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JPEG XL: How It Started, How It’s Going (cloudinary.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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JPEG XL development began in 2018, when the JPEG committee launched a call for proposals on next-generation image compression, to which seven proposals were submitted. Of the seven two stood out: Google’s PIK and Cloudinary’s FUIF proposal. The ingredients from both proposals were eventually combined and refined to design a new codec that was better than the sum of its parts.

[...]adoption of JPEG XL continued, in particular in image authoring software like Serif Affinity, Adobe Camera Raw, GIMP, Krita, etc. Unfortunately, Chrome’s decision has slowed wider adoption in web browsers of JPEG XL.

On June 5, 2023, at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC23), a slide was presented listing new features of the Safari browser, and “JPEG XL” was on the slide. Not only is Safari 17 adding JPEG XL support, the new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS will support JPEG XL.

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[–] ricecooker 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With Google's support for webp i wonder if they will reinstate support for jpg xl in Chrome....?

[–] Antimutt 15 points 1 year ago

Well I use it and if Chrome or FF can't handle it there's an add on (f or c). It's a matter of pressure - like from the camera makers, who's devices can now store more than old jpg can hold.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

There was a political decision from management to favor their own AVIF format over JPEG XL. A lot would have to happen before they’d overturn that.

With the current market share of Chrome-based browsers, there’s no market pressure for them to do anything they don’t want to do.

[–] Targox 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not often that Apple is the first to release a web based feature through Safari, but I’m glad they did. Let’s hope it catches on fast because it’s success solely depends on browser support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Makes you wonder how much overdue this feature really is, if even Apple can catch up.

[–] reallynotnick 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully this gets wide adoption, I'm ready for a next gen image format and this seems like a great choice (even if there is something ironic about calling a compression technology "XL")

[–] Imgonnatrythis 2 points 1 year ago

With any luck it will be as popular as JPEG 2000

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm a huge fan. Have had surprisingly fantastic results with JXL (smaller size, same quality). Lossless option is huge bonus. Encoding tools are ready to go and work as expected (unlike AVIF, etc). I recommend XnView (there's a portable version) to check it out, convert, test, play. The format just needs recognition and adoption at this point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The title sounds like a meme format. Clicked and was surprised to find a real article haha.