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| 1 Advanced usage instructions for the Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software |
| 2 ========================================================================== |
| 3 |
| 4 This file describes cjpeg's "switches for wizards". |
| 5 |
| 6 The "wizard" switches are intended for experimentation with JPEG by persons |
| 7 who are reasonably knowledgeable about the JPEG standard. If you don't know |
| 8 what you are doing, DON'T USE THESE SWITCHES. You'll likely produce files |
| 9 with worse image quality and/or poorer compression than you'd get from the |
| 10 default settings. Furthermore, these switches must be used with caution |
| 11 when making files intended for general use, because not all JPEG decoders |
| 12 will support unusual JPEG parameter settings. |
| 13 |
| 14 |
| 15 Quantization Table Adjustment |
| 16 ----------------------------- |
| 17 |
| 18 Ordinarily, cjpeg starts with a default set of tables (the same ones given |
| 19 as examples in the JPEG standard) and scales them up or down according to |
| 20 the -quality setting. The details of the scaling algorithm can be found in |
| 21 jcparam.c. At very low quality settings, some quantization table entries |
| 22 can get scaled up to values exceeding 255. Although 2-byte quantization |
| 23 values are supported by the IJG software, this feature is not in baseline |
| 24 JPEG and is not supported by all implementations. If you need to ensure |
| 25 wide compatibility of low-quality files, you can constrain the scaled |
| 26 quantization values to no more than 255 by giving the -baseline switch. |
| 27 Note that use of -baseline will result in poorer quality for the same file |
| 28 size, since more bits than necessary are expended on higher AC coefficients. |
| 29 |
| 30 You can substitute a different set of quantization values by using the |
| 31 -qtables switch: |
| 32 |
| 33 -qtables file Use the quantization tables given in the named file. |
| 34 |
| 35 The specified file should be a text file containing decimal quantization |
| 36 values. The file should contain one to four tables, each of 64 elements. |
| 37 The tables are implicitly numbered 0,1,etc. in order of appearance. Table |
| 38 entries appear in normal array order (NOT in the zigzag order in which they |
| 39 will be stored in the JPEG file). |
| 40 |
| 41 Quantization table files are free format, in that arbitrary whitespace can |
| 42 appear between numbers. Also, comments can be included: a comment starts |
| 43 with '#' and extends to the end of the line. Here is an example file that |
| 44 duplicates the default quantization tables: |
| 45 |
| 46 # Quantization tables given in JPEG spec, section K.1 |
| 47 |
| 48 # This is table 0 (the luminance table): |
| 49 16 11 10 16 24 40 51 61 |
| 50 12 12 14 19 26 58 60 55 |
| 51 14 13 16 24 40 57 69 56 |
| 52 14 17 22 29 51 87 80 62 |
| 53 18 22 37 56 68 109 103 77 |
| 54 24 35 55 64 81 104 113 92 |
| 55 49 64 78 87 103 121 120 101 |
| 56 72 92 95 98 112 100 103 99 |
| 57 |
| 58 # This is table 1 (the chrominance table): |
| 59 17 18 24 47 99 99 99 99 |
| 60 18 21 26 66 99 99 99 99 |
| 61 24 26 56 99 99 99 99 99 |
| 62 47 66 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
| 63 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
| 64 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
| 65 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
| 66 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
| 67 |
| 68 If the -qtables switch is used without -quality, then the specified tables |
| 69 are used exactly as-is. If both -qtables and -quality are used, then the |
| 70 tables taken from the file are scaled in the same fashion that the default |
| 71 tables would be scaled for that quality setting. If -baseline appears, then |
| 72 the quantization values are constrained to the range 1-255. |
| 73 |
| 74 By default, cjpeg will use quantization table 0 for luminance components and |
| 75 table 1 for chrominance components. To override this choice, use the -qslots |
| 76 switch: |
| 77 |
| 78 -qslots N[,...] Select which quantization table to use for |
| 79 each color component. |
| 80 |
| 81 The -qslots switch specifies a quantization table number for each color |
| 82 component, in the order in which the components appear in the JPEG SOF marker. |
| 83 For example, to create a separate table for each of Y,Cb,Cr, you could |
| 84 provide a -qtables file that defines three quantization tables and say |
| 85 "-qslots 0,1,2". If -qslots gives fewer table numbers than there are color |
| 86 components, then the last table number is repeated as necessary. |
| 87 |
| 88 |
| 89 Sampling Factor Adjustment |
| 90 -------------------------- |
| 91 |
| 92 By default, cjpeg uses 2:1 horizontal and vertical downsampling when |
| 93 compressing YCbCr data, and no downsampling for all other color spaces. |
| 94 You can override this default with the -sample switch: |
| 95 |
| 96 -sample HxV[,...] Set JPEG sampling factors for each color |
| 97 component. |
| 98 |
| 99 The -sample switch specifies the JPEG sampling factors for each color |
| 100 component, in the order in which they appear in the JPEG SOF marker. |
| 101 If you specify fewer HxV pairs than there are components, the remaining |
| 102 components are set to 1x1 sampling. For example, the default YCbCr setting |
| 103 is equivalent to "-sample 2x2,1x1,1x1", which can be abbreviated to |
| 104 "-sample 2x2". |
| 105 |
| 106 There are still some JPEG decoders in existence that support only 2x1 |
