Autodesk Labs releases Project ZP web-based compression and uncompression.
Our thinking was simple: Can we make data smaller by adding compute cycles to the compression process? We could, but if we did this on a typical laptop, it would take forever. So why not turn to the cloud? We had our Project Twitch servers already in place, so why not use them as a massive compression/uncompression farm?
So give it a try and let us know what you think. There are a set of easy steps to follow on: labs.blogs.com
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All I can say is WOW!!!!
I compressed a 15mb PDF into 1.4mb. This particular project has been a pain because the PDF’s we share with clients have usually been above the 10mb email attachment limit. This forced us to either split it up into smaller files or put it on an FTP site. Zipping the PDF never resulted in anything special. I might lose a mb. This new technology has blown my mind.
Haha…. You got me!
I was getting ready to buy stock in Autodesk after that.
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TITLE: April Fools 2011
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
At Autodesk we had fun with several April Fools day pranks on Friday April 1st also known as April Fools Day, but one seems to continue to be fooling people. The Project ZP on Labs. It was a great prank but is not real. In fact some internal Autodesk e…