possible bug gradient: -threshold IM 6.8.5.4 Q16 Mac OSX

[fmw42]

Is this a bug or just a color management issue?


This does not produce and 50-50 black and white image

convert -size 256x256 gradient: -threshold 50% show:


But this does

convert -size 256x256 gradient: -set colorspace RGB -threshold 50% show:

[anthony]

I would have expected the first to be correct. threshold in sRGB colorspace.

I would also expect this to produce a 50-50% in linear grayscale colorspace (FAILS)

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convert -size 100x100 gradient:'gray(0)-gray(100%)' -threshold 50% -colorspace sRGB show:

and this... (WORKS)

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convert -size 100x100 gradient:'gray(0)-gray(100%)' -set colorspace RGB -threshold 50% -colorspace sRGB show:

The same goes for this 'sRGB to linear RGB' conversion (WORKS)

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convert -size 100x100 gradient: -set colorspace RGB -threshold 50% -colorspace sRGB show:

Threshold should be on 'values' and not have any colorspace dependencies. It is highly mathematical.

[fmw42]

Yes, I did all those tests, too. I was surprised by the failures, also. I did not show them as I was trying to keep the test cases as simple as possible.

[snibgo]

I would hope the results of the following would be the same:

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"%IM%convert" -size 100x100 gradient: %cs1% -threshold 50%% g1.png
"%IM%convert" -size 100x100 gradient: %cs1% -level 50%%,50%% g2.png
"%IM%convert" -size 100x100 gradient: %cs1% -level-colors gray(50%%),gray(50%%) g3.png
"%IM%convert" -size 100x100 gradient: %cs1% -contrast-stretch 50%%,50%% g4.png

"%IM%convert" xc:Black xc:White -append bwmap.png
"%IM%convert" -size 100x100 gradient: +dither -remap bwmap.png g5.png

For IM v6.8.5-0 in Windows they are visually the same, except for threshold.

Another difference: g4.png has the gamma "1", where all the others have gamma 0.4545.

[magick]

We can reproduce the problem you posted and have a patch in ImageMagick 6.8.5-5 Beta available by sometime tomorrow. Thanks.