The invention relates to a method for encoding a digital image, in which method the digital image is divided into blocks (C, L, U, UL, UR). In the method a spatial prediction for a block (C) is performed to reduce the amount of information to be transmitted, wherein at least one prediction method (P1-P13)...http://www.google.es/patents/US6907142?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US6907142 - Method for encoding images, and an image coder