This document presents a project report on image compression using discrete cosine transform (DCT) and adaptive Huffman coding, highlighting methods for both lossless and lossy compression. It discusses performance metrics such as compression ratio (CR) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), and summarizes the JPEG standard's methodology for image encoding. The research illustrates the significance of efficient image compression in digital processing and emphasizes the importance of minimizing data loss while maximizing image quality.