Chrominance Subsampling Page 3
a. Image and chrominance pixels b. Subsampling pattern notation
(centered alignment)
H: chrominance resolution horizontal
V: chrominance resolution vertical Chrominance sample
T: chrominance resolution total No chrominance sample
Pattern identifier
reference "block"
Image pixel Chrominance pixel
Corner of pixel block shown at left
Centroid of chromiannce pixel
4:4:4 4:4:4 4
4
H: 1/1
V: 1/1
T: 1/1
4:4:0 4:4:0
4
H: 1/1 0
V: 1/2
T: 1/2
4:2:2 4:2:2 2
2
H: 1/2
V: 1/1
T: 1/2
4:2:0 c 4:2:0
2
H: 1/2 0
V: 1/2
T: 1/4
4:1:1 4:1:1 1
1
H: 1/4
V: 1/1
T: 1/4
4:1:0 4:1:0
1
H: 1/4 0
V: 1/2
T: 1/8
c This is the most common "centered" form for 4:2:0 for still images; others are used in video
Figure 1. Chrominance subsampling patterns (centered alignment)
SUBSAMPLING PATTERNS
Figure 1 shows, in part a, six chrominance subsampling patterns (actually, the first
one is no subsampling at all), including all the ones widely used in common image