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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +NAME + libquanta - Colour quantisation library + +SYNOPSIS + #include <libquanta.h> + + Link with -lquanta. + +DESCRIPTION + The libquanta software library is a C library for colour + quantisation of images, meaning it lets you create a colour + palette for an image and convert the image to a palette-based + image. + + The palette may have lower colour resolution and fewer colours + than the original image. + + libquanta is not designed to convert an image to a + palette-based image based on a pre-existing palette. It is + only designed to create a palette suitable for a provided + image. + + The libquanta software library implements the following + functions: + + Colour palette functions + libquanta_palette_size(3) + Calculate the size of a colour palette. + + libquanta_malloc_palette(3) + Allocate a colour palette. + + Colour quantisation functions + libquanta_quantise(3), + libquanta_vquantise(3) + Colour-quantise an image using an algorithm selected + by the library. + + libquanta_quantise_wu(3), + libquanta_vquantise_wu(3) + Colour-quantise an image using Wu's Colour Quantiser. + +SEE ALSO + None. |