Reading Guide for "Image Compression" and "Video Compression"

1. A 200 by 200 pixel image using 3 bytes (24 bits) per pixel will use how many kilobytes of space? 
   
   ___117.1975 kilobytes___________________________
   
   
2. Define "lossy compression".  Lossy compression means that some of the original data in the image
   
   is lost when the image is compressed.
   
   
3. A video can be thought of as a series of   still images shown one after another in quick succession
   
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4. How many KB (kilobytes) of storage space would it take to store one second of a small video of
   
   dimensions 640 x 480?  ____ 21,600 KB_________________________
   
   
5. Why is it important, nay, crucial, that videos be compressed? _If videos were not compressed, they
   
   
   would be so large in size that you could only store about 4 minutes of 640x480 video on a DVD.
   
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6. Briefly explain the two basic methods to compress video.  _Spatial encoding takes advantage of
   
   similarities within a single frame of a movie.  Temporal encoding takes advantage of similarities
   
   between multiple successive frames of a video. _________________________________________
   
   
7. Complete this sentence: "Most commonly used video compression systems are variations of _MPEG___."