{"id":2008,"date":"2017-07-25T04:28:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2019-10-29T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T11:30:26","slug":"google-is-working-on-a-new-lossy-image-format-for-the-web-called-pik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/google-is-working-on-a-new-lossy-image-format-for-the-web-called-pik\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Is Working on a New Lossy Image Format for the Web Called \u2018Pik\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is working on a new image format called Pik, as evidenced by a collection of newly-uploaded files on the company\u2019s official GitHub profile. The format, according to the project\u2019s readme file, is a \u201cnew lossy image format for the internet.\u201d That\u2019s about all we know about it for the time being.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re familiar with Google\u2019s previous forays into making new image formats, this description might remind you of WebP, which was first announced in September of 2010. At the time, it was touted as a new standard for lossy graphics for use on the web, quite similar to this new project.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not exactly clear at the moment how Pik will differ from WebP (much less the other image formats that are commonly used on the modern web), with Google only noting that it requires \u201can AVX2 and FMA capable CPU, e.g. Haswell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the readme notes that Pik \u201cis not an official Google product.\u201d It\u2019s clearly developed by Google, as evidenced by the fact that it\u2019s hosted on Google\u2019s own GitHub account, so we\u2019ll take this to mean that Google is making no claims about Pik nor offering any support or guarantees about its use. The project\u2019s GitHub is simply hosting Pik\u2019s encoder and decoder, and if you know how to make use of those to play around with the format (that is, if you want to ignore Google\u2019s request to \u201cplease don\u2019t use it for any purpose\u201d as it is \u201cis in the initial research stage\u201d), you can feel free check that out for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s GitHub is simply hosting Pik\u2019s encoder and decoder, and if you know how to make use of those to play around with the format (that is, if you want to ignore Google\u2019s request to \u201cplease don\u2019t use it for any purpose\u201d as it is \u201cis in the initial research stage\u201d), you can feel free check that out for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>If you require help, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/requestquote.php\">contact SupportPRO Server Admin<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/freecheckup.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/2725694\/9d590242-d641-4383-94b4-8cfd62f0af6b.png\" alt=\"Server not running properly? 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