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# SQP
**SQP** (**SQ**uishy **P**icture Format) is an image format designed
for ease of implementation while maintaining a relatively good
compression ratio. The general idea is to make something "good enough"
while being simple, and also as a learning tool to learn about
compression (mostly on my part). If you need an image format for general
use, this is probably **not it**, go check out JPEG XL or AVIF.
This reference implementation fits in around 1000 lines of relatively
simple Rust, while maintaining decent compression and decompression
speeds.
## Features
- Lossless and lossy compression schemes
- Support for various color formats (RGBA8, GrayAlpha8, etc.)
- Decent compression ratios, the lossless compression can often beat PNG
especially on images with transparency
- Relatively simple
- Squishy