How Does JPEG Work? Understanding the Subtle Beauty of Image Compression [TechSpot]

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At a high level, JPEG is a lossy image compression technique. What you may not realize is that achieving this required a fascinating blend of human perception, elegant signal processing, and clever engineering prowess.

Let’s begin with a visual challenge: What are the colors of the tiles marked as A and B in the image below?

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