Calamus Raster Graphic

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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
 
CRG files apparently begin with the ASCII signature "{{magic|CALAMUSCRG}}".
 
CRG files apparently begin with the ASCII signature "{{magic|CALAMUSCRG}}".
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== Format details ==
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''[Partial decoding, based on analysis of a small number of CRG files. This may be incorrect.]''
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Multi-byte integers are big-endian.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Offset !! Length !! Field !! Observed values !! Details
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|-
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|0 || 10 || signature || "<code>CALAMUSCRG</code>" ||
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|-
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|10 || 2 || || <code>03 e8</code> || Unknown. By analogy to CVG, maybe a code for the format version.
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|-
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|12 || 2 || || <code>00 02</code> || Unknown. By analogy to CVG, maybe a code for the page size.
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|-
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|14 || 4 || || (file size, minus 24) ||
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|-
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|18 || 2 || || <code>00 80</code> || Unknown
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|-
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|20 || 4 || width || || Image width in pixels
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|-
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|24 || 4 || height || || Image height in pixels
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|-
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|28 || 4 || || (various) || Unknown
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|-
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|32 || 1 || || <code>01</code> || Unknown
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|-
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|33 || 1 || || <code>00</code> || Unknown
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|-
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|34 || 4 || || <code>ff ff ff ff</code> || Unknown
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|-
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|38 || 4 || cmpr_size || || Size of compressed image data, in bytes
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|-
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|42 || cmpr_size || cmpr_image_data || || Compressed image data (see below)
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|}
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=== RLE compression ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Code byte (N) !! Instructions
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|-
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|N ≤ 127 || Emit the next N+1 bytes literally.
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|-
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|N ≥ 128 || Emit the next byte N−127 times.
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|}
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After decompression, pixels are in left-to-right, top-to-bottom order. 8 pixels per byte, most significant bit first, white is 0. Rows are padded to the next byte boundary.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==

Revision as of 13:31, 10 July 2016

File Format
Name Calamus Raster Graphic
Ontology
Extension(s) .crg

Calamus Raster Graphic (CRG) is a graphics format associated with the Calamus desktop publishing software by invers Software. At least some CRG images are compressed using a simple run-length encoding scheme.

Refer to Calamus for more information about the software, and related formats.

Contents

Identification

CRG files apparently begin with the ASCII signature "CALAMUSCRG".

Format details

[Partial decoding, based on analysis of a small number of CRG files. This may be incorrect.]

Multi-byte integers are big-endian.

Offset Length Field Observed values Details
0 10 signature "CALAMUSCRG"
10 2 03 e8 Unknown. By analogy to CVG, maybe a code for the format version.
12 2 00 02 Unknown. By analogy to CVG, maybe a code for the page size.
14 4 (file size, minus 24)
18 2 00 80 Unknown
20 4 width Image width in pixels
24 4 height Image height in pixels
28 4 (various) Unknown
32 1 01 Unknown
33 1 00 Unknown
34 4 ff ff ff ff Unknown
38 4 cmpr_size Size of compressed image data, in bytes
42 cmpr_size cmpr_image_data Compressed image data (see below)

RLE compression

Code byte (N) Instructions
N ≤ 127 Emit the next N+1 bytes literally.
N ≥ 128 Emit the next byte N−127 times.

After decompression, pixels are in left-to-right, top-to-bottom order. 8 pixels per byte, most significant bit first, white is 0. Rows are padded to the next byte boundary.

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