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+libjpeg-turbo note: This is the legacy document from the original libjpeg v6b |
+release, which is included for reference. The Internet addresses given below |
+are likely non-functional. For more information about the libjpeg project, |
+please see http://www.ijg.org. For more information about libjpeg-turbo, |
+please see http://libjpeg-turbo.virtualgl.org. |
+ |
+ |
+The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software |
+========================================== |
+ |
+README for release 6b of 27-Mar-1998 |
+==================================== |
+ |
+This distribution contains the sixth public release of the Independent JPEG |
+Group's free JPEG software. You are welcome to redistribute this software and |
+to use it for any purpose, subject to the conditions under LEGAL ISSUES, below. |
+ |
+Serious users of this software (particularly those incorporating it into |
+larger programs) should contact IJG at jpeg-info@uunet.uu.net to be added to |
+our electronic mailing list. Mailing list members are notified of updates |
+and have a chance to participate in technical discussions, etc. |
+ |
+This software is the work of Tom Lane, Philip Gladstone, Jim Boucher, |
+Lee Crocker, Julian Minguillon, Luis Ortiz, George Phillips, Davide Rossi, |
+Guido Vollbeding, Ge' Weijers, and other members of the Independent JPEG |
+Group. |
+ |
+IJG is not affiliated with the official ISO JPEG standards committee. |
+ |
+ |
+DOCUMENTATION ROADMAP |
+===================== |
+ |
+This file contains the following sections: |
+ |
+OVERVIEW General description of JPEG and the IJG software. |
+LEGAL ISSUES Copyright, lack of warranty, terms of distribution. |
+REFERENCES Where to learn more about JPEG. |
+ARCHIVE LOCATIONS Where to find newer versions of this software. |
+RELATED SOFTWARE Other stuff you should get. |
+FILE FORMAT WARS Software *not* to get. |
+TO DO Plans for future IJG releases. |
+ |
+Other documentation files in the distribution are: |
+ |
+User documentation: |
+ install.doc How to configure and install the IJG software. |
+ usage.doc Usage instructions for cjpeg, djpeg, jpegtran, |
+ rdjpgcom, and wrjpgcom. |
+ *.1 Unix-style man pages for programs (same info as usage.doc). |
+ wizard.doc Advanced usage instructions for JPEG wizards only. |
+ change.log Version-to-version change highlights. |
+Programmer and internal documentation: |
+ libjpeg.doc How to use the JPEG library in your own programs. |
+ example.c Sample code for calling the JPEG library. |
+ structure.doc Overview of the JPEG library's internal structure. |
+ filelist.doc Road map of IJG files. |
+ coderules.doc Coding style rules --- please read if you contribute code. |
+ |
+Please read at least the files install.doc and usage.doc. Useful information |
+can also be found in the JPEG FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) article. See |
+ARCHIVE LOCATIONS below to find out where to obtain the FAQ article. |
+ |
+If you want to understand how the JPEG code works, we suggest reading one or |
+more of the REFERENCES, then looking at the documentation files (in roughly |
+the order listed) before diving into the code. |
+ |
+ |
+OVERVIEW |
+======== |
+ |
+This package contains C software to implement JPEG image compression and |
+decompression. JPEG (pronounced "jay-peg") is a standardized compression |
+method for full-color and gray-scale images. JPEG is intended for compressing |
+"real-world" scenes; line drawings, cartoons and other non-realistic images |
+are not its strong suit. JPEG is lossy, meaning that the output image is not |
+exactly identical to the input image. Hence you must not use JPEG if you |
+have to have identical output bits. However, on typical photographic images, |
+very good compression levels can be obtained with no visible change, and |
+remarkably high compression levels are possible if you can tolerate a |
+low-quality image. For more details, see the references, or just experiment |
+with various compression settings. |
+ |
+This software implements JPEG baseline, extended-sequential, and progressive |
+compression processes. Provision is made for supporting all variants of these |
+processes, although some uncommon parameter settings aren't implemented yet. |
+For legal reasons, we are not distributing code for the arithmetic-coding |
+variants of JPEG; see LEGAL ISSUES. We have made no provision for supporting |
+the hierarchical or lossless processes defined in the standard. |
+ |
+We provide a set of library routines for reading and writing JPEG image files, |
+plus two sample applications "cjpeg" and "djpeg", which use the library to |
+perform conversion between JPEG and some other popular image file formats. |
+The library is intended to be reused in other applications. |
+ |
+In order to support file conversion and viewing software, we have included |
+considerable functionality beyond the bare JPEG coding/decoding capability; |
+for example, the color quantization modules are not strictly part of JPEG |
+decoding, but they are essential for output to colormapped file formats or |
+colormapped displays. These extra functions can be compiled out of the |
+library if not required for a particular application. We have also included |
+"jpegtran", a utility for lossless transcoding between different JPEG |
