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[libpng16] Corrected estimate of error in libpng png_set_rgb_to_gray API.

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The API is extremely inaccurate for sRGB conversions because it uses an 8-bit
intermediate linear value and it does not use the sRGB transform, so it
suffers from the known instability in gamma transforms for values close
to 0 (see Poynton).  The net result is that the calculation has a maximum
error of 14.99/255; 0.5/255^(1/2.2).  pngstest now uses 15 for the
permitted 8-bit error. This may still not be enough because of arithmetic
error.
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John Bowler
2012-02-04 15:11:16 -06:00
committed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ Version 1.6.0beta11 [February 4, 2012]
Fix character count in pngstest command in projects/owatcom/pngstest.tgt
Revised test-pngstest.sh to report PASS/FAIL for each image.
Updated documentation about the simplified API.
Corrected estimate of error in libpng png_set_rgb_to_gray API. The API is
extremely inaccurate for sRGB conversions because it uses an 8-bit
intermediate linear value and it does not use the sRGB transform, so it
suffers from the known instability in gamma transforms for values close
to 0 (see Poynton). The net result is that the calculation has a maximum
error of 14.99/255; 0.5/255^(1/2.2). pngstest now uses 15 for the
permitted 8-bit error. This may still not be enough because of arithmetic
error.
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