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8
9Description:
10============
11
12WebP codec: library to encode and decode images in WebP format. This package
13contains the library that can be used in other programs to add WebP support,
14as well as the command line tools 'cwebp' and 'dwebp'.
15
16See http://developers.google.com/speed/webp
17
18Latest sources are available from http://www.webmproject.org/code/
19
20It is released under the same license as the WebM project.
21See http://www.webmproject.org/license/software/ or the
22file "COPYING" file for details. An additional intellectual
23property rights grant can be found in the file PATENTS.
24
25Building:
26=========
27
28Windows build:
29--------------
30
31By running:
32
33 nmake /f Makefile.vc CFG=release-static RTLIBCFG=static OBJDIR=output
34
35the directory output\release-static\(x64|x86)\bin will contain the tools
36cwebp.exe and dwebp.exe. The directory output\release-static\(x64|x86)\lib will
37contain the libwebp static library.
38The target architecture (x86/x64) is detected by Makefile.vc from the Visual
39Studio compiler (cl.exe) available in the system path.
40
41Unix build using makefile.unix:
42-------------------------------
43
44On platforms with GNU tools installed (gcc and make), running
45
46 make -f makefile.unix
47
48will build the binaries examples/cwebp and examples/dwebp, along
49with the static library src/libwebp.a. No system-wide installation
50is supplied, as this is a simple alternative to the full installation
51system based on the autoconf tools (see below).
52Please refer to the makefile.unix for additional details and customizations.
53
54Using autoconf tools:
55---------------------
56When building from git sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate the
57configure script.
58
59./configure
60make
61make install
62
63should be all you need to have the following files
64
65/usr/local/include/webp/decode.h
66/usr/local/include/webp/encode.h
67/usr/local/include/webp/types.h
68/usr/local/lib/libwebp.*
69/usr/local/bin/cwebp
70/usr/local/bin/dwebp
71
72installed.
73
74Note: The encoding and decoding libraries are compiled separately
75(as src/dec/libwebpdecode.* and src/dec/libwebpencode.*). They
76can be installed independently using a minor modification in the
77corresponding Makefile.am configure files (see comments there).
78
79SWIG bindings:
80--------------
81
82To generate language bindings from swig/libwebp.i swig-1.3
83(http://www.swig.org) is required. 2.0 may work, but has not been tested.
84
85Currently the following functions are mapped:
86Decode:
87 WebPGetDecoderVersion
88 WebPGetInfo
89 WebPDecodeRGBA
90 WebPDecodeARGB
91 WebPDecodeBGRA
92 WebPDecodeBGR
93 WebPDecodeRGB
94
95Encode:
96 WebPGetEncoderVersion
97 WebPEncodeRGBA
98 WebPEncodeBGRA
99 WebPEncodeRGB
100 WebPEncodeBGR
101 WebPEncodeLosslessRGBA
102 WebPEncodeLosslessBGRA
103 WebPEncodeLosslessRGB
104 WebPEncodeLosslessBGR
105
106Java bindings:
107
108To build the swig-generated JNI wrapper code at least JDK-1.5 (or equivalent)
109is necessary for enum support. The output is intended to be a shared object /
110DLL that can be loaded via System.loadLibrary("webp_jni").
111
112Encoding tool:
113==============
114
115The examples/ directory contains tools for encoding (cwebp) and
116decoding (dwebp) images.
117
118The easiest use should look like:
119 cwebp input.png -q 80 -o output.webp
120which will convert the input file to a WebP file using a quality factor of 80
121on a 0->100 scale (0 being the lowest quality, 100 being the best. Default
122value is 75).
123You might want to try the -lossless flag too, which will compress the source
124(in RGBA format) without any loss. The -q quality parameter will in this case
125control the amount of processing time spent trying to make the output file as
126small as possible.
