IMAGINE Essentials Image Compressor Capabilities
IMAGINE Essentials compressed file creation capabilities using Virtual Mosaic and Export functions (single or batch) are available. Some file formats may be written directly from processing functions. Compression capabilities in IMAGINE Essentials include:
• ECW input files up to 10,000,000,000 pixels
• JPEG2000 input files up to 10,000,000,000 pixels
• MrSID input files up to 50MB
• JFIF (JPEG) output files up to 2GB
• TIFF with JPEG compression output file up to 4GB file size
• TIFF with LZW compression output file up to 4GB file size
• TIFF with Packbits compression output file up to 4GB file size
• BigTIFF with Packbits compression output file >4GB file size
• ERDAS IMAGINE DR-RLE output file up to 2GB file size
IMAGINE Advantage Image Compressor Capabilities
IMAGINE Advantage compressed file creation capabilities include all IMAGINE Essentials capabilities, plus seamless mosaics in MosaicPro and many image processing functions.
• ECW input files up to 100,000,000,000 pixels
• JPEG2000 input files up to 100,000,000,000 pixels
• CADRG up to 2GB
IMAGINE Professional Image Compressor Capabilities
IMAGINE Professional compressed file creation capabilities include all IMAGINE Essentials and IMAGINE Advantage capabilities, plus:
• ECW input size unlimited
• JPEG2000 input size unlimited
How many ECW and JPEG2000 color bands (layers) can I create in ERDAS IMAGINE and ERDAS ER Mapper?
This is a common question; and the answer is just what you want to hear. ECW supports 256 layers and JPEG2000 supports 65535 layers.