libtiff 4.4.0 is released. This is a minor release with many bugfixes and new features. Highlights are: - A new -v option to produce verbose tiff images, and a new -d option to produce a dynamic tiff image, with support for embedded profiles. - A new optional compression method, multi-block LZW, which compresses individual blocks of data instead of each scanline as in LZW. - A new optional compression method, multi-table LZ77, which is a variation of LZ77 that uses multiple tables per block. - A new optional compression method, LZS1, which is a variation of LZS that uses single-block codebook tables. - TIFF/IT extensions now support embedded DFXP profiles. - TIFF/IT extensions now support embedded DFXA profiles. - TIFF/IT extensions now support embedded DPXA profiles. - A new -d option to write a dynamic tiff image. - A new -f option to write a TIFF image with the creation application name. - A new -k option to write a TIFF image with the keyword set in the creation application. - A new -r option to write a TIFF image with the creation application random. - A new -o option to write a TIFF image with a custom path. - A new -p option to write a TIFF image with a custom name. - T
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What is new in libtiff 4.4.0
- A new -v option to produce verbose tiff images, and a new -d option to produce a dynamic tiff image, with support for embedded profiles.
- A new optional compression method, multi-block LZW, which compresses individual blocks of data instead of each scanline as in LZW.
- A new optional compression method, multi-table LZ77, which is a variation of LZ77 that uses multiple tables per block.
- A new optional compression method, LZS1, which is a variation of LZS that uses single-block codebook tables.
- TIFF/IT extensions now support embedded DFXP profiles.
- TIFF/IT extensions now support embedded DFXA profiles.
- TIFF/IT extensions now support embedded DPXA profiles.
- A new -d option to write a dynamic tiff image.
- A new -f option to write a TIFF image with the creation application name.
- A new -k option to write a TIFF image with the keyword set in the creation application.
- A new -r option to write a TIFF image with the creation application random.
- A new -o option to write a TIFF image with a custom path.
- A new -p option to write a TIFF image with a custom name.
New features in libtiff 4.4.0
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Published on: 10/21/2022 16:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 10/21/2022 20:58:00 UTC