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IDCT prescale + Lanczos3  vs  pure Lanczos3

Input: Bataille_Waterloo_1815_reconstitution_2011_cuirassier.jpg (2203×1685). --idct-min-factor 2.5. Images render at intrinsic pixel size — no CSS scaling.
Firefox would skip the IDCT path on this image — 2203 × 1685 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 441 × 337 · IDCT 1/2 → 1102×843 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 441×337
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/2 heavy target 221 × 169 · IDCT 1/2 → 1102×843 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 4.99×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 221×169
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 barely target 220 × 168 · IDCT 1/4 → 551×422 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.51×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 220×168
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 heavy target 110 × 84 · IDCT 1/4 → 551×422 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 5.02×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 110×84
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 barely target 110 × 84 · IDCT 1/8 → 276×211 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.51×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 110×84
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 heavy target 55 × 42 · IDCT 1/8 → 276×211 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 5.02×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 55×42
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×