Kodak Lossless True Color Images for Compression Testing

Lossless, true color images released by the Eastman Kodak Company for unrestricted usage. Many sites use them as a standard test suite for compression testing. The images were originally available only in Sun Raster format via FTP but are now offered in PNG format for browser-friendly access.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking lossless image compression algorithms based on the provided true color images.
• Testing image processing pipelines based on the standard test suite images.
• Developing computer vision models using high-quality, unrestricted photographic data.

Strengths

• Images are lossless and true color (24 bits per pixel).
• Released by the Eastman Kodak Company for unrestricted usage.
• Serves as a standard test suite for compression testing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-11-19 05:43:53; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Eastman Kodak Company

Collection Method

Released by the company for unrestricted usage.

Freshness

Last updated 2022-11-19 05:43:53.