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      1 // Copyright 2011 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
      2 //
      3 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
      4 // that can be found in the COPYING file in the root of the source
      5 // tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
      6 // in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
      7 // be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
      8 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      9 //
     10 // Alpha-plane compression.
     11 //
     12 // Author: Skal (pascal.massimino (at) gmail.com)
     13 
     14 #include <assert.h>
     15 #include <stdlib.h>
     16 
     17 #include "src/enc/vp8i_enc.h"
     18 #include "src/dsp/dsp.h"
     19 #include "src/utils/filters_utils.h"
     20 #include "src/utils/quant_levels_utils.h"
     21 #include "src/utils/utils.h"
     22 #include "src/webp/format_constants.h"
     23 
     24 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     25 // Encodes the given alpha data via specified compression method 'method'.
     26 // The pre-processing (quantization) is performed if 'quality' is less than 100.
     27 // For such cases, the encoding is lossy. The valid range is [0, 100] for
     28 // 'quality' and [0, 1] for 'method':
     29 //   'method = 0' - No compression;
     30 //   'method = 1' - Use lossless coder on the alpha plane only
     31 // 'filter' values [0, 4] correspond to prediction modes none, horizontal,
     32 // vertical & gradient filters. The prediction mode 4 will try all the
     33 // prediction modes 0 to 3 and pick the best one.
     34 // 'effort_level': specifies how much effort must be spent to try and reduce
     35 //  the compressed output size. In range 0 (quick) to 6 (slow).
     36 //
     37 // 'output' corresponds to the buffer containing compressed alpha data.
     38 //          This buffer is allocated by this method and caller should call
     39 //          WebPSafeFree(*output) when done.
     40 // 'output_size' corresponds to size of this compressed alpha buffer.
     41 //
     42 // Returns 1 on successfully encoding the alpha and
     43 //         0 if either:
     44 //           invalid quality or method, or
     45 //           memory allocation for the compressed data fails.
     46 
     47 #include "src/enc/vp8li_enc.h"
     48 
     49 static int EncodeLossless(const uint8_t* const data, int width, int height,
     50                           int effort_level,  // in [0..6] range
     51                           int use_quality_100, VP8LBitWriter* const bw,
     52                           WebPAuxStats* const stats) {
     53   int ok = 0;
     54   WebPConfig config;
     55   WebPPicture picture;
     56 
     57   WebPPictureInit(&picture);
     58   picture.width = width;
     59   picture.height = height;
     60   picture.use_argb = 1;
     61   picture.stats = stats;
     62   if (!WebPPictureAlloc(&picture)) return 0;
     63 
     64   // Transfer the alpha values to the green channel.
     65   WebPDispatchAlphaToGreen(data, width, picture.width, picture.height,
     66                            picture.argb, picture.argb_stride);
     67 
     68   WebPConfigInit(&config);
     69   config.lossless = 1;
     70   // Enable exact, or it would alter RGB values of transparent alpha, which is
     71   // normally OK but not here since we are not encoding the input image but  an
     72   // internal encoding-related image containing necessary exact information in
     73   // RGB channels.
     74   config.exact = 1;
     75   config.method = effort_level;  // impact is very small
     76   // Set a low default quality for encoding alpha. Ensure that Alpha quality at
     77   // lower methods (3 and below) is less than the threshold for triggering
     78   // costly 'BackwardReferencesTraceBackwards'.
     79   // If the alpha quality is set to 100 and the method to 6, allow for a high
     80   // lossless quality to trigger the cruncher.
     81   config.quality =
     82       (use_quality_100 && effort_level == 6) ? 100 : 8.f * effort_level;
     83   assert(config.quality >= 0 && config.quality <= 100.f);
     84 
     85   // TODO(urvang): Temporary fix to avoid generating images that trigger
     86   // a decoder bug related to alpha with color cache.
     87   // See: https://code.google.com/p/webp/issues/detail?id=239
     88   // Need to re-enable this later.
     89   ok = (VP8LEncodeStream(&config, &picture, bw, 0 /*use_cache*/) == VP8_ENC_OK);
     90   WebPPictureFree(&picture);
     91   ok = ok && !bw->error_;
     92   if (!ok) {
     93     VP8LBitWriterWipeOut(bw);
     94     return 0;
     95   }
     96   return 1;
     97 }
     98 
     99 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    100 
    101 // Small struct to hold the result of a filter mode compression attempt.
    102 typedef struct {
    103   size_t score;
    104   VP8BitWriter bw;
    105   WebPAuxStats stats;
    106 } FilterTrial;
    107 
    108 // This function always returns an initialized 'bw' object, even upon error.
