WIC increases the size of TIFF image - c++

Question

Scenario:
Load a TIFF image and extract the frames of tiff image and save it locally.
Combine the extracted frames to the output TIFF image.
When i try to combine the frames, the size of the output tiff image is increasing drastically. For example if my input size if 40 MB , the output is increased to 300 MB.
Below is the code which explains the scenario,
void readTiff()
{
HRESULT hr;
IWICBitmapFrameDecode *frameDecode = NULL;
IWICFormatConverter *formatConverter = NULL;
IWICBitmapEncoder *encoder = NULL;
IWICStream *pOutStream = NULL;
IWICBitmapFrameEncode *frameEncode = NULL;
IWICImagingFactory* m_pWICFactory;
hr = CoCreateInstance(
CLSID_WICImagingFactory,
NULL,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_PPV_ARGS(&m_pWICFactory)
);
IWICBitmapDecoder *pIDecoder = NULL;
hr = m_pWICFactory->CreateDecoderFromFilename(
L"D:\\test28\\Multitiff_files\\300dpiTIFF40MB_WATER.tif", // Image to be decoded
NULL, // Do not prefer a particular vendor
GENERIC_READ, // Desired read access to the file
WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnDemand, // Cache metadata when needed
&pIDecoder // Pointer to the decoder
);
UINT frameCount = 0;
pIDecoder->GetFrameCount(&frameCount);
for (int i = 0; i < frameCount; i++)
{
wchar_t temp[200];
int j = i;
swprintf_s(temp, 200, L"D:\\test28\\Multitiff_files\\out\\filename_png%d.jpeg", i);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = m_pWICFactory->CreateStream(&pOutStream);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pOutStream->InitializeFromFilename(temp, GENERIC_WRITE);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = m_pWICFactory->CreateEncoder(GUID_ContainerFormatJpeg, NULL, &encoder);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = encoder->Initialize(pOutStream, WICBitmapEncoderNoCache);
hr = pIDecoder->GetFrame(i, &frameDecode);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = m_pWICFactory->CreateFormatConverter(&formatConverter);
hr = formatConverter->Initialize(
frameDecode, // Source frame to convert
GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppIndexed, // The desired pixel format
WICBitmapDitherTypeNone, // The desired dither pattern
NULL, // The desired palette
0.f, // The desired alpha threshold
WICBitmapPaletteTypeMedianCut // Palette translation type
);
IPropertyBag2 *pPropertybag = NULL;
//Create a new frame..
hr = encoder->CreateNewFrame(&frameEncode, &pPropertybag);
//PROPBAG2 option = { 0 };
//option.pstrName = L"ImageQuality";
//VARIANT varValue;
//VariantInit(&varValue);
//varValue.vt = VT_R4;
//varValue.fltVal = 0.01f;
//hr = pPropertybag->Write(
// 1, // number of properties being set
// &option,
// &varValue);
WICPixelFormatGUID pixelFormat;
hr = frameEncode->Initialize(pPropertybag);
//pixelFormat = GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppIndexed;
frameDecode->GetPixelFormat(&pixelFormat);
hr = frameEncode->SetPixelFormat(&pixelFormat);
hr = frameEncode->WriteSource(formatConverter, NULL);
frameEncode->Commit();
encoder->Commit();
if (formatConverter)
formatConverter->Release();
if (frameDecode)
frameDecode->Release();
if (frameEncode)
frameEncode->Release();
if (pOutStream)
pOutStream->Release();
if (encoder)
encoder->Release();
}
if (m_pWICFactory)
m_pWICFactory->Release();
pIDecoder->Release();
}
void combineFile(int count)
{
HRESULT hr;
IWICImagingFactory *pFactory = NULL;
IWICStream *pInStream = NULL;
IWICBitmapDecoder *decoder = NULL;
IWICBitmapFrameDecode *frameDecode = NULL;
IWICFormatConverter *formatConverter = NULL;
IWICBitmapEncoder *encoder = NULL;
IWICStream *pOutStream = NULL;
IWICBitmapFrameEncode *frameEncode = NULL;
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WICImagingFactory, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IWICImagingFactory, (LPVOID*)&pFactory);
if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WICImagingFactory, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IWICImagingFactory, (LPVOID*)&pFactory);
}
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pFactory->CreateStream(&pOutStream);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pOutStream->InitializeFromFilename(L"D:\\test28\\Multitiff_files\\out\\out.tiff", GENERIC_WRITE);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pFactory->CreateEncoder(GUID_ContainerFormatWmp, NULL, &encoder);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = encoder->Initialize(pOutStream, WICBitmapEncoderNoCache);
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
wchar_t temp[200];
swprintf_s(temp, 200, L"D:\\test28\\Multitiff_files\\out\\filename_png%d.jpeg", i);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pFactory->CreateStream(&pInStream);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pInStream->InitializeFromFilename(temp, GENERIC_READ);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pFactory->CreateDecoderFromStream(pInStream, NULL, WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnLoad, &decoder);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
hr = pFactory->CreateFormatConverter(&formatConverter);
hr = decoder->GetFrame(0, &frameDecode);
//hr = formatConverter->Initialize(
// frameDecode, // Source frame to convert
// GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppIndexed, // The desired pixel format
// WICBitmapDitherTypeNone, // The desired dither pattern
// NULL, // The desired palette
// 0.f, // The desired alpha threshold
// WICBitmapPaletteTypeMedianCut // Palette translation type
// );
WICPixelFormatGUID pixelFormat;
frameDecode->GetPixelFormat(&pixelFormat);
IPropertyBag2 *pPropertybag = NULL;
//Create a new frame..
hr = encoder->CreateNewFrame(&frameEncode, &pPropertybag);
PROPBAG2 option = { 0 };
option.pstrName = L"TiffCompressionMethod";
VARIANT varValue;
VariantInit(&varValue);
varValue.vt = VT_UI1;
varValue.bVal = WICTiffCompressionOption::WICTiffCompressionZIP;
hr = pPropertybag->Write(1, &option, &varValue);
hr = frameEncode->Initialize(pPropertybag);
hr = frameEncode->SetPixelFormat(&pixelFormat);
hr = frameEncode->WriteSource(formatConverter, NULL);
hr = frameEncode->Commit();
if (pInStream)
pInStream->Release();
if (decoder)
decoder->Release();
if (formatConverter)
formatConverter->Release();
if (frameEncode)
frameEncode->Release();
//if (frameDecode)
//frameDecode->Release();
}
encoder->Commit();
if (pFactory)
pFactory->Release();
if (encoder)
encoder->Release();
if (pOutStream)
pOutStream->Release();
}

Answer 1

One easy way to debug this kind of issue is to use ImageMagick which is installed on most Linux distros and is available for OSX and Windows. First use the identify utility within the suite with its verbose option to find out everything about your before and after images like this:
# Find out all we know about first image and put in file "1.txt"
identify -verbose image1.tif > 1.txt
# Find out all we know about second image and put in file "2.txt"
identify -verbose image2.tif > 2.txt
Now use your favourite file comparison tool to see the differences:
opendiff 1.txt 2.txt