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Hi all,

Need to create a custom mask to an input tiff file, was wondering if anyone can start me off in the right direction on how to do so.

I have an 48RGB input tiff file (16 bits/channel), and need to mask out the lowest two bits, bits 0 and 1. (Basically am down-sampling to 14-bits/channel, but need to preserve in 16bits range). Is there an option already in ImageMagick to do this, or how can I create a custom mask that does this? The resolution of my input images can be variable

Thanks,
Srinath

2^14 - 1 = 16383

So this, I think, will work. It will scale all values from 2^16 - 1 (full 16-bit white) to 2^14 - 1 and the rest proportionally.

I don't think that's what the OP wants to do.

To zero the bottom two bits, you can "AND" with a number that is all binary one's but with zeros in the bottom two bits. In Q16, that number is 65535-3 = 65532.
An alternative is to shift bits:

snibgo wrote:I don't think that's what the OP wants to do.

Yes, I think you are right. I thought about the bit shift subsequently at lunch, but I did not know how to do that correctly.

Another way is to divide by 4 then multiply by 4. This won't work with HDRI.

snibgo wrote:Another way is to divide by 4 then multiply by 4. This won't work with HDRI.

Could you not divide by 4, -clamp, then multiply by 4 in HDRI?

Clamp merely restricts the values to 0 to 100%, which they would be anyway. I don't think there is a simple supported way to "remove the fractional part" of HDRI values.

There is a way that works: OR with zero. It is a quirk so I wouldn't rely on this.
I suppose the bitwise operators AND, OR etc first convert values to integers.