    109 static int EncodeAlphaInternal(const uint8_t* const data, int width, int height,
    110                                int method, int filter, int reduce_levels,
    111                                int effort_level,  // in [0..6] range
    112                                uint8_t* const tmp_alpha,
    113                                FilterTrial* result) {
    114   int ok = 0;
    115   const uint8_t* alpha_src;
    116   WebPFilterFunc filter_func;
    117   uint8_t header;
    118   const size_t data_size = width * height;
    119   const uint8_t* output = NULL;
    120   size_t output_size = 0;
    121   VP8LBitWriter tmp_bw;
    122 
    123   assert((uint64_t)data_size == (uint64_t)width * height);  // as per spec
    124   assert(filter >= 0 && filter < WEBP_FILTER_LAST);
    125   assert(method >= ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION);
    126   assert(method <= ALPHA_LOSSLESS_COMPRESSION);
    127   assert(sizeof(header) == ALPHA_HEADER_LEN);
    128 
    129   filter_func = WebPFilters[filter];
    130   if (filter_func != NULL) {
    131     filter_func(data, width, height, width, tmp_alpha);
    132     alpha_src = tmp_alpha;
    133   }  else {
    134     alpha_src = data;
    135   }
    136 
    137   if (method != ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION) {
    138     ok = VP8LBitWriterInit(&tmp_bw, data_size >> 3);
    139     ok = ok && EncodeLossless(alpha_src, width, height, effort_level,
    140                               !reduce_levels, &tmp_bw, &result->stats);
    141     if (ok) {
    142       output = VP8LBitWriterFinish(&tmp_bw);
    143       output_size = VP8LBitWriterNumBytes(&tmp_bw);
    144       if (output_size > data_size) {
    145         // compressed size is larger than source! Revert to uncompressed mode.
    146         method = ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION;
    147         VP8LBitWriterWipeOut(&tmp_bw);
    148       }
    149     } else {
    150       VP8LBitWriterWipeOut(&tmp_bw);
    151       return 0;
    152     }
    153   }
    154 
    155   if (method == ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION) {
    156     output = alpha_src;
    157     output_size = data_size;
    158     ok = 1;
    159   }
    160 
    161   // Emit final result.
    162   header = method | (filter << 2);
    163   if (reduce_levels) header |= ALPHA_PREPROCESSED_LEVELS << 4;
    164 
    165   VP8BitWriterInit(&result->bw, ALPHA_HEADER_LEN + output_size);
    166   ok = ok && VP8BitWriterAppend(&result->bw, &header, ALPHA_HEADER_LEN);
    167   ok = ok && VP8BitWriterAppend(&result->bw, output, output_size);
    168 
    169   if (method != ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION) {
    170     VP8LBitWriterWipeOut(&tmp_bw);
    171   }
    172   ok = ok && !result->bw.error_;
    173   result->score = VP8BitWriterSize(&result->bw);
    174   return ok;
    175 }
    176 
    177 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    178 
    179 static int GetNumColors(const uint8_t* data, int width, int height,
    180                         int stride) {
    181   int j;
    182   int colors = 0;
    183   uint8_t color[256] = { 0 };
    184 
    185   for (j = 0; j < height; ++j) {
    186     int i;
    187     const uint8_t* const p = data + j * stride;
    188     for (i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
    189       color[p[i]] = 1;
    190     }
    191   }
    192   for (j = 0; j < 256; ++j) {
    193     if (color[j] > 0) ++colors;
    194   }
    195   return colors;
    196 }
    197 
    198 #define FILTER_TRY_NONE (1 << WEBP_FILTER_NONE)
    199 #define FILTER_TRY_ALL ((1 << WEBP_FILTER_LAST) - 1)
    200 
    201 // Given the input 'filter' option, return an OR'd bit-set of filters to try.
    202 static uint32_t GetFilterMap(const uint8_t* alpha, int width, int height,
    203                              int filter, int effort_level) {
    204   uint32_t bit_map = 0U;
    205   if (filter == WEBP_FILTER_FAST) {
    206     // Quick estimate of the best candidate.
    207     int try_filter_none = (effort_level > 3);
    208     const int kMinColorsForFilterNone = 16;
    209     const int kMaxColorsForFilterNone = 192;
    210     const int num_colors = GetNumColors(alpha, width, height, width);
    211     // For low number of colors, NONE yields better compression.
    212     filter = (num_colors <= kMinColorsForFilterNone)
    213         ? WEBP_FILTER_NONE
    214         : WebPEstimateBestFilter(alpha, width, height, width);
    215     bit_map |= 1 << filter;
    216     // For large number of colors, try FILTER_NONE in addition to the best
    217     // filter as well.
