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image data. Thus, the memory and disk space required to
edit images is greatly reduced.
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Images and related data are easy to be found through Mi-
crosoft's OLE Structured Storage.
= Intellectual Property protection capability.
> A FPX file requires about 33% more disk storage space -if
uncompressed- than a TIFF file because of the extra
resolutions contained in it, but:
= It requires much less RAM for viewing; approximately
20% of the RAM required for a TIFF file,
= It takes much less time to modify an image and store the
revision,
= Only the viewing parameters need to be modified, not
the actual image,
= In most applications, FPX files reduce storage,
= Interaction between application and on line user, opti-
mized for distribution on the Web. No plug in is re-
quired for Internet -distribution or viewing,
= On the fly thumbnail production,
= It supports almost unlimited do/undo flexibility,
= It creates multiple versions of images without duplicat-
ing source files.
Images in FlashPix files are stored at multiple independent
resolutions. This feature allows applications to select the appro-
priate resolution a user needs for a selected procedure. No
longer do applications have to process the entire image in order
to view a small section, nor process a high-resolution image to
produce a low-resolution display.
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Eastman Kodak Company, (1996): “FlashPix Format Specifi-
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URL2: http://www.himalavanart.org/
URL3: http://www.bgbm.org/BioDivinf/Projects/
FlashPixExample.htm
URL4: http://kodak.com/US/en/digital/book2/
chapter4/flashp | stml
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productsTechnologies/fpx/
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