127
128A longer list of options is available using the -longhelp command line flag:
129
130> cwebp -longhelp
131Usage:
132 cwebp [-preset <...>] [options] in_file [-o out_file]
133
134If input size (-s) for an image is not specified, it is assumed to be a PNG,
135JPEG or TIFF file.
136options:
137 -h / -help ............ short help
138 -H / -longhelp ........ long help
139 -q <float> ............. quality factor (0:small..100:big)
140 -alpha_q <int> ......... Transparency-compression quality (0..100).
141 -preset <string> ....... Preset setting, one of:
142 default, photo, picture,
143 drawing, icon, text
144 -preset must come first, as it overwrites other parameters.
145 -m <int> ............... compression method (0=fast, 6=slowest)
146 -segments <int> ........ number of segments to use (1..4)
147 -size <int> ............ Target size (in bytes)
148 -psnr <float> .......... Target PSNR (in dB. typically: 42)
149
150 -s <int> <int> ......... Input size (width x height) for YUV
151 -sns <int> ............. Spatial Noise Shaping (0:off, 100:max)
152 -f <int> ............... filter strength (0=off..100)
153 -sharpness <int> ....... filter sharpness (0:most .. 7:least sharp)
154 -strong ................ use strong filter instead of simple (default).
155 -nostrong .............. use simple filter instead of strong.
156 -partition_limit <int> . limit quality to fit the 512k limit on
157 the first partition (0=no degradation ... 100=full)
158 -pass <int> ............ analysis pass number (1..10)
159 -crop <x> <y> <w> <h> .. crop picture with the given rectangle
160 -resize <w> <h> ........ resize picture (after any cropping)
161 -mt .................... use multi-threading if available
162 -low_memory ............ reduce memory usage (slower encoding)
163 -map <int> ............. print map of extra info.
164 -print_psnr ............ prints averaged PSNR distortion.
165 -print_ssim ............ prints averaged SSIM distortion.
166 -print_lsim ............ prints local-similarity distortion.
167 -d <file.pgm> .......... dump the compressed output (PGM file).
168 -alpha_method <int> .... Transparency-compression method (0..1)
169 -alpha_filter <string> . predictive filtering for alpha plane.
170 One of: none, fast (default) or best.
171 -alpha_cleanup ......... Clean RGB values in transparent area.
172 -noalpha ............... discard any transparency information.
173 -lossless .............. Encode image losslessly.
174 -hint <string> ......... Specify image characteristics hint.
175 One of: photo, picture or graph
176
177 -metadata <string> ..... comma separated list of metadata to
178 copy from the input to the output if present.
179 Valid values: all, none (default), exif, iccp, xmp
180
181 -short ................. condense printed message
182 -quiet ................. don't print anything.
183 -version ............... print version number and exit.
184 -noasm ................. disable all assembly optimizations.
185 -v ..................... verbose, e.g. print encoding/decoding times
186 -progress .............. report encoding progress
187
188Experimental Options:
189 -jpeg_like ............. Roughly match expected JPEG size.
190 -af .................... auto-adjust filter strength.
191 -pre <int> ............. pre-processing filter
192
193
194The main options you might want to try in order to further tune the
195visual quality are:
196 -preset
197 -sns
198 -f
199 -m
200
201Namely:
202 * 'preset' will set up a default encoding configuration targeting a
203 particular type of input. It should appear first in the list of options,
204 so that subsequent options can take effect on top of this preset.
205 Default value is 'default'.
206 * 'sns' will progressively turn on (when going from 0 to 100) some additional
207 visual optimizations (like: segmentation map re-enforcement). This option
208 will balance the bit allocation differently. It tries to take bits from the
209 "easy" parts of the picture and use them in the "difficult" ones instead.
210 Usually, raising the sns value (at fixed -q value) leads to larger files,
211 but with better quality.
212 Typical value is around '75'.
213 * 'f' option directly links to the filtering strength used by the codec's
214 in-loop processing. The higher the value, the smoother the
215 highly-compressed area will look. This is particularly useful when aiming
216 at very small files. Typical values are around 20-30. Note that using the
217 option -strong/-nostrong will change the type of filtering. Use "-f 0" to
218 turn filtering off.
