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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: traceless-watermark
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: Add and extract invisible image watermarks with Reed-Solomon error correction and optional GPU acceleration.
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+License-File: THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
+Requires-Dist: numpy>=2.5.2
+Requires-Dist: opencv-python-headless>=5.0.0.93
+Requires-Dist: pywavelets>=1.9.0
+Requires-Dist: wgpu>=0.32.0 ; extra == 'gpu'
+Requires-Python: >=3.12
+Provides-Extra: gpu
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# Traceless Watermark for Python
+
+`TracelessWatermark-Python` is a Python image-processing library for adding and extracting invisible watermarks.
+
+This package uses the DWT-DCT-SVD implementation from ShieldMnt's Python [invisible-watermark](https://github.com/ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark) library and incorporates [Reed-Solomon error correction](https://github.com/tomerfiliba-org/reedsolomon).
+
+Encoding and decoding work with NumPy image arrays. GPU mode uses WebGPU when available and falls back to the CPU path otherwise.
+
+Traceless Watermark also includes libraries for iOS, Android, and browsers.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- Python 3.12 or later
+- Optional WebGPU dependencies for the GPU implementation
+
+## Usage
+
+```python
+import asyncio
+import cv2
+
+from traceless_watermark import TracelessWatermark, WatermarkSuccess
+
+async def main():
+    image = cv2.imread("input.jpg", cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+    watermark = TracelessWatermark()
+    watermark_text = "Example watermark"
+
+    encode_result = await watermark.encode_text(image, watermark_text)
+
+    if isinstance(encode_result, WatermarkSuccess):
+        watermarked_image = encode_result.value
+        cv2.imwrite("watermarked.png", watermarked_image)
+
+        decode_result = await watermark.decode_text(
+            watermarked_image,
+            byte_count=len(watermark_text.encode("utf-8")),
+        )
+
+        if isinstance(decode_result, WatermarkSuccess):
+            print(decode_result.value.payload)
+        else:
+            print("Decode failed:", decode_result.error)
+    else:
+        print("Encode failed:", encode_result.error)
+
+asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+## API
+
+Traceless Watermark has the following methods used for encoding and decoding watermarks, and all move off the event loop thread to avoid blocking async callers.
+
+Text-based APIs:
+
+```python
+async def encode_text(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    text: str,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[np.ndarray] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkEncodeError]
+
+async def decode_text(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    byte_count: int,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[DecodedPayload[str]] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkDecodeError]
+```
+
+Byte-based APIs:
+
+```python
+async def encode_bytes(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    payload: bytes,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[np.ndarray] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkEncodeError]
+
+async def decode_bytes(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    byte_count: int,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[DecodedPayload[bytes]] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkDecodeError]
+```
+
+Results are returned as `WatermarkSuccess(value)` or `WatermarkFailure(error)`. Decode success values contain a `DecodedPayload`; use `payload` for the recovered text or bytes, and `correction_usage` for the fraction of the Reed-Solomon correction budget used during recovery.
+
+## Options
+
+Options can be set when creating the `TracelessWatermark` object.
+
+```python
+watermark = TracelessWatermark(
+    scales=ChannelScales(),
+    block_size=WatermarkBlockSize.FOUR,
+    correction_level=StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.MEDIUM,
+    execution_mode=WatermarkExecutionMode.GPU,
+)
+```
+
+### Channel Scales
+
+The scale controls how strongly the watermark is written into each YUV channel.
+
+Using more channels can improve decode reliability, but costs more work.
+
+```python
+ChannelScales(y_channel=0, u_channel=36, v_channel=36) # Default values
+```
+
+Higher YUV color scale values improve watermark resilience at the cost of visual artifacting.
+
+### Execution Mode
+
+Switch between CPU and GPU environments when performing watermarks.
+
+```python
+WatermarkExecutionMode.CPU
+WatermarkExecutionMode.GPU
+WatermarkExecutionMode.REFERENCE
+```
+
+`GPU` uses WebGPU and is the default. When WebGPU is unavailable, it falls back to `CPU`. `REFERENCE` uses the local reference implementation for comparison and debugging.
