: How does this image interleave from grayscale to color? I came across this image (re-uploaded below) that seems to load with interleaving on. There is also another pass between the blue/yellow
I came across this image (re-uploaded below) that seems to load with interleaving on.
There is also another pass between the blue/yellow pass that is a lower resolution full-color version of the final product.
However, instead of it starting out blurry and then becoming sharp, it appears to load in black and white, then a layer of green, then colored, and then a sharper version of the colored result.
For context, this image is of the recent Katmandu earthquake and I'm assuming this interleaving was chosen to convey the image's content quicker on slower connections (i.e. in more remote or less developed areas of the world).
Why does it do this? Are there multiple ways a JPEG image can be interleaved?
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Yes, there's many ways JPG can be interleaved. Your example was probably specially encoded in sequential JPG compression instead of progressive.
"..There are tens of thousands different ways to produce progressive
JPEGs, "progressive" is definitely not restricted to a single
predefined way. For instance JPEGrescan conducts trials with different
progressive configurations to reduce the file size, yes progressive
JPEGs are often smaller than sequential ones. Even what is often
called "baseline JPEG" ("sequential" is more appropriate) could be
recorded in 13 different ways. 99.99% of sequential JPEGs use the
single scan with 3 interleaved components scheme therefore JSK will
only output a single scan_001.jpg file when it encounters one of these
numerous sequential JPEG (it's not a bug, it's a sequential JPEG).
JSK produces between 1 and 3 scan images when the input file was a
sequential JPEG, 4 scan images and more mean the input file was a
progressive JPEG."
Image below has a progressive JPG on the left and sequential on the right:
Source: This site below explains in more details and with more examples how this can be achieved:
encode.ru/threads/1800-JSK-JPEG-Scan-Killer-progressive-JPEG-explained-in-slowmo
It's often used for very detailed and heavy JPG. It was a bit more popular for regular web images in the 90' because of the slow modems.
If you save a JPG in Photoshop (and not a "save for web") you will notice the last option is "progressive" and lets you choose how many scans you want.
But for your image sample, it was probably done using a special JPG codec.
If you want to read more about it:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libjpeg
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