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IDCT prescale + Lanczos3  vs  pure Lanczos3

Input: Ardea_cinerea_qtl3.jpg (3656×2716). --idct-min-factor 2.5. Images render at intrinsic pixel size — no CSS scaling.
Firefox would skip the IDCT path on this image — 3656 × 2716 isn't a whole number of MCU blocks (8 × 8), so trailing-MCU padding could smear into visible pixels (crbug.com/890745, libjpeg-turbo#297). The IDCT renders below show what would happen if the gate were lifted; in stock Firefox with this commit, output matches the pure-Lanczos column.
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1/2 barely target 731 × 543 · IDCT 1/2 → 1828×1358 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 731×543
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/2 heavy target 366 × 272 · IDCT 1/2 → 1828×1358 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 4.99×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 366×272
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 barely target 366 × 272 · IDCT 1/4 → 914×679 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 366×272
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 heavy target 183 × 136 · IDCT 1/4 → 914×679 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 4.99×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 183×136
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 barely target 183 × 136 · IDCT 1/8 → 457×340 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 183×136
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 heavy target 92 × 68 · IDCT 1/8 → 457×340 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 5.00×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 92×68
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×