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Comment by xigoi

1 hour ago

Lossless means that the file encodes the exact same information that was given to the encoder. This is a property of the format.

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ZeroGravitas  23 minutes ago

Yes but people add pre-preprocessor steps to image formats, like blurring jpegs or lowering bit depth in PNGs to make them more compressible.

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