ImageMagick version
7.1.2-2
Operating system
Windows
Operating system, version and so on
Windows 11
Description
https://imagemagick.org/command-line-options/#update&gsc.tab=0 says:
The default value for the intensity and spatial sigmas are 0.75*diameter and 0.25*diameter respectively.
However, the code in MagickWand/mogrify.c and MagickWand/operation.c has the default for intensity at 1.0*diameter.
We can demonstrate that the factor used is 1.0. Note that width=10 and height=10 makes diameter=14.14, and 75% of that is 10.6.
D:\temp>%IMG7%magick toes.png -bilateral-blur 10x10 x0.png
D:\temp>%IMG7%magick toes.png -bilateral-blur 10x10+14.14 x14.png
D:\temp>%IMG7%magick toes.png -bilateral-blur 10x10+10.6 x10.png
D:\temp>%IMG7%magick compare -metric RMSE x0.png x14.png NULL:
0.286713 (4.37495e-06)
D:\temp>%IMG7%magick compare -metric RMSE x0.png x10.png NULL:
235.779 (0.00359775)
So the default is very close to the explicit intensity 14.14, which is diameter*1.0.
Looking at "blame" for the source code, the factor has always been 1.0. Thus I suggest the documentation is changed to match the code:
The default value for the intensity and spatial sigmas are 1.0*diameter and 0.25*diameter respectively.
Steps to Reproduce
See above.
Images

ImageMagick version
7.1.2-2
Operating system
Windows
Operating system, version and so on
Windows 11
Description
https://imagemagick.org/command-line-options/#update&gsc.tab=0 says:
However, the code in MagickWand/mogrify.c and MagickWand/operation.c has the default for intensity at 1.0*diameter.
We can demonstrate that the factor used is 1.0. Note that width=10 and height=10 makes diameter=14.14, and 75% of that is 10.6.
So the default is very close to the explicit intensity 14.14, which is diameter*1.0.
Looking at "blame" for the source code, the factor has always been 1.0. Thus I suggest the documentation is changed to match the code:
Steps to Reproduce
See above.
Images