It’s been 15 years since the inception of JPEG format which is used in almost every image applications. Microsoft has come up with a new format of image that offers high quality images with better compression known as ‘HD Photo’. Microsoft claims, “HD Photo’s lightweight algorithm causes less damage to photos during compression, with higher-quality images that are half the size of a JPEG”.
This new format is supported by Microsoft’s product such as Windows Vista and XP. Moreover, Microsoft is working with Adobe to develop plug-ins for CS3 and CS2 versions of Photoshop for Windows and OS X. The HD Photo Device Porting Kit helps the hardware manufactures to support this format easily.
Having said all the features of HD Photo format, Microsoft is submitting this HD Photo format to an International Standards Organization soon. Does this mean it’s the end of JPEG era? Only time can tell.
News Source: Computer World
I guess, it’s probably wrong to say Good bye to Jpeg. It has severed us so long. The transition would be partial..
Well that’s true, it will be partial but eventually one day somebody has to take over what’s there today
We are always looking for change and one day it will take over .
JPEG will not vanish in one shot.But yeah this one is good its lot better than JPEG.But we still need to see a lot of things like compatibly and other issues.Keep track of this news bight come in handy
I Agree with all of you. JPEG is not going to disappear soon. Good work!