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zensim

This is zensimx, the zensim research repository (renamed from imazen/zensim on 2026-10-28): training, evaluation, experiment records and the research API. The published zensim crate is developed and released from imazen/zensim, which continues from zensim 0.2.7. The zensim and zensim-regress packages here are publish = false.

A perceptual image quality score for codec quality targeting: users choose one score, and encoders choose the settings to reach it.

Built on the same psychovisual foundations as SSIMULACRA2 and butteraugli β€” multi-scale SSIM, edge artifacts, detail loss, and high-frequency features in XYB color space β€” but with trained weights, fused SIMD kernels, and multi-threaded computation.

Current checkout (2026-10-19): the user-facing control is one target score. codec_target() returns B / zensim-b: diff+frag-820 (Rev5); D is an explicit…