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2005.03.22 20:25 "Re: tif_jpeg.c and 12bit JPEG Files", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, David Gilbert wrote: > > Bob Friesenhahn writes: > > > > The only way that makes sense is for 12 bit samples to be > > returned the same as for an uncompressed 12 bit TIFF file. > > Likewise, 12 bit samples should be consumed so that the only > > thing special the library user needs to do is request JPEG > > compression, and possibly JPEG RGB mode. > > Well... the "issue" is that the jpeg library treats 12 bit samples as > 12 bit stored in 16 bit integers. JPEG's transformation uses 16 bit > ints for the math anyways ... so someone has to do the upsampling. > Both the classic and the MK1 jpeg expect the user to do this. This is not really compatible with the way the libtiff interfaces work. Libtiff normally provides the data as a scanline, strip, or tile where the bits-per-sample of the data is the same as reported by libtiff, and the values occupy the full range of the sample. As part of the "decompress" step, the data should be converted to packed 12-bit form. This can easily be done "in-place" if necessary while reading since 12-bits is smaller than 16-bits. A secondary buffer would be needed while writing. In order to make 12-bit JPEG in TIFF available to a broader variety of applications, an option could be provided via a virtual tag (similar to that used by the LogLuv support) to set libtiff in a mode where 12-bit JPEG in TIFF pretends to be a 16-bit format. 12-bit JPEG in TIFF files would be reported as 16-bits/sample. In this case the samples should be scaled to 16-bits. The only change necessary for applications already supporting 16-bit TIFF is to set the option requesting that 12-bit TIFF be supported like 16-bit TIFF. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/