PNG: The Definitive Guide: Outline

Here's the original table of contents for PNG: The Definitive Guide. (Note that this page is fully superseded by the table of contents to the complete online text, released in July 2003.)

Preface

• About This Book
  • Part I, Using PNG
  • Part II, The Design of PNG
  • Part III, Programming with PNG
• Conventions Used in This Book
• How to Contact Us
• Acknowledgments

Part I: Using PNG

Chapter 1: An Introduction to PNG

• Overview of Image Properties
• What is PNG Good For?
  • Alpha Channels
  • Gamma and Color Correction
  • Interlacing and Progressive Display
  • Compression
  • Compression Filters
  • Compression Oopers
  • Summary of Usage
• Case Study of a PNG-Supporting Image Editor
  • PNG Feature Support in Fireworks
  • Invoking PNG Features in Fireworks
  • Analysis of Fireworks PNG Support
  • Concluding Thoughts on Fireworks

Chapter 2: Applications: WWW Browsers and Servers

• WWW Browsers
  • Netscape Navigator
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Opera
  • Acorn Browse
  • Arena
  • Amaya
  • Other Browsers
    • Amiga
    • Acorn
    • BeOS
    • Macintosh
    • NeXTStep / OpenStep
    • OS/2
  • Client-side Work-Arounds: the OBJECT Tag
• WWW Servers
  • ``Standard'' Servers
  • Internet Information Server
  • Server-side Work-Arounds: Content Negotiation
    • Apache variants files
    • Apache MultiViews

Chapter 3: Applications: Image Viewers

• Windows 95/98/NT
• Windows 3.x
• VMS
• Unix
• OS/2
• Macintosh
• Java
• DOS
• BeOS
• Atari
• Amiga
• Acorn RISC OS

Chapter 4: Applications: Image Editors

• Photoshop 5
• Photoshop 4
• ImageReady
• Paint Shop Pro
• The GIMP
• Other Image Editors

Chapter 5: Applications: Image Converters

• pngcrush
• pnmtopng
• gif2png
• Tiff2png
• pngcheck
• Other Conversion Programs

Chapter 6: Applications: VRML Browsers and Other 3D Apps

• Cosmo Player
• WorldView / MSVRML
• blaxxun Contact
• Viscape Universal
• LibVRML97 / Lookat
• FreeWRL
• VRMLView
• Other VRML Browsers
• Other 3D Applications

Part II: The Design of PNG

Chapter 7: History of the Portable Network Graphics Format

• Anatomy of an Internet Working Group
• Implementation
• MNG
• Mainstream Support and Present Status

Chapter 8: PNG Basics

• Chunks
• PNG Signature
• A Word on Color Representation
• The Simplest PNG
• PNG Image Types
  • Palette-based
  • Palette-based with Transparency
  • Grayscale
  • Grayscale with Transparency
  • Grayscale with Alpha Channel
  • RGB
  • RGB with Transparency
  • RGB with Alpha Channel
• Interlacing and Progressive Display

Chapter 9: Compression and Filtering

• Filtering
• The Deflate Compression Algorithm
  • A Final Word on Patents
• Real-World Comparisons
• Practical Compression Tips
  • Tips for Users
  • Tips for Programmers

Chapter 10: Gamma Correction and Precision Color

• Transfer Functions and Gamma
• The gAMA Chunk
• Encoding Gamma
• Gamma Gotchas
• Chromaticity
• Color Management Systems and sRGB
• ICC Profiles

Chapter 11: PNG Options and Extensions

• Background Color (bKGD)
• Timestamp (tIME)
• Latin-1 Text Annotations (tEXt, zTXt)
• International Text Annotations (iTXt)
• Histogram (hIST)
• Suggested Palette (sPLT)
• Significant Bits (sBIT)
• Physical Pixel Dimensions (pHYs)
• Physical Scale (sCAL)
• Image Offset (oFFs)
• Pixel Calibration (pCAL)
• Fractal Parameters (fRAc)
• GIF Conversion Info (gIFg, gIFx)
• GIF Plain Text (gIFt)
• Other Chunks

Chapter 12: Multiple-Image Network Graphics

• Common Applications of MNG
• MNG Structure
  • Image-Defining Chunks
  • Chunks for Image Display, Manipulation, and Control
• The Simplest MNG
• An Animated MNG
• An Algorithmic MNG
• A JPEG Image with Transparency
• MNG Applications
• The Future?

Part III: Programming with PNG

Chapter 13: Reading PNG Images

• A libpng-based, PNG-Reading Demo Program
• Preliminaries
• readpng_init()
  • sidebar: The Dark Side
• readpng_get_bgcolor()
• Design Decisions
• Gamma and Color Correction
• readpng_get_image()
• readpng_cleanup()
• Compositing and Displaying the Image
• Getting the Source Code
• Alternative Approaches

Chapter 14: Reading PNG Images Progressively

• Preliminaries
• readpng2_init()
  • sidebar: readpng2_error_handler()
• readpng2_decode_data()
• readpng2_info_callback()
• readpng2_row_callback()
• Compositing and Displaying the Image
• readpng2_end_callback()
• readpng2_cleanup()
• Getting the Source Code

Chapter 15: Writing PNG Images

• A libpng-based, PNG-Writing Demo Program
• Gamma Correction
• Text Chunks
• writepng_version_info()
• writepng_init()
  • sidebar: writepng_error_handler()
  • sidebar: Tweaking Compression
  • sidebar: Text Buffers, PNG Structs and Core Dumps
• Interlaced PNG: writepng_encode_image()
• Noninterlaced PNG: writepng_encode_row()
• writepng_cleanup()
• Getting the Source Code

Chapter 16: Other Libraries and Concluding Remarks

• Cross-Platform Libraries
  • ImageMagick
  • Image Library
  • PaintLib
  • QHTM
  • ImageVision Library
  • Imlib
  • QuickTime
  • ImageGear
  • Java Advanced Imaging API
  • Sixlegs PNG
  • Java Image Content Handlers
  • Java PNG
  • JIMI
  • Java Vector Graphics (JVG)
  • Pnglets
  • Img
  • Python Imaging Library
  • PNGHandler
  • SuperView Library
• Windows-Specific Libraries
  • ImageLib
  • ImageMan ActiveX Suite and ImageMan DLL Suite
  • ImgDLL
  • LEADTOOLS
  • PiXCL Tools
  • PixelGraphicLibrary
  • TwistedPixel
  • Victor Image Processing Library
• Concluding Remarks

References

Glossary

Index

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