[filmscanners] RE: JPEG2000 > Paul

["Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com>]

I wonder if anyone makes a decoder that spits out the lower resolution data
first, and then improves it as it gets to the higher resolution data. The
LuraWave plug-in doesn't do this, because it's only intended for loading a
file into Photoshop, not display it on the fly.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

> From: Robert Meier
>
> The good thing about j2k is that one image file can represent multiple
> resolutions, quality levels, etc. So if you are hosting a website you can
> first send a lower resolution image and then improve the quality
> and size of
> the image without having to resend the data. You could also start with one
> locality and then add more to the picture. This is much more advanced then
> with jpeg. I am confident that within a few years j2k will overtake jpeg
> although the later is much faster.

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