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+Advanced usage instructions for the Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software |
+========================================================================== |
+ |
+This file describes cjpeg's "switches for wizards". |
+ |
+The "wizard" switches are intended for experimentation with JPEG by persons |
+who are reasonably knowledgeable about the JPEG standard. If you don't know |
+what you are doing, DON'T USE THESE SWITCHES. You'll likely produce files |
+with worse image quality and/or poorer compression than you'd get from the |
+default settings. Furthermore, these switches must be used with caution |
+when making files intended for general use, because not all JPEG decoders |
+will support unusual JPEG parameter settings. |
+ |
+ |
+Quantization Table Adjustment |
+----------------------------- |
+ |
+Ordinarily, cjpeg starts with a default set of tables (the same ones given |
+as examples in the JPEG standard) and scales them up or down according to |
+the -quality setting. The details of the scaling algorithm can be found in |
+jcparam.c. At very low quality settings, some quantization table entries |
+can get scaled up to values exceeding 255. Although 2-byte quantization |
+values are supported by the IJG software, this feature is not in baseline |
+JPEG and is not supported by all implementations. If you need to ensure |
+wide compatibility of low-quality files, you can constrain the scaled |
+quantization values to no more than 255 by giving the -baseline switch. |
+Note that use of -baseline will result in poorer quality for the same file |
+size, since more bits than necessary are expended on higher AC coefficients. |
+ |
+You can substitute a different set of quantization values by using the |
+-qtables switch: |
+ |
+ -qtables file Use the quantization tables given in the named file. |
+ |
+The specified file should be a text file containing decimal quantization |
+values. The file should contain one to four tables, each of 64 elements. |
+The tables are implicitly numbered 0,1,etc. in order of appearance. Table |
+entries appear in normal array order (NOT in the zigzag order in which they |
+will be stored in the JPEG file). |
+ |
+Quantization table files are free format, in that arbitrary whitespace can |
+appear between numbers. Also, comments can be included: a comment starts |
+with '#' and extends to the end of the line. Here is an example file that |
+duplicates the default quantization tables: |
+ |
+ # Quantization tables given in JPEG spec, section K.1 |
+ |
+ # This is table 0 (the luminance table): |
+ 16 11 10 16 24 40 51 61 |
+ 12 12 14 19 26 58 60 55 |
+ 14 13 16 24 40 57 69 56 |
+ 14 17 22 29 51 87 80 62 |
+ 18 22 37 56 68 109 103 77 |
+ 24 35 55 64 81 104 113 92 |
+ 49 64 78 87 103 121 120 101 |
+ 72 92 95 98 112 100 103 99 |
+ |
+ # This is table 1 (the chrominance table): |
+ 17 18 24 47 99 99 99 99 |
+ 18 21 26 66 99 99 99 99 |
+ 24 26 56 99 99 99 99 99 |
+ 47 66 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
+ 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
+ 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
+ 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
+ 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 |
+ |
+If the -qtables switch is used without -quality, then the specified tables |
+are used exactly as-is. If both -qtables and -quality are used, then the |
+tables taken from the file are scaled in the same fashion that the default |
+tables would be scaled for that quality setting. If -baseline appears, then |
+the quantization values are constrained to the range 1-255. |
+ |
+By default, cjpeg will use quantization table 0 for luminance components and |
+table 1 for chrominance components. To override this choice, use the -qslots |
+switch: |
+ |
+ -qslots N[,...] Select which quantization table to use for |
+ each color component. |
+ |
+The -qslots switch specifies a quantization table number for each color |
+component, in the order in which the components appear in the JPEG SOF marker. |
+For example, to create a separate table for each of Y,Cb,Cr, you could |
+provide a -qtables file that defines three quantization tables and say |
+"-qslots 0,1,2". If -qslots gives fewer table numbers than there are color |
+components, then the last table number is repeated as necessary. |
+ |
+ |
+Sampling Factor Adjustment |
+-------------------------- |
+ |
+By default, cjpeg uses 2:1 horizontal and vertical downsampling when |
+compressing YCbCr data, and no downsampling for all other color spaces. |
+You can override this default with the -sample switch: |
+ |
+ -sample HxV[,...] Set JPEG sampling factors for each color |
+ component. |
+ |
+The -sample switch specifies the JPEG sampling factors for each color |
+component, in the order in which they appear in the JPEG SOF marker. |
+If you specify fewer HxV pairs than there are components, the remaining |
+components are set to 1x1 sampling. For example, the default YCbCr setting |
+is equivalent to "-sample 2x2,1x1,1x1", which can be abbreviated to |
+"-sample 2x2". |
+ |