+
+### Error Correction
+
+Error correction levels are provided for better watermark survivability.
+
+```python
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.NONE
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.LOW
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.MEDIUM
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.QUARTILE
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.HIGH
+CustomWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel(recovery_rate)
+```
+
+The levels mimic QR code error correction levels. The default is `MEDIUM`.
+
+### Block Size
+
+Block size controls the squares used for embedding watermark bits.
+
+```python
+WatermarkBlockSize.FOUR
+WatermarkBlockSize.EIGHT
+```
+
+`FOUR` is the recommended default. `EIGHT` is available for tuning and experiments.
+
+## GPU Cold Starts
+
+If you know the sizes of your images and watermark in advance, you can pass a buffer-pool reservation during warmup to reduce cold start latency.
+
+```python
+warm_up_result = await TracelessWatermark.warm_up(
+    BufferPoolReservation(
+        width=image_width,
+        height=image_height,
+        byte_count=len("Example watermark".encode("utf-8")),
+        correction_level=StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.MEDIUM, # Default parameter
+    )
+)
+```
+
+`warm_up` returns `WarmUpResult.Success`, `WarmUpResult.GpuUnavailable`, or `WarmUpResult.ReservationTooLarge`.
+
+Call `clean_up()` when an app wants to release shared GPU resources:
+
+```python
+await TracelessWatermark.clean_up()
+```
+
+## Image Notes
+
+- Images should be `np.uint8` arrays.
+- Supported shapes are `(height, width, 3)` and `(height, width, 4)`.
+- Channel order is BGR/BGRA, matching OpenCV.
+- Decode length is the original UTF-8 byte length.
+- Resizing, cropping, rotating, taking screenshots, or heavy recompression damages the signal.
+- Higher-resolution images increase watermark capacity, but require more processing time and memory.
+- Transparent images are not supported due to alpha premultiplication.
+- Encoded output file sizes are typically larger than the source images.
+- Cross-platform compatibility may still encounter edge cases.
+- Currently Traceless Watermark is meant to watermark one image at a time.
+
+## Development
+
+See [PLATFORM_DETAILS.md](PLATFORM_DETAILS.md) for local setup, development environment tips, running the example app, and testing changes.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0. See [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).

traceless_watermark-0.1.0/README.md

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+# Traceless Watermark for Python
+
+`TracelessWatermark-Python` is a Python image-processing library for adding and extracting invisible watermarks.
+
+This package uses the DWT-DCT-SVD implementation from ShieldMnt's Python [invisible-watermark](https://github.com/ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark) library and incorporates [Reed-Solomon error correction](https://github.com/tomerfiliba-org/reedsolomon).
+
+Encoding and decoding work with NumPy image arrays. GPU mode uses WebGPU when available and falls back to the CPU path otherwise.
+
+Traceless Watermark also includes libraries for iOS, Android, and browsers.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- Python 3.12 or later
+- Optional WebGPU dependencies for the GPU implementation
+
+## Usage
+
+```python
+import asyncio
+import cv2
+
+from traceless_watermark import TracelessWatermark, WatermarkSuccess
+
+async def main():
+    image = cv2.imread("input.jpg", cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+    watermark = TracelessWatermark()
+    watermark_text = "Example watermark"
+
+    encode_result = await watermark.encode_text(image, watermark_text)
+
+    if isinstance(encode_result, WatermarkSuccess):
+        watermarked_image = encode_result.value
+        cv2.imwrite("watermarked.png", watermarked_image)
+
+        decode_result = await watermark.decode_text(
+            watermarked_image,
+            byte_count=len(watermark_text.encode("utf-8")),
+        )
+
+        if isinstance(decode_result, WatermarkSuccess):
+            print(decode_result.value.payload)
+        else:
+            print("Decode failed:", decode_result.error)
+    else:
+        print("Encode failed:", encode_result.error)
+
+asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+## API
+
+Traceless Watermark has the following methods used for encoding and decoding watermarks, and all move off the event loop thread to avoid blocking async callers.
