WebP ImagePlugin

[zxtunes.com]

This format promotes google. He gives very good results. I think he has a future. Maybe include it in PureBasic?

WebP is a method of lossy compression that can be used on photographic images. The degree of compression is adjustable so a user can choose the trade-off between file size and image quality.

A WebP file consists of VP8 image data, and a container based on RIFF. Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use the WebP format to create smaller, better looking images that can help make the web faster.

http://code.google.com/intl/ru/speed/webp/gallery.html

[Little John]

This format promotes google. He gives very good results.

The word "he" denotes a male living being. You probably mean "it".

Some people are not convinced of "very good results", but think that there is need for improvement:

Jason Garrett-Glaser [...] suggests that Google make a good encoder first

So it's probably better to wait some time. And some new things on the internet disapper as fast as they did appear ...

Regards, Little John

[c4s]

Some people are not convinced of "very good results", but think that there is need for improvement:

Jason Garrett-Glaser [...] suggests that Google make a good encoder first

Direct link to his analysis:
http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/541

Also I don't think we need this a couple of days after the annoucement...*roll eyes*

[Seymour Clufley]

If WebP takes off and becomes a major image format, I would also like to see support in PB. The file sizes are smaller, so it'd be useful to reduce bandwidth.

Since it's a lossy format, I'd be much more interested in encoding capability than decoding. Not much point loading degraded images, as opposed to saving them.

But of course WebP is a long way away yet.

EDIT: Maybe not so far off: the first program to support it has been announced: PixelMator.