Better Portable Graphics or BPG is a novel image format developed by French programmer Fabrice Bellard. This format offers undeniable quality advantages over the popular JPG format, particularly when images are heavily compressed. When similarly compressed BPG and JPEG files are compared, the BPG looks better hands down.
Unlike JPEG files, BPG files are capable of handling transparency. However, it's worth mentioning that GIF and PNG files are already capable of handling transparency and unlike the BPG, these formats don't require a special decoder to be embedded into websites.
In an environment where patent law and commercial considerations are often guilty of hampering innovation and discouraging people to try new and disruptive things, it's refreshing to see Bellard's belief in his BPG format, which could well become popular in the future.
What's Driving This Trend
- Better Portable Graphics
- The BPG format could disrupt the dominance of JPEG by offering undeniable quality advantages when images are compressed.
- Transparency in Image Formats
- Image formats that handle transparency, like BPG, will disrupt the current market and offer new possibilities for designers.
- Open Innovation Formats
- Innovation-friendly formats like BPG will disrupt the current landscape and drive new development opportunities.
Who This Affects Most
- Photography
- The BPG format will disrupt the traditional photo storage market by providing a more efficient and higher quality compression format.
- Web Development
- BPG will disrupt the web development industry by introducing new image format standards and requiring new decoder development.
- Software Development
- The emergence of BPG format will require software developers to adapt their decoding processes, disrupting the software development industry.