+processes, and "rdjpgcom" and "wrjpgcom", two simple applications for |
+inserting and extracting textual comments in JFIF files. |
+ |
+The emphasis in designing this software has been on achieving portability and |
+flexibility, while also making it fast enough to be useful. In particular, |
+the software is not intended to be read as a tutorial on JPEG. (See the |
+REFERENCES section for introductory material.) Rather, it is intended to |
+be reliable, portable, industrial-strength code. We do not claim to have |
+achieved that goal in every aspect of the software, but we strive for it. |
+ |
+We welcome the use of this software as a component of commercial products. |
+No royalty is required, but we do ask for an acknowledgement in product |
+documentation, as described under LEGAL ISSUES. |
+ |
+ |
+LEGAL ISSUES |
+============ |
+ |
+In plain English: |
+ |
+1. We don't promise that this software works. (But if you find any bugs, |
+ please let us know!) |
+2. You can use this software for whatever you want. You don't have to pay us. |
+3. You may not pretend that you wrote this software. If you use it in a |
+ program, you must acknowledge somewhere in your documentation that |
+ you've used the IJG code. |
+ |
+In legalese: |
+ |
+The authors make NO WARRANTY or representation, either express or implied, |
+with respect to this software, its quality, accuracy, merchantability, or |
+fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, |
+its user, assume the entire risk as to its quality and accuracy. |
+ |
+This software is copyright (C) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane. |
+All Rights Reserved except as specified below. |
+ |
+Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this |
+software (or portions thereof) for any purpose, without fee, subject to these |
+conditions: |
+(1) If any part of the source code for this software is distributed, then this |
+README file must be included, with this copyright and no-warranty notice |
+unaltered; and any additions, deletions, or changes to the original files |
+must be clearly indicated in accompanying documentation. |
+(2) If only executable code is distributed, then the accompanying |
+documentation must state that "this software is based in part on the work of |
+the Independent JPEG Group". |
+(3) Permission for use of this software is granted only if the user accepts |
+full responsibility for any undesirable consequences; the authors accept |
+NO LIABILITY for damages of any kind. |
+ |
+These conditions apply to any software derived from or based on the IJG code, |
+not just to the unmodified library. If you use our work, you ought to |
+acknowledge us. |
+ |
+Permission is NOT granted for the use of any IJG author's name or company name |
+in advertising or publicity relating to this software or products derived from |
+it. This software may be referred to only as "the Independent JPEG Group's |
+software". |
+ |
+We specifically permit and encourage the use of this software as the basis of |
+commercial products, provided that all warranty or liability claims are |
+assumed by the product vendor. |
+ |
+ |
+ansi2knr.c is included in this distribution by permission of L. Peter Deutsch, |
+sole proprietor of its copyright holder, Aladdin Enterprises of Menlo Park, CA. |
+ansi2knr.c is NOT covered by the above copyright and conditions, but instead |
+by the usual distribution terms of the Free Software Foundation; principally, |
+that you must include source code if you redistribute it. (See the file |
+ansi2knr.c for full details.) However, since ansi2knr.c is not needed as part |
+of any program generated from the IJG code, this does not limit you more than |
+the foregoing paragraphs do. |
+ |
+The Unix configuration script "configure" was produced with GNU Autoconf. |
+It is copyright by the Free Software Foundation but is freely distributable. |
+The same holds for its supporting scripts (config.guess, config.sub, |
+ltconfig, ltmain.sh). Another support script, install-sh, is copyright |
+by M.I.T. but is also freely distributable. |
+ |
+It appears that the arithmetic coding option of the JPEG spec is covered by |
+patents owned by IBM, AT&T, and Mitsubishi. Hence arithmetic coding cannot |
+legally be used without obtaining one or more licenses. For this reason, |
+support for arithmetic coding has been removed from the free JPEG software. |
+(Since arithmetic coding provides only a marginal gain over the unpatented |
+Huffman mode, it is unlikely that very many implementations will support it.) |
+So far as we are aware, there are no patent restrictions on the remaining |
+code. |
+ |
+The IJG distribution formerly included code to read and write GIF files. |
+To avoid entanglement with the Unisys LZW patent, GIF reading support has |
+been removed altogether, and the GIF writer has been simplified to produce |
+"uncompressed GIFs". This technique does not use the LZW algorithm; the |
+resulting GIF files are larger than usual, but are readable by all standard |
+GIF decoders. |
+ |
+We are required to state that |
+ "The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of |
+ CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of |
+ CompuServe Incorporated." |
+ |
+ |
+REFERENCES |
+========== |
+ |
+We highly recommend reading one or more of these references before trying to |
