Unlocking JPEG Compression: How Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) Works πŸ–ΌοΈ

Discover the magic behind JPEG image compression as Image Analyst Mike Pound explains the role of DCT in reducing file sizes. Learn about colour spaces and the science that makes your photos smaller without losing quality!

Unlocking JPEG Compression: How Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) Works πŸ–ΌοΈ
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673.3K views β€’ May 22, 2015
Unlocking JPEG Compression: How Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) Works πŸ–ΌοΈ

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DCT is the secret to JPEG's compression. Image Analyst Mike Pound explains how the compression works.

Colourspaces: https://youtu.be/LFXN9PiOGtY
JPEG 'files' & Colour: https://youtu.be/n_uNPbdenRs
Computer That Changed Everything (Altair 8800): https://youtu.be/6LYRgrqJgDc
Problems with JPEG: COMING SOON
Upside Down Trees (Huffman Encoding): https://youtu.be/umTbivyJoiI

Colourspaces: https://youtu.be/LFXN9PiOGtY
JPEG isn't a file format - JPEG pt1: https://youtu.be/n_uNPbdenRs
Upside Down Trees (Huffman Encoding): https://youtu.be/umTbivyJoiI
Problems with JPEG: COMING SOON!
Computer That Changed Everything (Altair 8800): https://youtu.be/6LYRgrqJgDc


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