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Fixes #651

Updated gaussian_blur_fft in core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp to use reflect padding before FFT transform, and cropped back to original dimensions afterwards. This prevents border darkening and circular edge wrapping for non-power-of-two images.

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49-56: Reflect semantics are correct. Add a unit test for the boundary cases.

I checked reflect_index for the period 2*dim mapping. The results are: -1 → 0, dim → dim-1, and -dim → dim-1. All are correct. The int64_t period prevents overflow. p % period has the sign of p, and the q < 0 branch corrects it.

The function is static at file scope. This follows the existing past review suggestion.


60-70: LGTM!


72-102: Validation order is correct. One precision point on the padding bound remains.

The checks cover non-finite sigma, kMaxDim, pad_d before the cast, padded size, and the FFT element cap. W > MAX_FFT_ELEMENTS / H is safe because H >= 1. The checks also bound W and H to values that fit in int for freq_coord. Both W and H are at most 2^30, so the cast is safe.

The kMaxDim bound on the padded size stays correct, because next_power_of_two of a value at most 2^30 is at most 2^30.


117-126: LGTM!


144-154: LGTM!


  • gaussian_blur_fft reflect-pads each image by ceil(3 * sigma_pixels) before the FFT, then crops the result to the original dimensions.
  • The change reduces border darkening and edge wrapping. It clamps RGB output to [0, 255] and leaves alpha unchanged.
  • The function returns without modifying the image when its input or calculated FFT buffer fails the new validity and size checks.
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gaussian_blur_fft validates image dimensions and sigma. It adds reflected padding before the FFT and reads the blurred result from the original image region. The output values remain clamped to [0, 255].

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FFT Gaussian blur

Layer / File(s) Summary
Input validation and FFT dimensions
core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp
The blur rejects invalid images, non-finite or nonpositive sigma, and dimensions or padded sizes that exceed its limits. It derives power-of-two FFT dimensions from dimensions expanded by ceil(3 * sigma_pixels).
Reflected padding and output crop
core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp
The blur fills the FFT buffer using reflected image coordinates. It reads and clamps values from the original-image region.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The previously identified narrow-image performance issue has been corrected. No remaining issue is established that would prevent merging after normal checks.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp: Added reflect_index, which maps out-of-range coordinates into the image bounds by mirroring them and returns zero for dimensions at most one. gaussian_blur_fft now rejects non-finite or nonpositive sigma, dimensions above 2^30, padding or padded dimensions exceeding 2^30, and FFT buffers above 64M elements. It pads by ceil(3 * sigma_pixels) before rounding dimensions up to powers of two. Previously, it checked only null or empty images and nonpositive sigma, and derived FFT dimensions directly from the unpadded dimensions.
  • observed — Modified behavior in core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp: The FFT buffer is now filled across its full dimensions using reflected source coordinates offset by the padding. Previously, only the original image area was copied at the buffer origin.
  • observed — Modified behavior in core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp: Blurred RGB values are now read from the image region offset by the padding. The previous code read from the buffer origin. Both versions clamp results to [0, 255] before conversion.
  • observed — Modified behavior in core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp: The namespace-closing brace remains in place; its old-hunk counterpart is unchanged in effect.

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  • inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for core: blast_radius_1; direct_dependents_1
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Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the fix(core): prefix and clearly describes the reflect-padding change and its purpose.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains that gaussian_blur_fft uses reflect padding and cropping to prevent border darkening and edge wrapping.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #651 requires gaussian_blur_fft to avoid border darkening and opposite-edge wrapping. The reviewed change reflect-pads each dimension by ceil(3 * sigma_pixels), applies the FFT, then reads t…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The change is limited to core/src/internal/image_utils.cpp. The sigma, dimension, and FFT-buffer checks support safe execution of the updated blur path. Padding, cropping, and output handling direct…
No Ai Slop Pr Description ✅ Passed The PR description identifies the specific change to gaussian_blur_fft: reflect-padding before the FFT and cropping afterward. It states the reason: prevent border darkening and circular edge wrappi…
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Hi @RahulKumarBaldia. Great stuff!

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@Krasner do you think it would be worthwhile to break the padding part into a separate reusable utility? We have to pad images quite often and reflect padding is a bit better in some cases than replicate padding.

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namespace img2num {

// Helper to calculate reflect (mirror) boundary index
static size_t reflect_index(int p, int dim) {
if (dim <= 1) return 0;
while (p < 0 || p >= dim) {
if (p < 0) {
p = -p - 1;
} else if (p >= dim) {
p = 2 * dim - 1 - p;
}
}
return static_cast<size_t>(p);
}

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Since this isn't exported, it doesn't need to be in a namespace.

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namespace img2num {
// Helper to calculate reflect (mirror) boundary index
static size_t reflect_index(int p, int dim) {
if (dim <= 1) return 0;
while (p < 0 || p >= dim) {
if (p < 0) {
p = -p - 1;
} else if (p >= dim) {
p = 2 * dim - 1 - p;
}
}
return static_cast<size_t>(p);
}
// Helper to calculate reflect (mirror) boundary index
static size_t reflect_index(int p, int dim) {
if (dim <= 1) return 0;
while (p < 0 || p >= dim) {
if (p < 0) {
p = -p - 1;
} else if (p >= dim) {
p = 2 * dim - 1 - p;
}
}
return static_cast<size_t>(p);
}
namespace img2num {

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🟠 Major · Make coordinate reflection constant-time. · image_utils.cpp:52-57

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Make coordinate reflection constant-time.

When an image dimension is small relative to pad, this loop reflects a coordinate one boundary crossing at a time. For a 2×2 image and sigma_pixels = 100, the FFT dimensions reach 1024×1024. The buffer-fill loop calls reflect_index for every pixel and channel, with many calls requiring hundreds of loop iterations. Use a modulo-based reflection calculation so padding does not multiply the work per pixel.

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Update reflect_index in the image utilities to compute reflected coordinates
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Preserve the existing reflection behavior for negative and out-of-range
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Thanks @Ryan-Millard! Addressed CodeRabbit's review: sigma_pixels is now checked for finiteness, the padding is range-checked before the size_t cast, padded dimensions are bounded so they fit the int coordinates used by reflect_index, and docstrings were added. @coderabbitai please re-review. Happy to extract the padding into a reusable utility once @Krasner weighs in.

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@Krasner do you think it would be worthwhile to break the padding part into a separate reusable utility? We have to pad images quite often and reflect padding is a bit better in some cases than replicate padding.

@Ryan-Millard depends on whether this is a strictly render to svg library or a general purpose image processing library.

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@Krasner do you think it would be worthwhile to break the padding part into a separate reusable utility? We have to pad images quite often and reflect padding is a bit better in some cases than replicate padding.

@Ryan-Millard depends on whether this is a strictly render to svg library or a general purpose image processing library.

I don't think we should go general-purpose because then we'd compete with like OpenCV and libraries like those, which is just so far away from our niche. I suggested making it reusable for the other occasions where we pad our images, like in the bilateral filter.

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Changes made:

  • Moved reflect_index outside the img2num namespace
  • Made it O(1) using modulo. Used a period of 2dim (not 2dim-2) to preserve the existing edge-repeating reflection behaviour, and int64_t to avoid overflow for large dims
  • Added a MAX_FFT_ELEMENTS cap (64M) before allocating the FFT buffer to prevent memory exhaustion

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Hey Sir, please merge the branch. I have done my work from my side.

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fix(core): gaussian_blur_fft darkens borders of non-power-of-two images and wraps edges

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