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IDCT prescale + Lanczos3  vs  pure Lanczos3

Input: Odontoptera_carrenoi_MHNT_global.jpg (6000×2482). --idct-min-factor 2.5. Images render at intrinsic pixel size — no CSS scaling.
Firefox would skip the IDCT path on this image — 6000 × 2482 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 1200 × 496 · IDCT 1/2 → 3000×1241 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 1200×496
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/2 heavy target 601 × 249 · IDCT 1/2 → 3000×1241 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 4.99×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 601×249
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 barely target 600 × 248 · IDCT 1/4 → 1500×621 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 600×248
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 heavy target 301 × 124 · IDCT 1/4 → 1500×621 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 5.01×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 301×124
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 barely target 300 × 124 · IDCT 1/8 → 750×311 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.51×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 300×124
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 heavy target 150 × 62 · IDCT 1/8 → 750×311 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 5.02×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 150×62
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×