[Image-SIG] Docs for decoder

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Alden Lavizzo wrote:

> Is there any documentation on writing a decoder?  I am writing a decoder
> that decompresses a special type of image and cannot find any help on how to
> do this other than looking at source code.

The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats is how I learned to write the
encoders and decoders. It talks a lot about the theory of image
compression. Likely it would help.

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