.Dd 2018-04-11
.Dt FARBFELD 5
.Os suckless.org
.Sh NAME
.Nm farbfeld
.Nd suckless image format
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a
.Em lossless
image format which is easy to parse, pipe and compress.
It has the following format:
.Bd -literal -offset left
BYTES    DESCRIPTION
8        "farbfeld" magic value
4        32-Bit BE unsigned integer (width)
4        32-Bit BE unsigned integer (height)
[2222]   4*16-Bit BE unsigned integers [RGBA] / pixel, row-major
.Ed
.Pp
The RGB-data should be sRGB for best interoperability and not
alpha-premultiplied.
.Sh USAGE
.Nm
provides the tools
.Xr 2ff 1 ,
.Xr jpg2ff 1 ,
.Xr png2ff 1
and
.Xr ff2jpg 1 ,
.Xr ff2pam 1 ,
.Xr ff2png 1 ,
.Xr ff2ppm 1
to
.Em convert
to and from farbfeld images respectively.
.Pp
.Xr bzip2 1
is recommended for
.Em compression ,
giving results comparable with PNG for photographs and much better results
for other image types.
.sp
The
.Em file extension
is ".ff" and compression extensions shall be
appended (e.g. ".ff.bz2").
.Sh MOTIVATION
.Nm
was created because the author was not satisfied with the boilerplate
and inherent complexity involved in handling common image formats
(PNG, JPEG, GIF,...), having to rely on bloated libraries while not being
able to focus on the task at hand for a given image processing problem.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following code listing
.Em invert.c
is a ready-to-use color inverter with all necessary error handling and
reporting. This program can be integrated into a farbfeld pipeline as
follows:
.Pp
$ png2ff < image.png | invert | ff2png > image-inverted.png
.Pp
It shall be noted here that due to the simplicity of the format no
external libraries are needed to handle the farbfeld image data. The
0BSD-License gives you the freedom to throw away the license block and
just use the code as you wish. Happy hacking!
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/*
 * 0BSD-License
 *
 * (c) 2017 Laslo Hunhold <dev@frign.de>
 *
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
 * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
 * WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
 * PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
 * TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
 * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 */
#include <arpa/inet.h>

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define LEN(x) (sizeof (x) / sizeof *(x))

static void
invert(uint16_t rgba[4])
{
	rgba[0] = UINT16_MAX - rgba[0];
	rgba[1] = UINT16_MAX - rgba[1];
	rgba[2] = UINT16_MAX - rgba[2];
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	uint32_t hdr[4], width, height, i, j, k;
	uint16_t rgba[4];

	/* arguments */
	if (argc != 1) {
		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s\\n", argv[0]);
		return 1;
	}

	/* read header */
	if (fread(hdr, sizeof(*hdr), LEN(hdr), stdin) != LEN(hdr)) {
		goto readerr;
	}
	if (memcmp("farbfeld", hdr, sizeof("farbfeld") - 1)) {
		fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid magic value\\n", argv[0]);
		return 1;
	}
	width = ntohl(hdr[2]);
	height = ntohl(hdr[3]);

	/* write data */
	if (fwrite(hdr, sizeof(*hdr), LEN(hdr), stdout) != 4) {
		goto writerr;
	}

	for (i = 0; i < height; i++) {
		for (j = 0; j < width; j++) {
			if (fread(rgba, sizeof(*rgba), LEN(rgba),
			          stdin) != LEN(rgba)) {
				goto readerr;
			}
			for (k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
				rgba[k] = ntohs(rgba[k]);
			}

			invert(rgba);

			for (k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
				rgba[k] = htons(rgba[k]);
			}
			if (fwrite(rgba, sizeof(*rgba), LEN(rgba),
			           stdout) != LEN(rgba)) {
				goto writerr;
			}
		}
	}

	/* clean up */
	if (fclose(stdout)) {
		fprintf(stderr, "%s: fclose: %s\\n", argv[0],
		        strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}

	return 0;
readerr:
	fprintf(stderr, "%s: fread: Unexpected EOF\\n", argv[0]);
	return 1;
writerr:
	fprintf(stderr, "%s: fwrite: %s\\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
	return 1;
}
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr 2ff 1 ,
.Xr ff2jpg 1 ,
.Xr ff2pam 1 ,
.Xr ff2png 1 ,
.Xr ff2ppm 1 ,
.Xr jpg2ff 1 ,
.Xr png2ff 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Laslo Hunhold Aq Mt dev@frign.de