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BPG (Better Portable Graphics) is a new image format. Its purpose is to
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replace the JPEG image format when quality or file size is an issue. Its
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main advantages are:
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- High compression ratio. Files are much smaller than JPEG for similar
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quality.
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- Supported by most Web browsers with a small Javascript decoder (gzipped
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size: 56 KB).
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- Based on a subset of the HEVC open video compression standard.
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- Supports the same chroma formats as JPEG (grayscale, YCbCr 4:2:0, 4:2:2,
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4:4:4) to reduce the losses during the conversion. An alpha channel is
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supported. The RGB, YCgCo and CMYK color spaces are also supported.
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- Native support of 8 to 14 bits per channel for a higher dynamic range.
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- Lossless compression is supported.
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- Various metadata (such as EXIF, ICC profile, XMP) can be included.
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- Animation support.
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WWW: http://bellard.org/bpg/
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