1. A method for manipulating a light-field image, the method comprising: in a data store, receiving the light-field image after the light-field image has been captured by a light-field image capture device; in a processor, generating a first refocus image pool comprising a plurality of refocus images based on the light-field image; and in the processor, using the first refocus image pool to compress the light-field image to generate a bitstream, smaller than the light-field image, that is representative of the light-field image.