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# Change Log
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## [0.1.4] - 2012-11-24
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### Added
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* KTX file format
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* Basic ETC1 support
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* Simple makefile
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### Fixed
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* Various DDS format fixes
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## [0.1.3] - 2012-04-26
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### Added
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* Ported to Linux (tested on Ubuntu x86 w/Codeblocks). Note that a few features of the cmd line tool don't work yet (eg. -timestamp)
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[0.1.4]: https://github.com/BinomialLLC/crunch
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[0.1.3]: https://github.com/BinomialLLC/crunch
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crunch/crnlib v1.04 - Advanced DXTn texture compression library
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Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Richard Geldreich, Jr. and Binomial LLC http://binomial.info
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For bugs or support contact Binomial <info@binomial.info>.
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This software uses the ZLIB license, which is located in license.txt.
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http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib
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Portions of this software make use of public domain code originally
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written by Igor Pavlov (LZMA), RYG (crn_ryg_dxt*), and Sean Barrett (stb_image.c).
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If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
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documentation would be highly appreciated but is not required.
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Note: crunch originally used to live on Google Code:
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https://code.google.com/p/crunch/
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New for v1.04 [11/24/12]: KTX file format, basic ETC1 support, DDS format fixes, simple makefile
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------------------------------------------------
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Lots of higher level changes to get crnlib into a state where I can carry it forward to
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support other file and texture compression formats. No major codec-level changes.
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I've regression tested the codec writing .CRN and RDO .DDS files at various bitrates.
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Everything seems OK, but with all the changes I made to support KTX and other formats like ETC1.
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New for v1.03 [4/26/12]: crnlib more portable, Linux Port
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------------------------------------------------
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v1.03 has been ported to Linux. It's still a work in progress. A few features
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of the command line tool don't work under Linux yet (such as -timestamp),
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but the core functionality (compression/decompression/transcoding) should work
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OK. I'm currently testing crnlib/crunch with Codeblocks 10.05 under Ubuntu x86.
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Overview
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--------
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crnlib is a lossy texture compression library for developers that ship
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content using the DXT1/5/N or 3DC compressed color/normal map/cubemap
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mipmapped texture formats. It was written by the same author as the open
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source LZHAM lossless data compression library:
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http://code.google.com/p/lzham/
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It can compress mipmapped 2D textures, normal maps, and cubemaps to
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approx. 1-1.25 bits/texel, and normal maps to 1.75-2 bits/texel. The
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actual bitrate depends on the complexity of the texture itself, the
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specified quality factor/target bitrate, and ultimately on the desired
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quality needed for a particular texture.
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crnlib's differs significantly from other approaches because its
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compressed texture data format was carefully designed to be quickly
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transcodable directly to DXTn with no intermediate recompression step.
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The typical (single threaded) transcode to DXTn rate is generally
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between 100-250 megatexels/sec. The current library supports PC
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(Win32/x64) and Xbox 360. Fast random access to individual mipmap levels
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is supported.
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crnlib can also generates standard .DDS files at specified quality
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setting, which results in files that are much more compressible by
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LZMA/Deflate/etc. compared to files generated by standard DXTn texture
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tools (see below). This feature allows easy integration into any engine
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or graphics library that already supports .DDS files.
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The .CRN file format supports the following core DXTn texture formats:
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DXT1 (but not DXT1A), DXT5, DXT5A, and DXN/3DC
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It also supports several popular swizzled variants (several are
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also supported by AMD's Compressonator):
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DXT5_XGBR, DXT5_xGxR, DXT5_AGBR, and DXT5_CCxY (experimental luma-chroma YCoCg).
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Recommended Software
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AMD's Compressonator tool is recommended to view the .DDS files created by
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the crunch tool and the included example projects:
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https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/Compressonator
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Note: Some of the swizzled DXTn .DDS output formats (such as DXT5_xGBR)
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read/written by the crunch tool or examples deviate from the DX9 DDS
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standard, so DXSDK tools such as DXTEX.EXE won't load them at all or
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they won't be properly displayed.
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Compression Algorithm Details
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The compression process employed in creating both .CRN and
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clustered .DDS files utilizes a very high quality, scalable DXTn
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endpoint optimizer capable of processing any number of pixels (instead
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of the typical hard coded 16), optional adaptive switching between
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several macroblock sizes/configurations (currently any combination of
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4x4, 8x4, 4x8, and 8x8 pixel blocks), endpoint clusterization using
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top-down cluster analysis, vector quantization (VQ) of the selector
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indices, and several custom algorithms for compressing the resulting
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endpoint/selector codebooks and macroblock indices. Multiple feedback
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passes are performed between the clusterization and VQ steps to optimize
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quality, and several steps use a brute force refinement approach to improve
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quality. The majority of compression steps are multithreaded.
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The .CRN format currently utilizes canonical Huffman coding for speed
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(similar to Deflate but with much larger tables), but the next major
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version will also utilize adaptive binary arithmetic coding and higher
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order context modeling using already developed tech from the my LZHAM
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compression library.
