Image formats: Codecs and compression tools

Image formats: Codecs and compression tools Polina Gurtovaia November 5, 2025 10 minutes read If you missed the previous posts in this series, start with the Part 1: Color models for humans and devices and Part 2: Pixel data from encoders to decoders .

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• They covered the basics of image compression.
• Now, in this final part, we’ll take a more hands-on approach.
• We’ll run some experiments with different codecs and compression techniques, and check out some useful tools for building your own image pipeline.
• Let them compete Let’s consider a popular topic of discussion: «Is the JPEG format still the best for image compression?» Unfortunately, there is no clear answer.
• Do you want to optimize the encoding speed?

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Or do you need to serve high-resolution photos for professional photographers?

Fuente: MDN