CPALDJVU
Section: ~DjVuLibre-3.5~ (1)
Updated: 10/11/2001
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NAME
cpaldjvu - DjVuDocument encoder for low-color images.
SYNOPSIS
cpaldjvu [options] inputppmfile outputdjvufile
DESCRIPTION
Program
cpaldjvu
is a DjVuDocument encoder for images containing few colors. It performs best
on images containing large solid color areas such as screen dumps.
Compression ratios on such images can be much higher than those achieved by
GIF
or
PNG
compression.
This program works by first reducing the number of distinct colors to a small
specified value using a simple color quantization algorithm. The dominant
color is encoded into the background layer. The other colors are encoded into
the foreground layer.
OPTIONS
- -dpi n
-
Specify the resolution information encoded into the output file expressed in
dots per inch. The resolution information encoded in DjVu files determine how
the decoder scales the image on a particular display. Meaningful resolutions
range from 25 to 6000. The default value is 300 dpi.
- -colors n
-
Specify a maximum number of distinct colors for the color quantization
algorithm. process. The default value is 256. Smaller values can produce
much smaller files.
- -bgwhite
-
Cause the background layer to use the lightest quantified color
instead of the dominant color.
- -verbose
-
Display informational messages while running.
REMARKS
The color quantization might introduce severe degradation if the image
contains photographic areas with a large number of very similar colors.
Color quantization problems might be solved by pre-processing
the input file with a different quantization program such as
ppmquant.
Avoid using the error diffusion dithering algorithm.
This algorithm generates random dithering patterns that
might be very costly to encode.
BUGS
This program should be rewritten as a pre-processor for
csepdjvu.
CREDITS
This program was initially written by Léon Bottou
<
leonb@users.sourceforge.net> and was improved by Bill Riemers
<
docbill@sourceforge.net> and many others.
SEE ALSO
djvu(1),
pbm(5),
ppmquant(1),
pnmtogif(1),
pnmtopng(1)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- REMARKS
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- BUGS
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- CREDITS
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- SEE ALSO
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