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Supported File Formats
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crnlib supports two compressed texture file formats. The first
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format (clustered .DDS) is simple to integrate into an existing project
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(typically, no code changes are required), but it doesn't offer the
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highest quality/compression ratio that crnlib is capable of. Integrating
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the second, higher quality custom format (.CRN) requires a few
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typically straightforward engine modifications to integrate the
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.CRN->DXTn transcoder header file library into your tools/engine.
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.DDS
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crnlib can compress textures to standard DX9-style .DDS files using
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clustered DXTn compression, which is a subset of the approach used to
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create .CRN files.(For completeness, crnlib also supports vanilla, block
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by block DXTn compression too, but that's not very interesting.)
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Clustered DXTn compressed .DDS files are much more compressible than
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files created by other libraries/tools. Apart from increased
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compressibility, the .DDS files generated by this process are completely
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standard so they should be fairly easy to add to a project with little
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to no code changes.
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To actually benefit from clustered DXTn .DDS files, your engine needs to
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further losslessly compress the .DDS data generated by crnlib using a
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lossless codec such as zlib, lzo, LZMA, LZHAM, etc. Most likely, your
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engine does this already. (If not, you definitely should because DXTn
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compressed textures generally contain a large amount of highly redundant
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data.)
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Clustered .DDS files are intended to be the simplest/fastest way to
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integrate crnlib's tech into a project.
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.CRN
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The second, better, option is to compress your textures to .CRN files
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using crnlib. To read the resulting .CRN data, you must add the .CRN
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transcoder library (located in the included single file, stand-alone
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header file library inc/crn_decomp.h) into your application. .CRN files
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provide noticeably higher quality at the same effective bitrate compared
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to clustered DXTn compressed .DDS files. Also, .CRN files don't require
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further lossless compression because they're already highly compressed.
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.CRN files are a bit more difficult/risky to integrate into a project, but
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the resulting compression ratio and quality is superior vs. clustered .DDS files.
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.KTX
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crnlib and crunch can read/write the .KTX file format in various pixel formats.
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Rate distortion optimization (clustered DXTc compression) is not yet supported
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when writing .KTX files.
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The .KTX file format is just like .DDS, except it's a fairly well specified
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standard created by the Khronos Group. Unfortunately, almost all of the tools I've
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found that support .KTX are fairly (to very) buggy, or are limited to only a handful
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of pixel formats, so there's no guarantee that the .KTX files written by crnlib can
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be reliably read by other tools.
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Building the Examples
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This release contains the source code and projects for three simple
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example projects:
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crn_examples.2008.sln is a Visual Studio 2008 (VC9) solution file
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containing projects for Win32 and x64. crnlib itself also builds with
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VS2005, VS2010, and gcc 4.5.0 (TDM GCC+MinGW). A codeblocks 10.05
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workspace and project file is also included, but compiling crnlib this
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way hasn't been tested much.
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example1: Demonstrates how to use crnlib's high-level C-helper
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compression/decompression/transcoding functions in inc/crnlib.h. It's a
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fairly complete example of crnlib's functionality.
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example2: Shows how to transcodec .CRN files to .DDS using *only*
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the functionality in inc/crn_decomp.h. It does not link against against
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crnlib.lib or depend on it in any way. (Note: The complete source code,
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approx. 4800 lines, to the CRN transcoder is included in inc/crn_decomp.h.)
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example2 is intended to show how simple it is to integrate CRN textures
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into your application.
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example3: Shows how to use the regular, low-level DXTn block compressor
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functions in inc/crnlib.h. This functionality is included for
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completeness. (Your engine or toolchain most likely already has its own
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DXTn compressor. crnlib's compressor is typically very competitive or
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superior to most available closed and open source CPU-based
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compressors.)
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Creating Compressed Textures from the Command Line (crunch.exe)
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---------------------------------------------------------------
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The simplest way to create compressed textures using crnlib is to
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integrate the bin\crunch.exe or bin\crunch_x64.exe) command line tool
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into your texture build toolchain or export process. It can write DXTn
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compressed 2D/cubemap textures to regular DXTn compressed .DDS,
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clustered (or reduced entropy) DXTn compressed .DDS, or .CRN files. It
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can also transcode or decompress files to several standard image
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formats, such as TGA or BMP. Run crunch.exe with no options for help.
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The .CRN files created by crunch.exe can be efficiently transcoded to
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DXTn using the included CRN transcoding library, located in full source
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form under inc/crn_decomp.h.
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Here are a few example crunch.exe command lines:
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1. Compress blah.tga to blah.dds using normal DXT1 compression:
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crunch -file blah.tga -fileformat dds -dxt1
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2. Compress blah.tga to blah.dds using clustered DXT1 at an effective bitrate of 1.5 bits/texel, display image statistic:
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crunch -file blah.tga -fileformat dds -dxt1 -bitrate 1.5 -imagestats
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3. Compress blah.tga to blah.dds using clustered DXT1 at quality level 100 (from [0,255]), with no mipmaps, display LZMA statistics:
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crunch -file blah.tga -fileformat dds -dxt1 -quality 100 -mipmode none -lzmastats
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3. Compress blah.tga to blah.crn using clustered DXT1 at a bitrate of 1.2 bits/texel, no mipmaps:
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crunch -file blah.tga -dxt1 -bitrate 1.2 -mipmode none
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4. Decompress blah.dds to a .tga file:
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crunch -file blah.dds -fileformat tga
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5. Transcode blah.crn to a .dds file:
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crunch -file blah.crn
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6. Decompress blah.crn, writing each mipmap level to a separate .tga file:
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crunch -split -file blah.crn -fileformat tga
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crunch.exe can do a lot more, like rescale/crop images before
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compression, convert images from one file format to another, compare
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images, process multiple images, etc.
