Comment by esafak Comment by esafak 6 days ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News What is color quantization used for in this lossy compression age?
Copy Link vanderZwan 6 days ago Next Collapse Comment - I don't get the question. Lossy compression uses color quantization all the time, doesn't it? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link esafak 6 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Not typically. JPEG zeros out high frequency DCT coefficients, which is not the same thing. Hence my question: why go through this memory-intensive procedure? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link esafak 6 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Not typically. JPEG zeros out high frequency DCT coefficients, which is not the same thing. Hence my question: why go through this memory-intensive procedure? Reply View | 0 replies
I don't get the question. Lossy compression uses color quantization all the time, doesn't it?