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The Fastest Ways to Convert Those Annoying WebP Images
WebP is Google’s version of a modern, versatile image format, meant to replace the likes of PNG and JPEG. However, all it’s managed to do in the last several years is be a mild annoyance. It’s great when websites use it to display images — the format handles compression well — but it’s a hassle…
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There’s No DRM In JPEG — And We Should Keep It That Way
If you have ever tried scanning or photocopying a banknote, you may have found that your software — such as Adobe Photoshop, or the embedded software in the photocopier — refused to let you do so. That’s because your software is secretly looking for security features such as EURion dots in the documents that you…
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Awful JPEG Compression Turns Romeo & Juliet To LB”8DJ IHR:?S
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo. Even if you failed English class, you’d recognise that phrase anywhere. It’s from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. But would you recognise this phrase: O Romep+ Rpldo wiepffnre arr!riov Romep@. That’s Shakespeare too. If Shakespeare was compressed over and over again by JPEG.