrated image compression application Power Compressor
Preview Release 1.0 for electronic document publishing is now available.
Power Compressor converts digital pictures and documents into compound
compressed images using a combination of JPEG, JBIG and Wavelet technology.
Power Compressor achieves a level of compression considerably beyond
existing techniques. An integrated image management subsystem enables the
management of large numbers of digital photos, scanned images and
documents. Using an intelligent image analysis technology, the application
is able to compress a mix of image types for efficient archive and storage.
Picture Compression Technology
Power Compressor converts JPEG, GIF and scanned photos into highly
compressed images using Wavelet continuous tone compression technology
developed in partnership with UBC. Wavelets are able to achieve levels of
compression 5 to 20 times better than existing JPEG technology while
preserving visual fidelity. Photos produced by scanners and digital cameras
are typically 60k to 150k in size. Wavelet compression reduces these images
to 10K to 20K, resulting in considerably faster Internet and intranet
download times.
Document Compression Technology
Using Image Power's proprietary image classification technology, Power
Compressor is able to automatically compress compound documents such as
magazine articles, brochures and catalogs which contain a mix of colour
pictures and text. The resulting compression ratios of up to 150:1 to
200:1, reduce the original size from 4.6m to 10m to 40k to 80k bytes. At
this level of compression paper documents containing colour pictures become
publishable for the first time on the worldwide web.
Browser Plug-ins
The company also announces two plug-ins designed to display the resulting
compressed photos and documents using Netscape and Internet Explorer
browsers. The plug-ins, available for free download from the web, support
three new file formats: JBIG, Wavelet and Mixed Raster Content (MRC). The
MRC plug-in enables the Netscape and IE browsers to view compound
compressed documents for the first time on the web. The Internet Explorer
plug-in is now available, and the Netscape plug-in will be released later
this month.
Power Compressor Preview Release 1.0 is available for free download from
the company web site at www.imagepower.com.
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