Abstract
The object of the study is the process of lossy image compression. The subject of the study is the two-step approach to providing desired parameters (quality and compression ratio) for different coders. The goals of the study are to review advantages of the two-step approach to lossy compression, to analyze the reasons of drawbacks, and to put forward possible ways to get around these shortcomings. Methods used: linear approximation, numerical simulation, statistical analysis. Results obtained: 1) the considered approach main advantage is that, in most applications, it provides substantial improvement of accuracy of providing a desired value of a controlled compression parameter after the second step compared to the first step; 2) the approach is quite universal and can be applied for different coders and different parameters of lossy compression to be provided; 3) the main problems and limitations happen due to the use of linear approximation and essential difference in behavior of rate/distortion curves for images of different complexity; 4) there are ways to avoid the approach drawbacks that employ adaptation to image complexity and/or use certain restrictions at the second step. Conclusions: based on the results of the study, it is worth 1) considering more complex approximations of rate-distortion curves; 2) paying more attention to adequate and fast algorithms of characterizing image complexity before compression; 3) using quality metrics that have quasi-linear rate/distortion curves for a given coder.
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