+understand the innards of the JPEG software. |
+ |
+The best short technical introduction to the JPEG compression algorithm is |
+ Wallace, Gregory K. "The JPEG Still Picture Compression Standard", |
+ Communications of the ACM, April 1991 (vol. 34 no. 4), pp. 30-44. |
+(Adjacent articles in that issue discuss MPEG motion picture compression, |
+applications of JPEG, and related topics.) If you don't have the CACM issue |
+handy, a PostScript file containing a revised version of Wallace's article is |
+available at ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/wallace.ps.gz. The file (actually |
+a preprint for an article that appeared in IEEE Trans. Consumer Electronics) |
+omits the sample images that appeared in CACM, but it includes corrections |
+and some added material. Note: the Wallace article is copyright ACM and IEEE, |
+and it may not be used for commercial purposes. |
+ |
+A somewhat less technical, more leisurely introduction to JPEG can be found in |
+"The Data Compression Book" by Mark Nelson and Jean-loup Gailly, published by |
+M&T Books (New York), 2nd ed. 1996, ISBN 1-55851-434-1. This book provides |
+good explanations and example C code for a multitude of compression methods |
+including JPEG. It is an excellent source if you are comfortable reading C |
+code but don't know much about data compression in general. The book's JPEG |
+sample code is far from industrial-strength, but when you are ready to look |
+at a full implementation, you've got one here... |
+ |
+The best full description of JPEG is the textbook "JPEG Still Image Data |
+Compression Standard" by William B. Pennebaker and Joan L. Mitchell, published |
+by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993, ISBN 0-442-01272-1. Price US$59.95, 638 pp. |
+The book includes the complete text of the ISO JPEG standards (DIS 10918-1 |
+and draft DIS 10918-2). This is by far the most complete exposition of JPEG |
+in existence, and we highly recommend it. |
+ |
+The JPEG standard itself is not available electronically; you must order a |
+paper copy through ISO or ITU. (Unless you feel a need to own a certified |
+official copy, we recommend buying the Pennebaker and Mitchell book instead; |
+it's much cheaper and includes a great deal of useful explanatory material.) |
+In the USA, copies of the standard may be ordered from ANSI Sales at (212) |
+642-4900, or from Global Engineering Documents at (800) 854-7179. (ANSI |
+doesn't take credit card orders, but Global does.) It's not cheap: as of |
+1992, ANSI was charging $95 for Part 1 and $47 for Part 2, plus 7% |
+shipping/handling. The standard is divided into two parts, Part 1 being the |
+actual specification, while Part 2 covers compliance testing methods. Part 1 |
+is titled "Digital Compression and Coding of Continuous-tone Still Images, |
+Part 1: Requirements and guidelines" and has document numbers ISO/IEC IS |
+10918-1, ITU-T T.81. Part 2 is titled "Digital Compression and Coding of |
+Continuous-tone Still Images, Part 2: Compliance testing" and has document |
+numbers ISO/IEC IS 10918-2, ITU-T T.83. |
+ |
+Some extensions to the original JPEG standard are defined in JPEG Part 3, |
+a newer ISO standard numbered ISO/IEC IS 10918-3 and ITU-T T.84. IJG |
+currently does not support any Part 3 extensions. |
+ |
+The JPEG standard does not specify all details of an interchangeable file |
+format. For the omitted details we follow the "JFIF" conventions, revision |
+1.02. A copy of the JFIF spec is available from: |
+ Literature Department |
+ C-Cube Microsystems, Inc. |
+ 1778 McCarthy Blvd. |
+ Milpitas, CA 95035 |
+ phone (408) 944-6300, fax (408) 944-6314 |
+A PostScript version of this document is available by FTP at |
+ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jfif.ps.gz. There is also a plain text |
+version at ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jfif.txt.gz, but it is missing |
+the figures. |
+ |
+The TIFF 6.0 file format specification can be obtained by FTP from |
+ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff/TIFF6.ps.gz. The JPEG incorporation scheme |
+found in the TIFF 6.0 spec of 3-June-92 has a number of serious problems. |
+IJG does not recommend use of the TIFF 6.0 design (TIFF Compression tag 6). |
+Instead, we recommend the JPEG design proposed by TIFF Technical Note #2 |
+(Compression tag 7). Copies of this Note can be obtained from ftp.sgi.com or |
+from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/. It is expected that the next revision |
+of the TIFF spec will replace the 6.0 JPEG design with the Note's design. |
+Although IJG's own code does not support TIFF/JPEG, the free libtiff library |
+uses our library to implement TIFF/JPEG per the Note. libtiff is available |
+from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff/. |
+ |
+ |
+ARCHIVE LOCATIONS |
+================= |
+ |
+The "official" archive site for this software is ftp.uu.net (Internet |
+address 192.48.96.9). The most recent released version can always be found |
+there in directory graphics/jpeg. This particular version will be archived |
+as ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz. If you don't have |
+direct Internet access, UUNET's archives are also available via UUCP; contact |
+help@uunet.uu.net for information on retrieving files that way. |
+ |
+Numerous Internet sites maintain copies of the UUNET files. However, only |