+
+Text-based APIs:
+
+```python
+async def encode_text(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    text: str,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[np.ndarray] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkEncodeError]
+
+async def decode_text(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    byte_count: int,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[DecodedPayload[str]] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkDecodeError]
+```
+
+Byte-based APIs:
+
+```python
+async def encode_bytes(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    payload: bytes,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[np.ndarray] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkEncodeError]
+
+async def decode_bytes(
+    image: np.ndarray,
+    byte_count: int,
+) -> WatermarkSuccess[DecodedPayload[bytes]] | WatermarkFailure[WatermarkDecodeError]
+```
+
+Results are returned as `WatermarkSuccess(value)` or `WatermarkFailure(error)`. Decode success values contain a `DecodedPayload`; use `payload` for the recovered text or bytes, and `correction_usage` for the fraction of the Reed-Solomon correction budget used during recovery.
+
+## Options
+
+Options can be set when creating the `TracelessWatermark` object.
+
+```python
+watermark = TracelessWatermark(
+    scales=ChannelScales(),
+    block_size=WatermarkBlockSize.FOUR,
+    correction_level=StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.MEDIUM,
+    execution_mode=WatermarkExecutionMode.GPU,
+)
+```
+
+### Channel Scales
+
+The scale controls how strongly the watermark is written into each YUV channel.
+
+Using more channels can improve decode reliability, but costs more work.
+
+```python
+ChannelScales(y_channel=0, u_channel=36, v_channel=36) # Default values
+```
+
+Higher YUV color scale values improve watermark resilience at the cost of visual artifacting.
+
+### Execution Mode
+
+Switch between CPU and GPU environments when performing watermarks.
+
+```python
+WatermarkExecutionMode.CPU
+WatermarkExecutionMode.GPU
+WatermarkExecutionMode.REFERENCE
+```
+
+`GPU` uses WebGPU and is the default. When WebGPU is unavailable, it falls back to `CPU`. `REFERENCE` uses the local reference implementation for comparison and debugging.
+
+### Error Correction
+
+Error correction levels are provided for better watermark survivability.
+
+```python
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.NONE
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.LOW
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.MEDIUM
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.QUARTILE
+StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.HIGH
+CustomWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel(recovery_rate)
+```
+
+The levels mimic QR code error correction levels. The default is `MEDIUM`.
+
+### Block Size
+
+Block size controls the squares used for embedding watermark bits.
+
+```python
+WatermarkBlockSize.FOUR
+WatermarkBlockSize.EIGHT
+```
+
+`FOUR` is the recommended default. `EIGHT` is available for tuning and experiments.
+
+## GPU Cold Starts
+
+If you know the sizes of your images and watermark in advance, you can pass a buffer-pool reservation during warmup to reduce cold start latency.
+
+```python
+warm_up_result = await TracelessWatermark.warm_up(
+    BufferPoolReservation(
+        width=image_width,
+        height=image_height,
+        byte_count=len("Example watermark".encode("utf-8")),
+        correction_level=StandardWatermarkErrorCorrectionLevel.MEDIUM, # Default parameter
+    )
+)
+```
+
+`warm_up` returns `WarmUpResult.Success`, `WarmUpResult.GpuUnavailable`, or `WarmUpResult.ReservationTooLarge`.
+
+Call `clean_up()` when an app wants to release shared GPU resources:
+
+```python
+await TracelessWatermark.clean_up()
+```
+
+## Image Notes
+
+- Images should be `np.uint8` arrays.
+- Supported shapes are `(height, width, 3)` and `(height, width, 4)`.
+- Channel order is BGR/BGRA, matching OpenCV.
+- Decode length is the original UTF-8 byte length.
+- Resizing, cropping, rotating, taking screenshots, or heavy recompression damages the signal.
+- Higher-resolution images increase watermark capacity, but require more processing time and memory.
+- Transparent images are not supported due to alpha premultiplication.
