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NAME
rlecomp - Digital image compositor
SYNOPSIS
rlecomp [ -o outfile ] Afile operator Bfile
DESCRIPTION
rlecomp implements an image compositor based on presence of
an alpha, or matte channel the image. This extra channel
usually defines a mask which represents a sort of a cookie-
cutter for the image. This is the case when alpha is 255
(full coverage) for pixels inside the shape, zero outside,
and between zero and 255 on the boundary. If Afile or Bfile
is just a single -, then rlecomp reads that file from the
standard input.
The operations behave as follows (assuming the operation is
"A operator B"):
over The result will be the union of the two image shapes,
with A obscuring B in the region of overlap.
in The result is simply the image A cut by the shape of B.
None of the image data of B will be in the result.
atop The result is the same shape as image B, with A
obscuring B where the image shapes overlap. Note this
differs from over because the portion of A outside B's
shape does not appear in the result.
out The result image is image A with the shape of B cut
out.
xor The result is the image data from both images that is
outside the overlap region. The overlap region will be
blank.
plus The result is just the sum of the image data. Output
values are clipped to 255 (no overflow). This
operation is actually independent of the alpha
channels.
minus
The result of A - B, with underflow clipped to zero.
The alpha channel is ignored (set to 255, full
coverage).
diff The result of abs(A - B). This is useful for comparing
two very similar images.
add The result of A + B, with overflow wrapping around (mod
256).
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subtract
The result of A - B, with underflow wrapping around
(mod 256). The add and subtract operators can be used
to perform reversible transformations.
SEE ALSO
urt(1), RLE(5),
"Compositing Digital Images", Porter and Duff, Proceedings
of SIGGRAPH '84 p.255
AUTHORS
Rod Bogart and John W. Peterson
BUGS
The other operations could be optimized as much as over is.
Rlecomp assumes both input files have the same number of
channels.
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