Re:QOA, the Quite OK Audio Format
by creshal on Friday February 03, 2023 @06:55AM
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RLE doesn't really work for photos even at 8 bit depth, the noise is noticeable even there. It's mainly useful for drawn/rendered content, where solid colored areas are far more common. That won't be much different at 16 bit depth.
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Re:QOA, the Quite OK Audio Format
by adgjlsfhk1 on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:02AM
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A possibly better example for photos would be the 8 bit tag that says a pixel is within -2 to +1 in each of RGB. In 8 bit, there are a lot of cases where this is a big enough range to capture the noise of a static color (and or a gradient). In a 16 bit image, a lot of the time there might be 3-4 bits of noise which will mean that the tag is a lot less useful.