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Note: I would have included the full source to crunch.exe, but it still
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has some low-level dependencies to crnlib internals which I didn't have
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time to address. This version of crunch.exe has some reduced
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functionality compared to an earlier eval release. For example, XML file
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support is not included in this version.
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Using crnlib
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The most flexible and powerful way of using crnlib is to integrate the
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library into your editor/toolchain/etc. and directly supply it your
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raw/source texture bits. See the C-style API's and comments in
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inc/crnlib.h.
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To compress, you basically fill in a few structs in and call one function:
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void *crn_compress(const crn_comp_params &comp_params, crn_uint32 &compressed_size, crn_uint32 *pActual_quality_level = NULL, float *pActual_bitrate = NULL);
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Or, if you want crnlib to also generate mipmaps, you call this function:
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void *crn_compress(const crn_comp_params &comp_params, const crn_mipmap_params &mip_params, crn_uint32 &compressed_size, crn_uint32 *pActual_quality_level = NULL, float *pActual_bitrate = NULL);
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You can also transcode/uncompress .DDS/.CRN files to raw 32bpp images
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using crn_decompress_crn_to_dds() and crn_decompress_dds_to_images().
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Internally, crnlib just uses inc/crn_decomp.h to transcode textures to
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DXTn. If you only need to transcode .CRN format files to raw DXTn bits
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at runtime (and not compress), you don't actually need to compile or
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link against crnlib at all. Just include inc/crn_decomp.h, which
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contains a completely self-contained CRN transcoder in the "crnd"
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namespace. The crnd_get_texture_info(), crnd_unpack_begin(),
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crnd_unpack_level(), etc. functions are all you need to efficiently get
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at the raw DXTn bits, which can be directly supplied to whatever API or
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GPU you're using. (See example2.)
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Important note: When compiling under native client, be sure to define
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the PLATFORM_NACL macro before including the inc/crn_decomp.h header file library.
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Known Issues/Bugs
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-----------------
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* crnlib currently assumes you'll be further losslessly compressing its
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output .DDS files using LZMA. However, some engines use weaker codecs
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such as LZO, zlib, or custom codecs, so crnlib's bitrate measurements
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will be inaccurate. It should be easy to allow the caller to plug-in
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custom lossless compressors for bitrate measurement.
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* Compressing to a desired bitrate can be time consuming, especially when
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processing large (2k or 4k) images to the .CRN format. There are several
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high-level optimizations employed when compressing to clustered DXTn .DDS
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files using multiple trials, but not so for .CRN.
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* The .CRN compressor does not currently use 3 color (transparent) DXT1
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blocks at all, only 4 color blocks. So it doesn't support DXT1A
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transparency, and its output quality suffers a little due to this
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limitation. (Note that the clustered DXTn compressor used when
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writing clustered .DDS files does *not* have this limitation.)
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* Clustered DXT5/DXT5A compressor is able to group DXT5A blocks into
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clusters only if they use absolute (black/white) selector indices. This
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hurts performance at very low bitrates, because too many bits are
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effectively given to alpha.
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* DXT3 is not supported when writing .CRN or clustered DXTn DDS files.
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(DXT3 is supported by crnlib's when compressing to regular DXTn DDS
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files.) You'll get DXT5 files if you request DXT3. However, DXT3 is
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supported by the regular DXTn block compressor. (DXT3's 4bpp fixed alpha
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sucks verses DXT5 alpha blocks, so I don't see this as a bug deal.)
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* The DXT5_CCXY format uses a simple YCoCg encoding that is workable but
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hasn't been tuned for max. quality yet.
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* Clustered (or rate distortion optimized) DXTc compression is only
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supported when writing to .DDS, not .KTX. Also, only plain block by block
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compression is supported when writing to ETC1, and .CRN does not support ETC1.
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Compile to Javascript with Emscripten
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-------------------------------------
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Download and install Emscripten:
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http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/getting_started/downloads.html
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From the root directory, run:
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emcc -O3 emscripten/crn.cpp -I./inc -s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS="['_malloc', '_free', '_crn_get_width', '_crn_get_height', '_crn_get_levels', '_crn_get_dxt_format', '_crn_get_bytes_per_block', '_crn_get_uncompressed_size', '_crn_decompress']" -s NO_EXIT_RUNTIME=1 -s NO_FILESYSTEM=1 -s ELIMINATE_DUPLICATE_FUNCTIONS=1 -s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1 --memory-init-file 0 -o crunch.js
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