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cognaxon
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For fingerprint images WSQ is superior to other lossy compression methods, such as JPEG, and was chosen by FBI (U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation) as the fingerprint image compression standard.
WSQ is a lossy compression method that is well-suited for preserving the very high resolution details of grayscale images while maintaining high compression ratios of typically 12:1 to 15:1.
Cognaxon released free WSQ viewer/converter v1.0.
Cognaxon WSQ viewer reads and converts between WSQ and 11 other graphic file formats.
Supported formats for reading:
WSQ - FBI's Wavelet Scalar Quantization
BMP - Windows Bitmap Graphics
TIFF - Tagged Information File Format
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
RGB - Silicon Graphics International
TGA - Truevision Targa Graphic
GIF - Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format
CEL - Animator Graphic (FLC and FLI formats)
PSD - Adobe Photoshop (LAB or CMYK formats not supported)
IFF - Amiga Bitmap Graphic (8 bits)
PCX - PC Paintbrush Bitmap Graphic
Supported formats for writing:
WSQ - FBI's Wavelet Scalar Quantization
BMP - Windows Bitmap Graphics
TIFF - Tagged Information File Format (no LZW compression)
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
RGB - Silicon Graphics International (uncompressed)
TGA - Truevision Targa Graphic
WSQ viewer is small (less than 1 Megabyte) and fast, has image zoom toolbar and supports accelerated navigation through files in the directory using keys page up / page down / home / end . After installation of WSQ viewer *.wsq files can be easily opened in Windows Explorer with simple mouse double click.
WSQ viewer is the demo version of WSQ (FBI's Wavelet Scalar Quantization) library add-on available as SDK for software developers.
For latest version and more information please visit:
http://www.cognaxon.com |
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