1. A method for compressing an image projected from light field data acquired through a microlens array, the method comprising: retrieving an image projected from light field data, wherein the image comprises a plurality of pixel clusters, each of which encodes a portion of the light field data corresponding to a microlens of the microlens array; at a processor, retiling the image to generate a retiled image comprising a plurality of retiled pixel clusters, each of which comprises a pixel from each of the pixel clusters; and at the processor, applying an image compression algorithm to the retiled image to generate a compressed image.