  Data is compressed by reducing its redundancy, but this also makes the data
less reliable, more prone to errors. In this paper a novel approach of image
compression based on a new method that has been created for image compression
which is called Five Modulus Method (FMM). The new method consists of
converting each pixel value in an 8-by-8 block into a multiple of 5 for each of
the R, G and B arrays. After that, the new values could be divided by 5 to get
new values which are 6-bit length for each pixel and it is less in storage
space than the original value which is 8-bits. Also, a new protocol for
compression of the new values as a stream of bits has been presented that gives
the opportunity to store and transfer the new compressed image easily.
