Transparent digital images and method of processing and storing same
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1. A method of reducing a storage size of a digital image file without affecting display quality of said digital image, comprising the steps of:
- splitting said image into a first component and a second component;
encoding said first component as a lossy compression component;
encoding said second component as a lossless transparency component; and
associating said lossy compression component and said lossless transparency component.
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Abstract
A method of reducing a storage size of a digital image file without affecting display quality of the digital image, comprising the steps of splitting the image into a first component and a second component; encoding the first component as a lossy compression component; encoding the second component as a lossless transparency component; and associating the lossy compression component and the lossless transparency component.
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1. A method of reducing a storage size of a digital image file without affecting display quality of said digital image, comprising the steps of:
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splitting said image into a first component and a second component;
encoding said first component as a lossy compression component;
encoding said second component as a lossless transparency component; and
associating said lossy compression component and said lossless transparency component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A memory for storing data for access by an application program being executed on a data processing system, comprising:
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a data structure stored in said memory, said data structure including information resident in a database used by said application program and including;
a lossy compression component; and
a lossless transparency component, associated with said lossy compression component. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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