    218     if (try_filter_none || num_colors > kMaxColorsForFilterNone) {
    219       bit_map |= FILTER_TRY_NONE;
    220     }
    221   } else if (filter == WEBP_FILTER_NONE) {
    222     bit_map = FILTER_TRY_NONE;
    223   } else {  // WEBP_FILTER_BEST -> try all
    224     bit_map = FILTER_TRY_ALL;
    225   }
    226   return bit_map;
    227 }
    228 
    229 static void InitFilterTrial(FilterTrial* const score) {
    230   score->score = (size_t)~0U;
    231   VP8BitWriterInit(&score->bw, 0);
    232 }
    233 
    234 static int ApplyFiltersAndEncode(const uint8_t* alpha, int width, int height,
    235                                  size_t data_size, int method, int filter,
    236                                  int reduce_levels, int effort_level,
    237                                  uint8_t** const output,
    238                                  size_t* const output_size,
    239                                  WebPAuxStats* const stats) {
    240   int ok = 1;
    241   FilterTrial best;
    242   uint32_t try_map =
    243       GetFilterMap(alpha, width, height, filter, effort_level);
    244   InitFilterTrial(&best);
    245 
    246   if (try_map != FILTER_TRY_NONE) {
    247     uint8_t* filtered_alpha =  (uint8_t*)WebPSafeMalloc(1ULL, data_size);
    248     if (filtered_alpha == NULL) return 0;
    249 
    250     for (filter = WEBP_FILTER_NONE; ok && try_map; ++filter, try_map >>= 1) {
    251       if (try_map & 1) {
    252         FilterTrial trial;
    253         ok = EncodeAlphaInternal(alpha, width, height, method, filter,
    254                                  reduce_levels, effort_level, filtered_alpha,
    255                                  &trial);
    256         if (ok && trial.score < best.score) {
    257           VP8BitWriterWipeOut(&best.bw);
    258           best = trial;
    259         } else {
    260           VP8BitWriterWipeOut(&trial.bw);
    261         }
    262       }
    263     }
    264     WebPSafeFree(filtered_alpha);
    265   } else {
    266     ok = EncodeAlphaInternal(alpha, width, height, method, WEBP_FILTER_NONE,
    267                              reduce_levels, effort_level, NULL, &best);
    268   }
    269   if (ok) {
    270 #if !defined(WEBP_DISABLE_STATS)
    271     if (stats != NULL) {
    272       stats->lossless_features = best.stats.lossless_features;
    273       stats->histogram_bits = best.stats.histogram_bits;
    274       stats->transform_bits = best.stats.transform_bits;
    275       stats->cache_bits = best.stats.cache_bits;
    276       stats->palette_size = best.stats.palette_size;
    277       stats->lossless_size = best.stats.lossless_size;
    278       stats->lossless_hdr_size = best.stats.lossless_hdr_size;
    279       stats->lossless_data_size = best.stats.lossless_data_size;
    280     }
    281 #else
    282     (void)stats;
    283 #endif
    284     *output_size = VP8BitWriterSize(&best.bw);
    285     *output = VP8BitWriterBuf(&best.bw);
    286   } else {
    287     VP8BitWriterWipeOut(&best.bw);
    288   }
    289   return ok;
    290 }
    291 
    292 static int EncodeAlpha(VP8Encoder* const enc,
    293                        int quality, int method, int filter,
    294                        int effort_level,
    295                        uint8_t** const output, size_t* const output_size) {
    296   const WebPPicture* const pic = enc->pic_;
    297   const int width = pic->width;
    298   const int height = pic->height;
    299 
    300   uint8_t* quant_alpha = NULL;
    301   const size_t data_size = width * height;
    302   uint64_t sse = 0;
    303   int ok = 1;
    304   const int reduce_levels = (quality < 100);
    305 
    306   // quick sanity checks
    307   assert((uint64_t)data_size == (uint64_t)width * height);  // as per spec
    308   assert(enc != NULL && pic != NULL && pic->a != NULL);
    309   assert(output != NULL && output_size != NULL);
    310   assert(width > 0 && height > 0);
    311   assert(pic->a_stride >= width);
    312   assert(filter >= WEBP_FILTER_NONE && filter <= WEBP_FILTER_FAST);
    313 
    314   if (quality < 0 || quality > 100) {
    315     return 0;
    316   }
    317 
    318   if (method < ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION || method > ALPHA_LOSSLESS_COMPRESSION) {
    319     return 0;
    320   }
    321 
    322   if (method == ALPHA_NO_COMPRESSION) {
    323     // Don't filter, as filtering will make no impact on compressed size.
    324     filter = WEBP_FILTER_NONE;
    325   }
    326 
    327   quant_alpha = (uint8_t*)WebPSafeMalloc(1ULL, data_size);
    328   if (quant_alpha == NULL) {
    329     return 0;
    330   }
    331 
    332   // Extract alpha data (width x height) from raw_data (stride x height).
    333   WebPCopyPlane(pic->a, pic->a_stride, quant_alpha, width, width, height);
    334 
    335   if (reduce_levels) {  // No Quantization required for 'quality = 100'.
