quantize - Methods to Reduce the Number of Unique Colors in an Image

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS

- CloneQuantizeInfo
- DestroyQuantizeInfo
- GetQuantizeInfo
- MapImage
- MapImages
- QuantizationError
- QuantizeImage
- QuantizeImages

# NAME

quantize - Methods to Reduce the Number of Unique Colors in an Image

# SYNOPSIS

QuantizeInfo * CloneQuantizeInfo( const QuantizeInfo *quantize_info );

DestroyQuantizeInfo( QuantizeInfo *quantize_info );

GetQuantizeInfo( QuantizeInfo *quantize_info );

unsigned int MapImage( Image *image, Image *map_image, const unsigned int dither );

unsigned int MapImages( Image *images, Image *map_image, const unsigned int dither );

unsigned int QuantizationError( Image *image );

unsigned int QuantizeImage( const QuantizeInfo *quantize_info, Image *image );

unsigned int QuantizeImages( const QuantizeInfo *quantize_info, Image *images );

# FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS

## CloneQuantizeInfo

Method CloneQuantizeInfo makes a duplicate of the given quantize info structure, or if quantize info is NULL, a new one.

The format of the CloneQuantizeInfo method is:

> QuantizeInfo *CloneQuantizeInfo ( const QuantizeInfo *quantize_info );

A description of each parameter follows:

clone_info:
  Method CloneQuantizeInfo returns a duplicate of the given quantize info, or if image info is NULL a new one.

quantize_info:
  a structure of type info.

## DestroyQuantizeInfo

Method DestroyQuantizeInfo deallocates memory associated with an QuantizeInfo structure.

The format of the DestroyQuantizeInfo method is:

> DestroyQuantizeInfo ( QuantizeInfo *quantize_info );

A description of each parameter follows:

quantize_info:
  Specifies a pointer to an QuantizeInfo structure.

## GetQuantizeInfo

Method GetQuantizeInfo initializes the QuantizeInfo structure.

The format of the GetQuantizeInfo method is:

> GetQuantizeInfo ( QuantizeInfo *quantize_info );

A description of each parameter follows:

quantize_info:
  Specifies a pointer to a QuantizeInfo structure.

## MapImage

MapImage replaces the colors of an image with the closest color from a reference image.

The format of the MapImage method is:

> unsigned int MapImage ( Image *image, Image *map_image, const unsigned int dither );

A description of each parameter follows:

image:
  Specifies a pointer to an Image structure.

map_image:
  Specifies a pointer to a Image structure. Reduce image to a set of colors represented by this image.

dither:
  Set this integer value to something other than zero to dither the quantized image.

## MapImages

MapImages replaces the colors of a sequence of images with the closest color from a reference image.

The format of the MapImage method is:

> unsigned int MapImages ( Image *images, Image *map_image, const unsigned int dither );

A description of each parameter follows:

image:
  Specifies a pointer to a set of Image structures.

map_image:
  Specifies a pointer to a Image structure. Reduce image to a set of colors represented by this image.

dither:
  Set this integer value to something other than zero to dither the quantized image.

## QuantizationError

Method QuantizationError measures the difference between the original and quantized images. This difference is the total quantization error. The error is computed by summing over all pixels in an image the distance squared in RGB space between each reference pixel value and its quantized value. These values are computed:

mean_error_per_pixel:
  This value is the mean error for any single pixel in the image.

normalized_mean_square_error:
  This value is the normalized mean quantization error for any single pixel in the image. This distance measure is normalized to a range between 0 and 1. It is independent of the range of red, green, and blue values in the image.

normalized_maximum_square_error:
  Thsi value is the normalized maximum quantization error for any single pixel in the image. This distance measure is normalized to a range between 0 and 1. It is independent of the range of red, green, and blue values in your image.

The format of the QuantizationError method is:

> unsigned int QuantizationError ( Image *image );

A description of each parameter follows.

image:
  Specifies a pointer to an Image structure; returned from ReadImage.

## QuantizeImage

Method QuantizeImage analyzes the colors within a reference image and chooses a fixed number of colors to represent the image. The goal of the algorithm is to minimize the difference between the input and output image while minimizing the processing time.

The format of the QuantizeImage method is:

> unsigned int QuantizeImage ( const QuantizeInfo *quantize_info, Image *image );

A description of each parameter follows:

quantize_info:
  Specifies a pointer to an QuantizeInfo structure.

image:
  Specifies a pointer to a Image structure.

## QuantizeImages

QuantizeImages analyzes the colors within a set of reference images and chooses a fixed number of colors to represent the set. The goal of the algorithm is to minimize the difference between the input and output images while minimizing the processing time.

The format of the QuantizeImages method is:

> unsigned int QuantizeImages ( const QuantizeInfo *quantize_info, Image *images );

A description of each parameter follows:

quantize_info:
  Specifies a pointer to an QuantizeInfo structure.

images:
  Specifies a pointer to a list of Image structures.