compview(1)                                                        compview(1)


NAME
     compview - tool for viewing results of compression

SYNOPSIS
     compview [ -q quality ] [ -hw ] [ -nofork ]

DESCRIPTION
     comvpiew provides a graphical interface to view an image and the
     result of compressing the image with either sofware or hardware
     JPEG while interactively setting the quality factor of the compressed
     image.  The size of the original image, the size of the compressed
     image, and the compression ratio are displayed.  As an option the
     compresses/decompress cycle can be performed multiple times, with
     the resulting image then displayed.

     compview also provides panels to view the difference between the
     original and the compressed image along with the mean squared error,
     to provide information about the original image, and to view close-ups
     of either image.  These panels are updated automatically as the
     quality factor is adjusted.

OPTIONS
     -q quality
           Initializes the quality factor to be quality.

     -hw   Initializes the compressor to be hardware JPEG (default is
           software JPEG).

     -nofork
           Do not go into the background.  By default, compview forks
           itself to give control back to the shell.


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