219 * 'm' controls the trade-off between encoding speed and quality. Default is 4.
220 You can try -m 5 or -m 6 to explore more (time-consuming) encoding
221 possibilities. A lower value will result in faster encoding at the expense
222 of quality.
223
224Decoding tool:
225==============
226
227There is a decoding sample in examples/dwebp.c which will take
228a .webp file and decode it to a PNG image file (amongst other formats).
229This is simply to demonstrate the use of the API. You can verify the
230file test.webp decodes to exactly the same as test_ref.ppm by using:
231
232 cd examples
233 ./dwebp test.webp -ppm -o test.ppm
234 diff test.ppm test_ref.ppm
235
236The full list of options is available using -h:
237
238> dwebp -h
239Usage: dwebp in_file [options] [-o out_file]
240
241Decodes the WebP image file to PNG format [Default]
242Use following options to convert into alternate image formats:
243 -pam ......... save the raw RGBA samples as a color PAM
244 -ppm ......... save the raw RGB samples as a color PPM
245 -pgm ......... save the raw YUV samples as a grayscale PGM
246 file with IMC4 layout.
247 -yuv ......... save the raw YUV samples in flat layout.
248
249 Other options are:
250 -version .... print version number and exit.
251 -nofancy ..... don't use the fancy YUV420 upscaler.
252 -nofilter .... disable in-loop filtering.
253 -mt .......... use multi-threading
254 -crop <x> <y> <w> <h> ... crop output with the given rectangle
255 -scale <w> <h> .......... scale the output (*after* any cropping)
256 -alpha ....... only save the alpha plane.
257 -h ....... this help message.
258 -v ....... verbose (e.g. print encoding/decoding times)
259 -noasm ....... disable all assembly optimizations.
260
261Visualization tool:
262===================
263
264There's a little self-serve visualization tool called 'vwebp' under the
265examples/ directory. It uses OpenGL to open a simple drawing window and show
266a decoded WebP file. It's not yet integrated in the automake or makefile.unix
267build system, but you can try to manually compile it using the recommendations
268at the top of the source file.
269
270Usage: 'vwebp my_picture.webp'
271
272
273Encoding API:
274=============
275
276The main encoding functions are available in the header src/webp/encode.h
277The ready-to-use ones are:
278size_t WebPEncodeRGB(const uint8_t* rgb, int width, int height, int stride,
279 float quality_factor, uint8_t** output);
280size_t WebPEncodeBGR(const uint8_t* bgr, int width, int height, int stride,
281 float quality_factor, uint8_t** output);
282size_t WebPEncodeRGBA(const uint8_t* rgba, int width, int height, int stride,
283 float quality_factor, uint8_t** output);
284size_t WebPEncodeBGRA(const uint8_t* bgra, int width, int height, int stride,
285 float quality_factor, uint8_t** output);
286
287They will convert raw RGB samples to a WebP data. The only control supplied
288is the quality factor.
289
290There are some variants for using the lossless format:
291
292size_t WebPEncodeLosslessRGB(const uint8_t* rgb, int width, int height,
293 int stride, uint8_t** output);
294size_t WebPEncodeLosslessBGR(const uint8_t* bgr, int width, int height,
295 int stride, uint8_t** output);
296size_t WebPEncodeLosslessRGBA(const uint8_t* rgba, int width, int height,
297 int stride, uint8_t** output);
298size_t WebPEncodeLosslessBGRA(const uint8_t* bgra, int width, int height,
299 int stride, uint8_t** output);
300
301Of course in this case, no quality factor is needed since the compression
302occurs without loss of the input values, at the expense of larger output sizes.
303
304Advanced encoding API:
305----------------------
306
307A more advanced API is based on the WebPConfig and WebPPicture structures.
