Image Encoding

YUV Image Format

https://paulbourke.net/dataformats/nv12/

1. Y Plane (Luminance):
   • Contains the luminance (brightness) information of the pixels.
   • Represents the grayscale version of the image.
   • Each pixel in this plane corresponds to one pixel in the image.
2. UV Plane (Chrominance):
   • Contains the chrominance (color) information of the pixel

Why use YUV instead of RGB?

• Efficient for Video Processing: Better compression, reduces bandwidth without significantly impacting visual quality.
• Human Vision Sensitivity: Humans are more sensitive to brightness than to color, so YUV exploits this by compressing color information more than brightness.
• Compatibility with TV Standards: Originally developed for analog TV to be backward compatible with black and white broadcasts.