+ftp.uu.net is guaranteed to have the latest official version. |
+ |
+You can also obtain this software in DOS-compatible "zip" archive format from |
+the SimTel archives (ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/), or |
+on CompuServe in the Graphics Support forum (GO CIS:GRAPHSUP), library 12 |
+"JPEG Tools". Again, these versions may sometimes lag behind the ftp.uu.net |
+release. |
+ |
+The JPEG FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) article is a useful source of |
+general information about JPEG. It is updated constantly and therefore is |
+not included in this distribution. The FAQ is posted every two weeks to |
+Usenet newsgroups comp.graphics.misc, news.answers, and other groups. |
+It is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/ |
+and other news.answers archive sites, including the official news.answers |
+archive at rtfm.mit.edu: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq/. |
+If you don't have Web or FTP access, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu |
+with body |
+ send usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq/part1 |
+ send usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq/part2 |
+ |
+ |
+RELATED SOFTWARE |
+================ |
+ |
+Numerous viewing and image manipulation programs now support JPEG. (Quite a |
+few of them use this library to do so.) The JPEG FAQ described above lists |
+some of the more popular free and shareware viewers, and tells where to |
+obtain them on Internet. |
+ |
+If you are on a Unix machine, we highly recommend Jef Poskanzer's free |
+PBMPLUS software, which provides many useful operations on PPM-format image |
+files. In particular, it can convert PPM images to and from a wide range of |
+other formats, thus making cjpeg/djpeg considerably more useful. The latest |
+version is distributed by the NetPBM group, and is available from numerous |
+sites, notably ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/NetPBM/. |
+Unfortunately PBMPLUS/NETPBM is not nearly as portable as the IJG software is; |
+you are likely to have difficulty making it work on any non-Unix machine. |
+ |
+A different free JPEG implementation, written by the PVRG group at Stanford, |
+is available from ftp://havefun.stanford.edu/pub/jpeg/. This program |
+is designed for research and experimentation rather than production use; |
+it is slower, harder to use, and less portable than the IJG code, but it |
+is easier to read and modify. Also, the PVRG code supports lossless JPEG, |
+which we do not. (On the other hand, it doesn't do progressive JPEG.) |
+ |
+ |
+FILE FORMAT WARS |
+================ |
+ |
+Some JPEG programs produce files that are not compatible with our library. |
+The root of the problem is that the ISO JPEG committee failed to specify a |
+concrete file format. Some vendors "filled in the blanks" on their own, |
+creating proprietary formats that no one else could read. (For example, none |
+of the early commercial JPEG implementations for the Macintosh were able to |
+exchange compressed files.) |
+ |
+The file format we have adopted is called JFIF (see REFERENCES). This format |
+has been agreed to by a number of major commercial JPEG vendors, and it has |
+become the de facto standard. JFIF is a minimal or "low end" representation. |
+We recommend the use of TIFF/JPEG (TIFF revision 6.0 as modified by TIFF |
+Technical Note #2) for "high end" applications that need to record a lot of |
+additional data about an image. TIFF/JPEG is fairly new and not yet widely |
+supported, unfortunately. |
+ |
+The upcoming JPEG Part 3 standard defines a file format called SPIFF. |
+SPIFF is interoperable with JFIF, in the sense that most JFIF decoders should |
+be able to read the most common variant of SPIFF. SPIFF has some technical |
+advantages over JFIF, but its major claim to fame is simply that it is an |
+official standard rather than an informal one. At this point it is unclear |
+whether SPIFF will supersede JFIF or whether JFIF will remain the de-facto |
+standard. IJG intends to support SPIFF once the standard is frozen, but we |
+have not decided whether it should become our default output format or not. |
+(In any case, our decoder will remain capable of reading JFIF indefinitely.) |
+ |
+Various proprietary file formats incorporating JPEG compression also exist. |
+We have little or no sympathy for the existence of these formats. Indeed, |
+one of the original reasons for developing this free software was to help |
+force convergence on common, open format standards for JPEG files. Don't |
+use a proprietary file format! |
+ |
+ |
+TO DO |
+===== |
+ |
+The major thrust for v7 will probably be improvement of visual quality. |
+The current method for scaling the quantization tables is known not to be |
+very good at low Q values. We also intend to investigate block boundary |
+smoothing, "poor man's variable quantization", and other means of improving |
+quality-vs-file-size performance without sacrificing compatibility. |
+ |
+In future versions, we are considering supporting some of the upcoming JPEG |
+Part 3 extensions --- principally, variable quantization and the SPIFF file |
+format. |
+ |
+As always, speeding things up is of great interest. |
+ |
+Please send bug reports, offers of help, etc. to jpeg-info@uunet.uu.net. |