The JPEG XL Image Coding History, Features, Coding Tools, Design Rationale

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[Submitted on 6 Jun 2025 (v1), last revised 13 Jun 2025 (this version, v2)] Title:The JPEG XL Image Coding System: History, Features, Coding Tools, Design Rationale, and Future Authors:Jon Sneyers, Jyrki Alakuijala, Luca Versari, Zoltán Szabadka, Sami Boukortt, Amnon Cohen-Tidhar, Moritz Firsching, Evgenii Kliuchnikov, Tal Lev-Ami, Eric Portis, Thomas Richter, Osamu Watanabe View a PDF of the paper titled The JPEG XL Image Coding System: History, Features, Coding Tools, Design Rationale, and Future, by Jon Sneyers and 11 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:JPEG XL is a new image coding system offering state-of-the-art compression performance, lossless JPEG recompression, and advanced features. It aims to replace JPEG, PNG, GIF, and other formats with a single universal codec. This article provides an overview of JPEG XL, including its history, design rationale, coding tools, and future potential. It can be used as a companion document to the standard (ISO/IEC 18181), or as a standalone article to better understand JPEG XL, either at a high level or in considerable technical detail. Submission history From: Jon Sneyers [view email] [v1] Fri, 6 Jun 2025 11:16:40 UTC (20,644 KB) [v2] Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:25:00 UTC (20,684 KB)