+There are still some JPEG decoders in existence that support only 2x1 |
+sampling (also called 4:2:2 sampling). Compatibility with such decoders can |
+be achieved by specifying "-sample 2x1". This is not recommended unless |
+really necessary, since it increases file size and encoding/decoding time |
+with very little quality gain. |
+ |
+ |
+Multiple Scan / Progression Control |
+----------------------------------- |
+ |
+By default, cjpeg emits a single-scan sequential JPEG file. The |
+-progressive switch generates a progressive JPEG file using a default series |
+of progression parameters. You can create multiple-scan sequential JPEG |
+files or progressive JPEG files with custom progression parameters by using |
+the -scans switch: |
+ |
+ -scans file Use the scan sequence given in the named file. |
+ |
+The specified file should be a text file containing a "scan script". |
+The script specifies the contents and ordering of the scans to be emitted. |
+Each entry in the script defines one scan. A scan definition specifies |
+the components to be included in the scan, and for progressive JPEG it also |
+specifies the progression parameters Ss,Se,Ah,Al for the scan. Scan |
+definitions are separated by semicolons (';'). A semicolon after the last |
+scan definition is optional. |
+ |
+Each scan definition contains one to four component indexes, optionally |
+followed by a colon (':') and the four progressive-JPEG parameters. The |
+component indexes denote which color component(s) are to be transmitted in |
+the scan. Components are numbered in the order in which they appear in the |
+JPEG SOF marker, with the first component being numbered 0. (Note that these |
+indexes are not the "component ID" codes assigned to the components, just |
+positional indexes.) |
+ |
+The progression parameters for each scan are: |
+ Ss Zigzag index of first coefficient included in scan |
+ Se Zigzag index of last coefficient included in scan |
+ Ah Zero for first scan of a coefficient, else Al of prior scan |
+ Al Successive approximation low bit position for scan |
+If the progression parameters are omitted, the values 0,63,0,0 are used, |
+producing a sequential JPEG file. cjpeg automatically determines whether |
+the script represents a progressive or sequential file, by observing whether |
+Ss and Se values other than 0 and 63 appear. (The -progressive switch is |
+not needed to specify this; in fact, it is ignored when -scans appears.) |
+The scan script must meet the JPEG restrictions on progression sequences. |
+(cjpeg checks that the spec's requirements are obeyed.) |
+ |
+Scan script files are free format, in that arbitrary whitespace can appear |
+between numbers and around punctuation. Also, comments can be included: a |
+comment starts with '#' and extends to the end of the line. For additional |
+legibility, commas or dashes can be placed between values. (Actually, any |
+single punctuation character other than ':' or ';' can be inserted.) For |
+example, the following two scan definitions are equivalent: |
+ 0 1 2: 0 63 0 0; |
+ 0,1,2 : 0-63, 0,0 ; |
+ |
+Here is an example of a scan script that generates a partially interleaved |
+sequential JPEG file: |
+ |
+ 0; # Y only in first scan |
+ 1 2; # Cb and Cr in second scan |
+ |
+Here is an example of a progressive scan script using only spectral selection |
+(no successive approximation): |
+ |
+ # Interleaved DC scan for Y,Cb,Cr: |
+ 0,1,2: 0-0, 0, 0 ; |
+ # AC scans: |
+ 0: 1-2, 0, 0 ; # First two Y AC coefficients |
+ 0: 3-5, 0, 0 ; # Three more |
+ 1: 1-63, 0, 0 ; # All AC coefficients for Cb |
+ 2: 1-63, 0, 0 ; # All AC coefficients for Cr |
+ 0: 6-9, 0, 0 ; # More Y coefficients |
+ 0: 10-63, 0, 0 ; # Remaining Y coefficients |
+ |
+Here is an example of a successive-approximation script. This is equivalent |
+to the default script used by "cjpeg -progressive" for YCbCr images: |
+ |
+ # Initial DC scan for Y,Cb,Cr (lowest bit not sent) |
+ 0,1,2: 0-0, 0, 1 ; |
+ # First AC scan: send first 5 Y AC coefficients, minus 2 lowest bits: |
+ 0: 1-5, 0, 2 ; |
+ # Send all Cr,Cb AC coefficients, minus lowest bit: |
+ # (chroma data is usually too small to be worth subdividing further; |
+ # but note we send Cr first since eye is least sensitive to Cb) |
+ 2: 1-63, 0, 1 ; |
+ 1: 1-63, 0, 1 ; |
+ # Send remaining Y AC coefficients, minus 2 lowest bits: |
+ 0: 6-63, 0, 2 ; |
+ # Send next-to-lowest bit of all Y AC coefficients: |
+ 0: 1-63, 2, 1 ; |
+ # At this point we've sent all but the lowest bit of all coefficients. |
+ # Send lowest bit of DC coefficients |
+ 0,1,2: 0-0, 1, 0 ; |
+ # Send lowest bit of AC coefficients |
+ 2: 1-63, 1, 0 ; |
+ 1: 1-63, 1, 0 ; |
+ # Y AC lowest bit scan is last; it's usually the largest scan |
+ 0: 1-63, 1, 0 ; |
+ |
+It may be worth pointing out that this script is tuned for quality settings |
+of around 50 to 75. For lower quality settings, you'd probably want to use |
+a script with fewer stages of successive approximation (otherwise the |
+initial scans will be really bad). For higher quality settings, you might |
+want to use more stages of successive approximation (so that the initial |
+scans are not too large). |