Experimental Setup
n Step 1: verified that GIF/JPEG images are predominant
causes of WWW bandwidth (GIF: 50%, JPEG 32%)
n Step 2: collect set of “typical” images using Gozilla,
resulting in a collection of 1500 images
n Step 3: ensure that images are representative of image size
distributions found on WWW
led to additional download of 2000 (smaller) images
n Step 4: select image processing software (ImageMagick)
many operations
available in source code
popular and well documented