308
309WebPConfig contains the encoding settings and is not tied to a particular
310picture.
311WebPPicture contains input data, on which some WebPConfig will be used for
312compression.
313The encoding flow looks like:
314
315-------------------------------------- BEGIN PSEUDO EXAMPLE
316
317#include <webp/encode.h>
318
319 // Setup a config, starting form a preset and tuning some additional
320 // parameters
321 WebPConfig config;
322 if (!WebPConfigPreset(&config, WEBP_PRESET_PHOTO, quality_factor))
323 return 0; // version error
324 }
325 // ... additional tuning
326 config.sns_strength = 90;
327 config.filter_sharpness = 6;
328 config_error = WebPValidateConfig(&config); // not mandatory, but useful
329
330 // Setup the input data
331 WebPPicture pic;
332 if (!WebPPictureInit(&pic)) {
333 return 0; // version error
334 }
335 pic.width = width;
336 pic.height = height;
337 // allocated picture of dimension width x height
338 if (!WebPPictureAllocate(&pic)) {
339 return 0; // memory error
340 }
341 // at this point, 'pic' has been initialized as a container,
342 // and can receive the Y/U/V samples.
343 // Alternatively, one could use ready-made import functions like
344 // WebPPictureImportRGB(), which will take care of memory allocation.
345 // In any case, past this point, one will have to call
346 // WebPPictureFree(&pic) to reclaim memory.
347
348 // Set up a byte-output write method. WebPMemoryWriter, for instance.
349 WebPMemoryWriter wrt;
350 pic.writer = MyFileWriter;
351 pic.custom_ptr = my_opaque_structure_to_make_MyFileWriter_work;
352 // initialize 'wrt' here...
353
354 // Compress!
355 int ok = WebPEncode(&config, &pic); // ok = 0 => error occurred!
356 WebPPictureFree(&pic); // must be called independently of the 'ok' result.
357
358 // output data should have been handled by the writer at that point.
359
360-------------------------------------- END PSEUDO EXAMPLE
361
362Decoding API:
363=============
364
365This is mainly just one function to call:
366
367#include "webp/decode.h"
368uint8_t* WebPDecodeRGB(const uint8_t* data, size_t data_size,
369 int* width, int* height);
370
371Please have a look at the file src/webp/decode.h for the details.
372There are variants for decoding in BGR/RGBA/ARGB/BGRA order, along with
373decoding to raw Y'CbCr samples. One can also decode the image directly into a
374pre-allocated buffer.
375
376To detect a WebP file and gather the picture's dimensions, the function:
377 int WebPGetInfo(const uint8_t* data, size_t data_size,
378 int* width, int* height);
379is supplied. No decoding is involved when using it.
380
381Incremental decoding API:
382=========================
383
384In the case when data is being progressively transmitted, pictures can still
385be incrementally decoded using a slightly more complicated API. Decoder state
386is stored into an instance of the WebPIDecoder object. This object can be
387created with the purpose of decoding either RGB or Y'CbCr samples.
388For instance:
389
390 WebPDecBuffer buffer;
391 WebPInitDecBuffer(&buffer);
392 buffer.colorspace = MODE_BGR;
393 ...
394 WebPIDecoder* idec = WebPINewDecoder(&buffer);
395
396As data is made progressively available, this incremental-decoder object
397can be used to decode the picture further. There are two (mutually exclusive)
398ways to pass freshly arrived data:
399
400either by appending the fresh bytes:
401
402 WebPIAppend(idec, fresh_data, size_of_fresh_data);
403
404or by just mentioning the new size of the transmitted data:
405
406 WebPIUpdate(idec, buffer, size_of_transmitted_buffer);
407
408Note that 'buffer' can be modified between each call to WebPIUpdate, in
409particular when the buffer is resized to accommodate larger data.
410
411These functions will return the decoding status: either VP8_STATUS_SUSPENDED if
412decoding is not finished yet or VP8_STATUS_OK when decoding is done. Any other
413status is an error condition.
