Head and shoulders portrait of a black (ico multisize)
The same 512x512 photograph written as ico multisize. One file holding four resolutions; a reader that takes the first gets 16 pixels. Every member of this group is identical pixels, so a decoder returning different dimensions or a different pixel count has lost something rather than simply produced a different file; the 24-bit PNG in this group is lossless and is the reference the lossy members are measured against Source plate a-av-f3.
Specifications
- Sizes
- 16, 32, 48, 256
- Lossless
- true
- Width
- 512
- Height
- 512
- Variant
- ico-multisize
- Source Plate
- a-av-f3.png
- Synthetic
- true
- Disclosure
- AI-generated / synthetic. Not a photograph of a real person, place or event.
- Schema Version
- 1
- Alt Text
- Head and shoulders portrait of a black woman with locs, plain terracotta studio background
- Alt Text Source
- prompt
Testing contract
Expected to pass- Scenario
- Decode this file and the 24-bit PNG in the same group, compare dimensions and pixel count, then check the decoded properties against the ones declared in its specs.
- Expected result
- It decodes to 512x512 with the properties in its specs. The encode is lossless, so it must decode to the reference pixel for pixel. Every member of this group is the same source image, so a reader that returns different dimensions has demonstrably lost something rather than read a different file.
What is a .ico file?
ICO is a Windows icon container that bundles multiple image sizes and bit depths in a single file so the system can pick the best resolution. Each entry is stored as a BMP-style bitmap or embedded PNG, commonly at sizes like 16, 32, and 48 pixels. It is the traditional format for application and website favicons.
How to use this file
Use an example ICO to test favicon and icon extraction, multi-resolution selection, and converters that build ICO files from PNG sources.
How to use this file for testing
“Head and shoulders portrait of a black (ico multisize)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Media handling. Generated stills, clips and audio published in several encodings of identical content, so a media pipeline can be tested on format handling, quality loss and frame or sample extraction against a reference that is known rather than assumed.
Documented properties for this file: 512×512. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such, expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
For image AI or enhancement tools, run the model or filter on this file and diff against the clean or ground-truth companion in the same group when available. Keep seeds and documented damage parameters in your evaluation notes so regressions are attributable.
Code examples
<img src="a-av-f3-ico-multisize.ico" alt="Example image" width="640" loading="lazy">Related files
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