    336     // 16 alpha levels gives quite a low MSE w.r.t original alpha plane hence
    337     // mapped to moderate quality 70. Hence Quality:[0, 70] -> Levels:[2, 16]
    338     // and Quality:]70, 100] -> Levels:]16, 256].
    339     const int alpha_levels = (quality <= 70) ? (2 + quality / 5)
    340                                              : (16 + (quality - 70) * 8);
    341     ok = QuantizeLevels(quant_alpha, width, height, alpha_levels, &sse);
    342   }
    343 
    344   if (ok) {
    345     VP8FiltersInit();
    346     ok = ApplyFiltersAndEncode(quant_alpha, width, height, data_size, method,
    347                                filter, reduce_levels, effort_level, output,
    348                                output_size, pic->stats);
    349 #if !defined(WEBP_DISABLE_STATS)
    350     if (pic->stats != NULL) {  // need stats?
    351       pic->stats->coded_size += (int)(*output_size);
    352       enc->sse_[3] = sse;
    353     }
    354 #endif
    355   }
    356 
    357   WebPSafeFree(quant_alpha);
    358   return ok;
    359 }
    360 
    361 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    362 // Main calls
    363 
    364 static int CompressAlphaJob(VP8Encoder* const enc, void* dummy) {
    365   const WebPConfig* config = enc->config_;
    366   uint8_t* alpha_data = NULL;
    367   size_t alpha_size = 0;
    368   const int effort_level = config->method;  // maps to [0..6]
    369   const WEBP_FILTER_TYPE filter =
    370       (config->alpha_filtering == 0) ? WEBP_FILTER_NONE :
    371       (config->alpha_filtering == 1) ? WEBP_FILTER_FAST :
    372                                        WEBP_FILTER_BEST;
    373   if (!EncodeAlpha(enc, config->alpha_quality, config->alpha_compression,
    374                    filter, effort_level, &alpha_data, &alpha_size)) {
    375     return 0;
    376   }
    377   if (alpha_size != (uint32_t)alpha_size) {  // Sanity check.
    378     WebPSafeFree(alpha_data);
    379     return 0;
    380   }
    381   enc->alpha_data_size_ = (uint32_t)alpha_size;
    382   enc->alpha_data_ = alpha_data;
    383   (void)dummy;
    384   return 1;
    385 }
    386 
    387 void VP8EncInitAlpha(VP8Encoder* const enc) {
    388   WebPInitAlphaProcessing();
    389   enc->has_alpha_ = WebPPictureHasTransparency(enc->pic_);
    390   enc->alpha_data_ = NULL;
    391   enc->alpha_data_size_ = 0;
    392   if (enc->thread_level_ > 0) {
    393     WebPWorker* const worker = &enc->alpha_worker_;
    394     WebPGetWorkerInterface()->Init(worker);
    395     worker->data1 = enc;
    396     worker->data2 = NULL;
    397     worker->hook = (WebPWorkerHook)CompressAlphaJob;
    398   }
    399 }
    400 
    401 int VP8EncStartAlpha(VP8Encoder* const enc) {
    402   if (enc->has_alpha_) {
    403     if (enc->thread_level_ > 0) {
    404       WebPWorker* const worker = &enc->alpha_worker_;
    405       // Makes sure worker is good to go.
    406       if (!WebPGetWorkerInterface()->Reset(worker)) {
    407         return 0;
    408       }
    409       WebPGetWorkerInterface()->Launch(worker);
    410       return 1;
    411     } else {
    412       return CompressAlphaJob(enc, NULL);   // just do the job right away
    413     }
    414   }
    415   return 1;
    416 }
    417 
    418 int VP8EncFinishAlpha(VP8Encoder* const enc) {
    419   if (enc->has_alpha_) {
    420     if (enc->thread_level_ > 0) {
    421       WebPWorker* const worker = &enc->alpha_worker_;
    422       if (!WebPGetWorkerInterface()->Sync(worker)) return 0;  // error
    423     }
    424   }
    425   return WebPReportProgress(enc->pic_, enc->percent_ + 20, &enc->percent_);
    426 }
    427 
    428 int VP8EncDeleteAlpha(VP8Encoder* const enc) {
    429   int ok = 1;
    430   if (enc->thread_level_ > 0) {
    431     WebPWorker* const worker = &enc->alpha_worker_;
    432     // finish anything left in flight
    433     ok = WebPGetWorkerInterface()->Sync(worker);
    434     // still need to end the worker, even if !ok
    435     WebPGetWorkerInterface()->End(worker);
    436   }
    437   WebPSafeFree(enc->alpha_data_);
    438   enc->alpha_data_ = NULL;
    439   enc->alpha_data_size_ = 0;
    440   enc->has_alpha_ = 0;
    441   return ok;
    442 }
    443