System, device, and method for improved encoding and enhanced compression of images, videos, and media content

A non-transitory storage medium having stores thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

• (a) receiving a source image, wherein the source image is one of:
• (i) an image file, (ii) a frame of a video;
• (b) analyzing content of the source image, on a pixel-by-pixel basis;
• and classifying each pixel in the source image as either (I) a pixel associated with Photographic content, or (II) a pixel associated with Non-Photographic content;
• (c) generating a pixel-clusters map that indicates (i) one or more clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Photographic content of said source image, and (ii) one or more clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Non-Photographic content of said source image;
• (d) generating a composed image, by:
• (d1) applying a first encoding technique to encode at least one of the clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Photographic content of said source image;
• (d2) applying a second, different, encoding technique to encode at least one of the clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Non-Photographic content of said source image.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors, that are configured to execute code,
• and that are operably associated with one or more memory units that are configured to store code,
• wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to perform:
• (a) receiving a source image, wherein the source image is one of:
• (i) an image file, (ii) a frame of a video;
• (b) analyzing content of the source image, on a pixel-by-pixel basis;
• and classifying each pixel in the source image as either (I) a pixel associated with Photographic content, or (II) a pixel associated with Non-Photographic content;
• (c) generating a pixel-clusters map that indicates (i) one or more clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Photographic content of said source image, and (ii) one or more clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Non-Photographic content of said source image;
• (d) generating a composed image, by:
• (d1) applying a first encoding technique to encode at least one of the clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Photographic content of said source image;
• (d2) applying a second, different, encoding technique to encode at least one of the clusters of pixels that were classified as associated with Non-Photographic content of said source image.