414
415The 'idec' object must always be released (even upon an error condition) by
416calling: WebPDelete(idec).
417
418To retrieve partially decoded picture samples, one must use the corresponding
419method: WebPIDecGetRGB or WebPIDecGetYUVA.
420It will return the last displayable pixel row.
421
422Lastly, note that decoding can also be performed into a pre-allocated pixel
423buffer. This buffer must be passed when creating a WebPIDecoder, calling
424WebPINewRGB() or WebPINewYUVA().
425
426Please have a look at the src/webp/decode.h header for further details.
427
428Advanced Decoding API:
429======================
430
431WebP decoding supports an advanced API which provides on-the-fly cropping and
432rescaling, something of great usefulness on memory-constrained environments like
433mobile phones. Basically, the memory usage will scale with the output's size,
434not the input's, when one only needs a quick preview or a zoomed in portion of
435an otherwise too-large picture. Some CPU can be saved too, incidentally.
436
437-------------------------------------- BEGIN PSEUDO EXAMPLE
438 // A) Init a configuration object
439 WebPDecoderConfig config;
440 CHECK(WebPInitDecoderConfig(&config));
441
442 // B) optional: retrieve the bitstream's features.
443 CHECK(WebPGetFeatures(data, data_size, &config.input) == VP8_STATUS_OK);
444
445 // C) Adjust 'config' options, if needed
446 config.options.no_fancy_upsampling = 1;
447 config.options.use_scaling = 1;
448 config.options.scaled_width = scaledWidth();
449 config.options.scaled_height = scaledHeight();
450 // etc.
451
452 // D) Specify 'config' output options for specifying output colorspace.
453 // Optionally the external image decode buffer can also be specified.
454 config.output.colorspace = MODE_BGRA;
455 // Optionally, the config.output can be pointed to an external buffer as
456 // well for decoding the image. This externally supplied memory buffer
457 // should be big enough to store the decoded picture.
458 config.output.u.RGBA.rgba = (uint8_t*) memory_buffer;
459 config.output.u.RGBA.stride = scanline_stride;
460 config.output.u.RGBA.size = total_size_of_the_memory_buffer;
461 config.output.is_external_memory = 1;
462
463 // E) Decode the WebP image. There are two variants w.r.t decoding image.
464 // The first one (E.1) decodes the full image and the second one (E.2) is
465 // used to incrementally decode the image using small input buffers.
466 // Any one of these steps can be used to decode the WebP image.
467
468 // E.1) Decode full image.
469 CHECK(WebPDecode(data, data_size, &config) == VP8_STATUS_OK);
470
471 // E.2) Decode image incrementally.
472 WebPIDecoder* const idec = WebPIDecode(NULL, NULL, &config);
473 CHECK(idec != NULL);
474 while (bytes_remaining > 0) {
475 VP8StatusCode status = WebPIAppend(idec, input, bytes_read);
476 if (status == VP8_STATUS_OK || status == VP8_STATUS_SUSPENDED) {
477 bytes_remaining -= bytes_read;
478 } else {
479 break;
480 }
481 }
482 WebPIDelete(idec);
483
484 // F) Decoded image is now in config.output (and config.output.u.RGBA).
485 // It can be saved, displayed or otherwise processed.
486
487 // G) Reclaim memory allocated in config's object. It's safe to call
488 // this function even if the memory is external and wasn't allocated
489 // by WebPDecode().
490 WebPFreeDecBuffer(&config.output);
491
492-------------------------------------- END PSEUDO EXAMPLE
493
494Bugs:
495=====
496
497Please report all bugs to our issue tracker:
498 http://code.google.com/p/webp/issues
499Patches welcome! See this page to get started:
500 http://www.webmproject.org/code/contribute/submitting-patches/
501
502Discuss:
503========
504
505Email: webp-discuss@webmproject.org
506Web: http://groups.google.com/a/webmproject.org/group/webp-discuss
507