+- Encoded output file sizes are typically larger than the source images.
+- Cross-platform compatibility may still encounter edge cases.
+- Currently Traceless Watermark is meant to watermark one image at a time.
+
+## Development
+
+See [PLATFORM_DETAILS.md](PLATFORM_DETAILS.md) for local setup, development environment tips, running the example app, and testing changes.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0. See [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).

traceless_watermark-0.1.0/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md

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+# Third-Party Notices
+
+Third-party code and assets retain the licenses listed below; Traceless Watermark's own license is [Apache-2.0](LICENSE).
+
+This inventory covers copied code and assets, not all package-manager dependencies.
+
+## Library code
+
+### Reed-Solomon (reedsolo)
+
+- Upstream: [tomerfiliba-org/reedsolomon](https://github.com/tomerfiliba-org/reedsolomon).
+- Local implementation: [`src/traceless_watermark/internal/ReedSolo.py`](src/traceless_watermark/internal/ReedSolo.py).
+- Origin: Vendored Python implementation with isolated module state.
+- Upstream baseline: [`796639c`](https://github.com/tomerfiliba-org/reedsolomon/commit/796639ca4953f1f465ea60682ad4a826239137e7) (`2.1.3b1`), verified against the vendored Python implementation.
+- Local Python changes: formatting, comments, and `xrange = range` in place of the Python 2 compatibility fallback.
+- License: [Unlicense or MIT-0](https://github.com/tomerfiliba-org/reedsolomon/blob/796639ca4953f1f465ea60682ad4a826239137e7/LICENSE); MIT-0 text reproduced below.
+
+Original source copyrights:
+
+```text
+Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Tomer Filiba <tomerfiliba@gmail.com>
+Copyright (c) 2015 rotorgit
+Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Stephen Larroque <LRQ3000@gmail.com>
+```
+
+MIT No Attribution (MIT-0) license text:
+
+```text
+Copyright 2013-2023 Tomer Filiba & Stephen Larroque
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+```
+
+### invisible-watermark
+
+- Upstream: [ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark](https://github.com/ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark).
+- Usage: DWT-DCT-SVD watermarking, adapted for platform-specific APIs, execution backends, and Reed-Solomon integration.
+- License: [MIT](https://github.com/ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark/blob/main/LICENSE).
+
+```text
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 ShieldMnt
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+```
+
+## Test images
+
+Repository test fixtures, not library runtime assets.
+
+Original download revisions and modifications to the photographs were not recorded.
+
+### Cherries
+
+- Local file: [`images/cherries.jpg`](images/cherries.jpg).
+- Creator: Schueler-Design.
+- Source: [Cherries, Cherry tree, Branch on Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/photos/cherries-cherry-tree-branch-fruit-826113/).
+- License: [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/); [full text](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode).
+- Published July 1, 2015, before Pixabay's January 9, 2019 CC0 cutoff; see [section 4 of Pixabay's terms](https://pixabay.com/service/terms/).
+
+### Chocolate chip cookies
+
+- Local file: [`images/chocolate-chip-cookies.jpg`](images/chocolate-chip-cookies.jpg).
+- Creator: Lisa Fotios.
+- Source: [Chocolate Chip Cookies on NegativeSpace](https://negativespace.co/chocolate-chip-cookies-2/).
+- License: [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), as listed by the source; [full text](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode).
+
+## Example-only dependencies
+
+### PySide6 / Qt for Python
+
+- Project: [Qt for Python](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6/), by The Qt Company and contributors.
+- Usage: The [desktop example](example/traceless_watermark_example/pyproject.toml) uses PySide6's QtCore, QtGui, and QtWidgets; the library does not depend on PySide6.
+- Distribution: Installed separately, not vendored.
+- Licensing: LGPLv3/GPLv3 or commercial terms, depending on the components; see [upstream license details](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6/licenses.html).
+- Bundled executables require a separate review of shipped components, notices, license texts, and source/relinking obligations; see [Qt's LGPL guidance](https://www.qt.io/development/open-source-lgpl-obligations).