| 107 sampling (also called 4:2:2 sampling). Compatibility with such decoders can |
| 108 be achieved by specifying "-sample 2x1". This is not recommended unless |
| 109 really necessary, since it increases file size and encoding/decoding time |
| 110 with very little quality gain. |
| 111 |
| 112 |
| 113 Multiple Scan / Progression Control |
| 114 ----------------------------------- |
| 115 |
| 116 By default, cjpeg emits a single-scan sequential JPEG file. The |
| 117 -progressive switch generates a progressive JPEG file using a default series |
| 118 of progression parameters. You can create multiple-scan sequential JPEG |
| 119 files or progressive JPEG files with custom progression parameters by using |
| 120 the -scans switch: |
| 121 |
| 122 -scans file Use the scan sequence given in the named file. |
| 123 |
| 124 The specified file should be a text file containing a "scan script". |
| 125 The script specifies the contents and ordering of the scans to be emitted. |
| 126 Each entry in the script defines one scan. A scan definition specifies |
| 127 the components to be included in the scan, and for progressive JPEG it also |
| 128 specifies the progression parameters Ss,Se,Ah,Al for the scan. Scan |
| 129 definitions are separated by semicolons (';'). A semicolon after the last |
| 130 scan definition is optional. |
| 131 |
| 132 Each scan definition contains one to four component indexes, optionally |
| 133 followed by a colon (':') and the four progressive-JPEG parameters. The |
| 134 component indexes denote which color component(s) are to be transmitted in |
| 135 the scan. Components are numbered in the order in which they appear in the |
| 136 JPEG SOF marker, with the first component being numbered 0. (Note that these |
| 137 indexes are not the "component ID" codes assigned to the components, just |
| 138 positional indexes.) |
| 139 |
| 140 The progression parameters for each scan are: |
| 141 Ss Zigzag index of first coefficient included in scan |
| 142 Se Zigzag index of last coefficient included in scan |
| 143 Ah Zero for first scan of a coefficient, else Al of prior scan |
| 144 Al Successive approximation low bit position for scan |
| 145 If the progression parameters are omitted, the values 0,63,0,0 are used, |
| 146 producing a sequential JPEG file. cjpeg automatically determines whether |
| 147 the script represents a progressive or sequential file, by observing whether |
| 148 Ss and Se values other than 0 and 63 appear. (The -progressive switch is |
| 149 not needed to specify this; in fact, it is ignored when -scans appears.) |
| 150 The scan script must meet the JPEG restrictions on progression sequences. |
| 151 (cjpeg checks that the spec's requirements are obeyed.) |
| 152 |
| 153 Scan script files are free format, in that arbitrary whitespace can appear |
| 154 between numbers and around punctuation. Also, comments can be included: a |
| 155 comment starts with '#' and extends to the end of the line. For additional |
| 156 legibility, commas or dashes can be placed between values. (Actually, any |
| 157 single punctuation character other than ':' or ';' can be inserted.) For |
| 158 example, the following two scan definitions are equivalent: |
| 159 0 1 2: 0 63 0 0; |
| 160 0,1,2 : 0-63, 0,0 ; |
| 161 |
| 162 Here is an example of a scan script that generates a partially interleaved |
| 163 sequential JPEG file: |
| 164 |
| 165 0; # Y only in first scan |
| 166 1 2; # Cb and Cr in second scan |
| 167 |
| 168 Here is an example of a progressive scan script using only spectral selection |
| 169 (no successive approximation): |
| 170 |
| 171 # Interleaved DC scan for Y,Cb,Cr: |
| 172 0,1,2: 0-0, 0, 0 ; |
| 173 # AC scans: |
| 174 0: 1-2, 0, 0 ; # First two Y AC coefficients |
| 175 0: 3-5, 0, 0 ; # Three more |
| 176 1: 1-63, 0, 0 ; # All AC coefficients for Cb |
| 177 2: 1-63, 0, 0 ; # All AC coefficients for Cr |
| 178 0: 6-9, 0, 0 ; # More Y coefficients |
| 179 0: 10-63, 0, 0 ; # Remaining Y coefficients |
| 180 |
| 181 Here is an example of a successive-approximation script. This is equivalent |
| 182 to the default script used by "cjpeg -progressive" for YCbCr images: |
| 183 |
| 184 # Initial DC scan for Y,Cb,Cr (lowest bit not sent) |
| 185 0,1,2: 0-0, 0, 1 ; |
| 186 # First AC scan: send first 5 Y AC coefficients, minus 2 lowest bits: |
| 187 0: 1-5, 0, 2 ; |
| 188 # Send all Cr,Cb AC coefficients, minus lowest bit: |
| 189 # (chroma data is usually too small to be worth subdividing further; |
| 190 # but note we send Cr first since eye is least sensitive to Cb) |
| 191 2: 1-63, 0, 1 ; |
| 192 1: 1-63, 0, 1 ; |
| 193 # Send remaining Y AC coefficients, minus 2 lowest bits: |
| 194 0: 6-63, 0, 2 ; |
| 195 # Send next-to-lowest bit of all Y AC coefficients: |
| 196 0: 1-63, 2, 1 ; |
| 197 # At this point we've sent all but the lowest bit of all coefficients. |
| 198 # Send lowest bit of DC coefficients |
| 199 0,1,2: 0-0, 1, 0 ; |
| 200 # Send lowest bit of AC coefficients |
| 201 2: 1-63, 1, 0 ; |
| 202 1: 1-63, 1, 0 ; |
| 203 # Y AC lowest bit scan is last; it's usually the largest scan |
| 204 0: 1-63, 1, 0 ; |
| 205 |
| 206 It may be worth pointing out that this script is tuned for quality settings |
| 207 of around 50 to 75. For lower quality settings, you'd probably want to use |
| 208 a script with fewer stages of successive approximation (otherwise the |
| 209 initial scans will be really bad). For higher quality settings, you might |
| 210 want to use more stages of successive approximation (so that the initial |
| 211 scans are not too large). |
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