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IDCT prescale + Lanczos3  vs  pure Lanczos3

Input: Pelecanus_conspicillatus_-_Austins_Ferry_pouncing_1.jpg (2506×1671). --idct-min-factor 2.5. Images render at intrinsic pixel size — no CSS scaling.
Firefox would skip the IDCT path on this image — 2506 × 1671 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 501 × 334 · IDCT 1/2 → 1253×836 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 501×334
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/2 heavy target 251 × 167 · IDCT 1/2 → 1253×836 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 5.01×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 251×167
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 barely target 251 × 167 · IDCT 1/4 → 627×418 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.50×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 251×167
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/4 heavy target 126 × 84 · IDCT 1/4 → 627×418 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 4.98×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 126×84
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 barely target 125 × 84 · IDCT 1/8 → 314×209 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 2.51×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 125×84
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×
1/8 heavy target 63 × 42 · IDCT 1/8 → 314×209 · Lanczos ratio ˜ 4.98×
IDCT pure
IDCT ● click to flick PURE ● click to flick
IDCT+Lanczos ⇄ pure Lanczos @ 63×42
diff abs diff ×10
pixel delta, amplified 10×