KOST-Simy

= Description =

KOST-Simy is a Java-based application for automated visual comparison of BMP, JPEG, JP2, TIFF, GIF, PNG, and PDF/A respectively PDF files with an integrated JPEG or JP2 file. It is an open source application under a GPL v3+ licence. KOST-Simy uses unmodified components of other manufacturers by embedding them directly into the source code.

Funtional Principle
KOST-Simy complies with the following requirements.

PDF and PDF/A: Using iText KOST-Simy extract the JPEG or JP2 image so then the normal image-comparison can be performed.


 * Image comparison: KOST-Simy performs a visual comparison of two images using ImageMagickCompare. KOST-Simy evaluated the intermediate result further and then displayed the result.
 * PDF and PDF/A: Using iText KOST-Simy extract the JPEG or JP2 image so then the normal image-comparison can be performed.

The results (including deviations, which are outside the tolerances) are output and written to a log file. In addition, the mask with the deviations is stored in the log directory.

Third-party applications
KOST-Simy uses unmodified components of other manufacturers by embedding them directly into the source code. Users of KOST-Simy are requested to adhere to these components ‘terms of licence.


 * KOST-Simy performs a visual comparison of two images using ImageMagickCompare.
 * To extract the JPEG and JP2 images from PDF/A the iText library is used.

Read Me & Download
The KOST-Simy application is used for Compare Images. At the moment BMP, JPEG, JP2, TIFF, GIF, PNG and the included JPEG- and JP2-Files in PDF-Files are supported.

KOST-Simy, Copyright (C) 2015 Claire Roethlisberger (KOST-CECO).

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see GPL-3.0_COPYING.txt for details.

You can download KOST-Simy under https://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Simy/releases or http://kost-ceco.ch/cms/index.php?kost_simy_de. For installation-instructions check the manual (DE/FR/EN).

Future
See http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Simy/issues

Feedback & Issues
Feedback about KOST-Simy is very welcome at http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Simy/issues or kost-val[at]kost-ceco.ch.

= User Experiences =

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= Development Activity =

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Simy/commits

Release Feed
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Activity Feed
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