Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool
Compress texture image formats to reduce memory footprint and improve graphics application performance
The Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool enables the developer to compress individual textures or multiple textures to reduce the bandwidth usage required to load textures in graphics applications which gives applications superior performance and reduces power consumption.
The Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool supports a variety of different texture formats and allows displaying the original texture and the compressed texture for comparison.
ETC Texture Compression
- Improved ETC compression speed of up to 600x compared to ETCPack at same or better quality
- Output compressed mipmaps as either multiple PKM files or a single KTX file
- Automatic generation of mipmaps
- Compression optimized for either lowest root mean square error or for lowest perceptual error
Reporting
- Reporting of quality of compressed texture vs original texture in both RMSE (Root-mean-square error) and PSNR (Peak Signal-Noise ratio)
Image Handling
- Handling of alpha channels in images to create texture atlases or separate compressed/uncompressed alpha channel textures
- Support for compressing all common texture formats (bmp, jpeg, jpg, tga, bpm, pgm, png, ppm, psd, tiff, raw, xbm and many others supported by ImageMagick)
Other
- GUI for easy configuration and compression
- Command line interface for easy integration with build systems and testing regression suites
- Compression configuration to control texture compression quality
- Ability to visually compare compressed textures with original textures
Current Release - v3.0 [09 November 2011]
End User License Agreement for Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool v3.0
END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR THE MALI TEXTURE COMPRESSION TOOL v3.0 THIS END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (“LICENCE”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, OR SINGLE LEGAL ENTITY) AND ARM LIMITED ("ARM") FOR THE USE OF THE DELIVERABLES ACCOMPANYING THIS LICENCE. ARM IS ONLY WILLING TO LICENSE THE DELIVERABLES TO YOU ON CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS IN THIS LICENCE. BY CLICKING “I AGREE” OR BY INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING OR COPYING THE DELIVERABLES YOU INDICATE THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE. 1. DEFINITIONS. “Authorised Purpose” means the use of the Deliverables to compress texture images and deliver such compressed texture images to end users. “Deliverables” means the software binaries accompanying this Licence, and any printed, electronic or online documentation supplied with it, in all cases relating to the Mali Texture Compression Tool. “Separate Files” means the files identified in Clause 4 below, which are subject to the terms of the licence agreement identified in Clause 4. “Software Applications” means the compressed texture images developed by you under this Licence. 2. LICENCE GRANT. DELIVERABLES: ARM hereby grants to you, subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, a nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty free, worldwide licence to use and copy the Deliverables solely for the Authorised Purpose. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF THE DELIVERABLES. 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Downloads
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Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool v3.0 | Windows Installer [MSI] |
Linux Installer [TGZ] | |
Release Notes [PDF] |
Previous Release - v2.2 [21 October 2009]
End User License Agreement for Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool v2.2
THIS END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (“LICENCE”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, OR SINGLE LEGAL ENTITY) AND ARM LIMITED ("ARM") FOR THE USE OF THE DELIVERABLES ACCOMPANYING THIS LICENCE. ARM IS ONLY WILLING TO LICENSE THE DELIVERABLES TO YOU ON CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS IN THIS LICENCE. BY CLICKING “I AGREE” OR BY INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING OR COPYING THE DELIVERABLES YOU INDICATE THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE.
1. DEFINITIONS.
“Authorised Purpose” means the use of the Deliverables to compress texture images into the Ericsson Texture Compression (ETC) format and deliver such compressed texture images to end users.
“Deliverables” means the software binaries accompanying this Licence, and any printed, electronic or online documentation supplied with it, in all cases relating to the Mali Texture Compression Tool.
“Software Applications” means the compressed texture images developed by you under this Licence.
2. LICENCE GRANT.
DELIVERABLES: ARM hereby grants to you, subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, a nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty free, worldwide licence to use and copy the Deliverables solely for the Authorised Purpose.
3. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF THE DELIVERABLES.
