(04-10-2020, 07:54 AM)vain Wrote:

Quote:For some domains it's useful to preserve more detail than the eye
can differentiate, so that different image enhancement or
modification processes can work better. Like with audio; 44kHz is
about the limit of human differentiation, but 96 / 128kHz is better
for working with it, say for remixing.

No, that quote works perfectly, and makes perfect sense. I did guessed that specialized uses would be a good reason for that after all.

(04-10-2020, 09:19 AM)z3bra Wrote: To quote the farbfeld FAQ :

Quote:Compression algorithms have been designed to recognize those chunks and can even look at how these chunks interact.

Yes, I had not thought about this, using wider pixel sizes could result in helping compression algorithms finding patterns. And a better compression will also reduce loading time at least for very big file (which is why linux kernel is compressed, even if I'm not certain that this is noticeable with SSDs).

I wonder how that kind of thinking would apply on text. Could result in compressed full codepoint strings being smaller than compressed UTF-8...

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