JPEG Files
JPEG is a common image format.
JPEG files are:
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binary
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Color (24 bit, that is, 8 bits each of RGB)
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2D
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Lossy compression
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1 image
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Reference:
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William Pennebaker and Joan Mitchell,
JPEG: Still Image Data Compression Standard,
International Thomson Computer Press,
London, 1993
Programs to create a JPEG file include:
Programs to view a JPEG file include:
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Microsoft EXPLORER
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GIMP
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The
ImageVision
program imgview can display a JPEG file.
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The Macintosh program JPEGVIEW can display a JPEG file.
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The Netscape program
can display a JPEG file.
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XV
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Microsoft WORD
Programs to convert a JPEG file to another format:
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GIMP
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The Netscape program can
save a displayed JPEG file as a PostScript file.
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XV can save a JPEG file
in BMP, FIT, GIF, PBM/PGM/PPM, RGB or TIF formats, among others.
Programs to convert a file to JPEG format:
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GIMP
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XV can read a BMP,
FIT, GIF, PBM/PGM/PPM, RGB or TIF file, and save it as a
JPG file.
Files you may copy (careful, BINARY files!):
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bent_fish.jpg, front, side and
top views of a colorful fish model for use in a science
animation;
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brain.jpg, the shadow of a head,
with the image of a brain, and the optical system highlighted;
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brain_scan.jpg, an image of
the activated portions of the brain during a particular
activity;
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dome_back1.jpg, a mockup of
how the science animation would appear in the auditorium;
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dome_neuron1.jpg;
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head_44ks.jpg;
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neuron_diagram.jpg;
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newton.jpg, which displays the
convergence of points in the complex plane to one of the three
roots of z^2=-1 under Newton's method;
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png_bar.jpg, a bar graph;
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stirling.jpg, which displays the
convergence of points in the complex plane to one of the three
roots of z^2=-1 under Stirling's method;
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