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1CHANGE LOG for Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software
2
3
4Version 9  13-Jan-2013
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6
7Add cjpeg -rgb1 option to create an RGB JPEG file, and insert
8a simple reversible color transform into the processing which
9significantly improves the compression.
10The recommended command for lossless coding of RGB images is now
11cjpeg -rgb1 -block 1 -arithmetic.
12As said, this option improves the compression significantly, but
13the files are not compatible with JPEG decoders prior to IJG v9
14due to the included color transform.
15The used color transform and marker signaling is compatible with
16other JPEG standards (e.g., JPEG-LS part 2).
17
18Remove the automatic de-ANSI-fication support (Automake 1.12).
19Thank also to Nitin A Kamble for suggestion.
20
21Add remark for jpeg_mem_dest() in jdatadst.c.
22Thank to Elie-Gregoire Khoury for the hint.
23
24Support files with invalid component identifiers (created
25by Adobe PDF).  Thank to Robin Watts for the suggestion.
26
27Adapt full buffer case in jcmainct.c for use with scaled DCT.
28Thank to Sergii Biloshytskyi for the suggestion.
29
30Add type identifier for declaration of noreturn functions.
31Thank to Brett L. Moore for the suggestion.
32
33Correct argument type in format string, avoid compiler warnings.
34Thank to Vincent Torri for hint.
35
36Add missing #include directives in configuration checks, avoid
37configuration errors.  Thank to John Spencer for the hint.
38
39
40Version 8d  15-Jan-2012
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42
43Add cjpeg -rgb option to create RGB JPEG files.
44Using this switch suppresses the conversion from RGB
45colorspace input to the default YCbCr JPEG colorspace.
46This feature allows true lossless JPEG coding of RGB color images.
47The recommended command for this purpose is currently
48cjpeg -rgb -block 1 -arithmetic.
49SmartScale capable decoder (introduced with IJG JPEG 8) required.
50Thank to Michael Koch for the initial suggestion.
51
52Add option to disable the region adjustment in the transupp crop code.
53Thank to Jeffrey Friedl for the suggestion.
54
55Thank to Richard Jones and Edd Dawson for various minor corrections.
56
57Thank to Akim Demaille for configure.ac cleanup.
58
59
60Version 8c  16-Jan-2011
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62
63Add option to compression library and cjpeg (-block N) to use
64different DCT block size.
65All N from 1 to 16 are possible.  Default is 8 (baseline format).
66Larger values produce higher compression,
67smaller values produce higher quality.
68SmartScale capable decoder (introduced with IJG JPEG 8) required.
69
70
71Version 8b  16-May-2010
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73
74Repair problem in new memory source manager with corrupt JPEG data.
75Thank to Ted Campbell and Samuel Chun for the report.
76
77Repair problem in Makefile.am test target.
78Thank to anonymous user for the report.
79
80Support MinGW installation with automatic configure.
81Thank to Volker Grabsch for the suggestion.
82
83
84Version 8a  28-Feb-2010
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86
87Writing tables-only datastreams via jpeg_write_tables works again.
88
89Support 32-bit BMPs (RGB image with Alpha channel) for read in cjpeg.
90Thank to Brett Blackham for the suggestion.
91
92Improve accuracy in floating point IDCT calculation.
93Thank to Robert Hooke for the hint.
94
95
96Version 8  10-Jan-2010
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98
99jpegtran now supports the same -scale option as djpeg for "lossless" resize.
100An implementation of the JPEG SmartScale extension is required for this
101feature.  A (draft) specification of the JPEG SmartScale extension is
102available as a contributed document at ITU and ISO.  Revision 2 or later
103of the document is required (latest document version is Revision 3).
104The SmartScale extension will enable more features beside lossless resize
105in future implementations, as described in the document (new compression
106options).
107
108Add sanity check in BMP reader module to avoid cjpeg crash for empty input
109image (thank to Isaev Ildar of ISP RAS, Moscow, RU for reporting this error).
110
111Add data source and destination managers for read from and write to
112memory buffers.  New API functions jpeg_mem_src and jpeg_mem_dest.
113Thank to Roberto Boni from Italy for the suggestion.
114
115
116Version 7  27-Jun-2009
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118
119New scaled DCTs implemented.
120djpeg now supports scalings N/8 with all N from 1 to 16.
121cjpeg now supports scalings 8/N with all N from 1 to 16.
122Scaled DCTs with size larger than 8 are now also used for resolving the
123common 2x2 chroma subsampling case without additional spatial resampling.
124Separate spatial resampling for those kind of files is now only necessary
125for N>8 scaling cases.
126Furthermore, separate scaled DCT functions are provided for direct resolving
127of the common asymmetric subsampling cases (2x1 and 1x2) without additional
128spatial resampling.
129
130cjpeg -quality option has been extended for support of separate quality
131settings for luminance and chrominance (or in general, for every provided
132quantization table slot).
