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This program creates compressed BMP file using RLE8.
Notes :
• the header is BITMAPINFOHEADER (40 bytes).
• it works on 8 bits per pixel images (with or without colormap).
• it works on 24 bits per pixel images by turning them to indexed images.
• the colormap size must be 256 x 3.
Cite As
Aymen Moukdad (2026). BMP Compression using RLE8 (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/56454-bmp-compression-using-rle8), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: RLE de/encoding
General Information
- Version 1.1.0.0 (2.86 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