REVERSE ENGINEERING: Except to the extent that such activity is permitted by applicable law you shall not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any of the Deliverables. If the Deliverables were provided to you in Europe you shall not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any of the Deliverables for the purposes of error correction.
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF LICENSED RIGHTS: The rights granted to you under this agreement may not be assigned, sublicensed or otherwise transferred by you to any third party without the prior written consent of ARM. You shall not rent or lease the Deliverables, or except as expressly provided above, share them with third parties.
TITLE AND RESERVATION OF RIGHTS: You acquire no rights to the Deliverables other than as expressly provided by this Licence. The Deliverables are licensed not sold. ARM does not transfer title to the Deliverables to you. In no event shall the licences granted in Clause 2 be construed as granting you expressly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, licences to any ARM technology other than the Deliverables.
NOTICES: You shall not remove from the Deliverables any copyright notice or other notice (whether ARM’s or its licensor’s), and you shall ensure that any such notice is reproduced in any copies of the whole or any part of the Deliverables made by you. You shall not use ARM’s or its licensor’s name, logo or trademarks to market Software Applications.
4. NO SUPPORT.
ARM has no obligation to support or to continue providing or updating any of the Deliverables.
5. NO WARRANTIES.
YOU AGREE THAT THE DELIVERABLES ARE LICENSED “AS IS”, AND THAT ARM AND ANY THIRD PARTY LICENSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR OTHER TERMS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTIBILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL LIABILITIES AND RISKS, FOR USE OR OPERATION OF ANY APPLICATION PROGRAMS YOU CREATE WITH THE DELIVERABLES, AND YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ARM OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE DELIVERABLES WHETHER BASED ON A CLAIM UNDER CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF ARM OR ANY SUCH LICENSOR WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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7. U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS.
US Government Restrictions: Use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure or transfer of this commercial product and accompanying documentation is restricted in accordance with the terms of this Licence.
8. TERM AND TERMINATION.
This Licence shall remain in force until terminated by you or by ARM. Without prejudice to any of its other rights if you are in breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Licence then ARM may terminate this Licence immediately upon giving written notice to you. You may terminate this Licence at any time.
Upon termination of this Licence by you or by ARM you shall stop using the Deliverables and destroy all copies of the Deliverables in your possession together with all documentation and related materials.
The provisions of Clauses 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 shall survive termination of this Licence.
9. GENERAL.
This Licence is governed by English Law. Except where ARM agrees otherwise in a written contract signed by you and ARM, this is the only agreement between you and ARM relating to the Deliverables and it may only be modified by written agreement between you and ARM. Except as expressly agreed in writing, this Licence may not be modified by purchase orders, advertising or other representation by any person. If any clause in this Licence is held by a court of law to be illegal or unenforceable the remaining provisions of this Licence shall not be affected thereby. The failure by ARM to enforce any of the provisions of this Licence, unless waived in writing, shall not constitute a waiver of ARM's rights to enforce such provision or any other provision of this Licence in the future.
You agree to comply fully with all laws and regulations of the United States and other countries ("Export Laws") to assure that the Deliverables are not (1) exported, directly or indirectly, in violation of Export Laws, either to any countries that are subject to U.S.A. export restrictions or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in the U.S.A. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S.A. government; or (2) intended to be used for any purpose prohibited by Export Laws, including, without limitation, nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons proliferation.
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Downloads
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Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool v2.2 | Windows Installer [ZIP] |
Linux Installer [TGZ] | |
Release Notes [PDF] | |
Errata [PDF] |
Support
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Documentation
Current Release - v3.0 [09 November 2011]
Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool v3.0 User Guide [PDF] [HTML]
Previous Release - v2.2 [21 October 2009]
Mali GPU Texture Compression Tool v2.2 User Guide [PDF] [HTML]
General
Performance Optimization of Embedded 3D Graphics Applications [PDF]
Mali GPU Developer Tools Overview Slides [PDF]
Mali GPU Developer Tools Technical Overview [PDF] [HTML]
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