The JPEG Format’s Days May Be Numbered

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By Ryan ChristoffelJun 20, 2017, 11:38 am650 pts
Kelly Thompson writes for 500px about Apple's upcoming transition from JPEG to the HEVC-based HEIF for photos across all its platforms: JPEG is 25 years old and showing its age. Compression has become a big deal as we’ve moved to 4K and HDR video, and HEVC was developed to compress those huge video streams.…

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