Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP

Shows graphics programmers how to write software that can read and write files using various 2-D image formats associated with Web browsers. Topics include compression technologies, color models, Huffman code generation, block ordering, the discrete cosine transform, and animated GIF. The CD-ROM contains source code and examples in C++. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)