Short: Fractal image compression tool (PPC port) Author: various, Andreas Kleinert (port) Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert t-online de Type: gfx/conv Architecture: ppc-powerup limbo - fast 2D/3D fractal image compression Limbo is a very fast fractal image object encoder. It encodes an input image by approximating it with a set of affine contractive mappings - the fractal code. The current version can briefly be summarized with these features: Current features: o Complete very fast encoding of images or sequences of images. o Full storing, retrieving and decoding of the fractal code in a general interchange format. o A special n-dimensional feature space search technique to reduce the encoding time. o Quadtree encoding using n-levels. o Decode expansion at any level (i.e. 2, 4, 8...times original size). Image input and output is in the PPM (color) or PGM (grey level) format. The output from the encoder is in a special 'limbo' fractal format (*.lmb).