133New API function jpeg_default_qtables() and q_scale_factor array in library.
134
135Added -nosmooth option to cjpeg, complementary to djpeg.
136New variable "do_fancy_downsampling" in library, complement to fancy
137upsampling.  Fancy upsampling now uses direct DCT scaling with sizes
138larger than 8.  The old method is not reversible and has been removed.
139
140Support arithmetic entropy encoding and decoding.
141Added files jaricom.c, jcarith.c, jdarith.c.
142
143Straighten the file structure:
144Removed files jidctred.c, jcphuff.c, jchuff.h, jdphuff.c, jdhuff.h.
145
146jpegtran has a new "lossless" cropping feature.
147
148Implement -perfect option in jpegtran, new API function
149jtransform_perfect_transform() in transupp. (DP 204_perfect.dpatch)
150
151Better error messages for jpegtran fopen failure.
152(DP 203_jpegtran_errmsg.dpatch)
153
154Fix byte order issue with 16bit PPM/PGM files in rdppm.c/wrppm.c:
155according to Netpbm, the de facto standard implementation of the PNM formats,
156the most significant byte is first. (DP 203_rdppm.dpatch)
157
158Add -raw option to rdjpgcom not to mangle the output.
159(DP 205_rdjpgcom_raw.dpatch)
160
161Make rdjpgcom locale aware. (DP 201_rdjpgcom_locale.dpatch)
162
163Add extern "C" to jpeglib.h.
164This avoids the need to put extern "C" { ... } around #include "jpeglib.h"
165in your C++ application.  Defining the symbol DONT_USE_EXTERN_C in the
166configuration prevents this. (DP 202_jpeglib.h_c++.dpatch)
167
168
169Version 6b  27-Mar-1998
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171
172jpegtran has new features for lossless image transformations (rotation
173and flipping) as well as "lossless" reduction to grayscale.
174
175jpegtran now copies comments by default; it has a -copy switch to enable
176copying all APPn blocks as well, or to suppress comments.  (Formerly it
177always suppressed comments and APPn blocks.)  jpegtran now also preserves
178JFIF version and resolution information.
179
180New decompressor library feature: COM and APPn markers found in the input
181file can be saved in memory for later use by the application.  (Before,
182you had to code this up yourself with a custom marker processor.)
183
184There is an unused field "void * client_data" now in compress and decompress
185parameter structs; this may be useful in some applications.
186
187JFIF version number information is now saved by the decoder and accepted by
188the encoder.  jpegtran uses this to copy the source file's version number,
189to ensure "jpegtran -copy all" won't create bogus files that contain JFXX
190extensions but claim to be version 1.01.  Applications that generate their
191own JFXX extension markers also (finally) have a supported way to cause the
192encoder to emit JFIF version number 1.02.
193
194djpeg's trace mode reports JFIF 1.02 thumbnail images as such, rather
195than as unknown APP0 markers.
196
197In -verbose mode, djpeg and rdjpgcom will try to print the contents of
198APP12 markers as text.  Some digital cameras store useful text information
199in APP12 markers.
200
201Handling of truncated data streams is more robust: blocks beyond the one in
202which the error occurs will be output as uniform gray, or left unchanged
203if decoding a progressive JPEG.  The appearance no longer depends on the
204Huffman tables being used.
205
206Huffman tables are checked for validity much more carefully than before.
207
208To avoid the Unisys LZW patent, djpeg's GIF output capability has been
209changed to produce "uncompressed GIFs", and cjpeg's GIF input capability
210has been removed altogether.  We're not happy about it either, but there
211seems to be no good alternative.
212
213The configure script now supports building libjpeg as a shared library
214on many flavors of Unix (all the ones that GNU libtool knows how to
215build shared libraries for).  Use "./configure --enable-shared" to
216try this out.
217
218New jconfig file and makefiles for Microsoft Visual C++ and Developer Studio.
219Also, a jconfig file and a build script for Metrowerks CodeWarrior
220on Apple Macintosh.  makefile.dj has been updated for DJGPP v2, and there
221are miscellaneous other minor improvements in the makefiles.
222
223jmemmac.c now knows how to create temporary files following Mac System 7
224conventions.
225
226djpeg's -map switch is now able to read raw-format PPM files reliably.
227
228cjpeg -progressive -restart no longer generates any unnecessary DRI markers.
229
230Multiple calls to jpeg_simple_progression for a single JPEG object
231no longer leak memory.
232
233
234Version 6a  7-Feb-96
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236
237Library initialization sequence modified to detect version mismatches
238and struct field packing mismatches between library and calling application.
239This change requires applications to be recompiled, but does not require
240any application source code change.
241
242All routine declarations changed to the style "GLOBAL(type) name ...",
243that is, GLOBAL, LOCAL, METHODDEF, EXTERN are now macros taking the
244routine's return type as an argument.  This makes it possible to add
245Microsoft-style linkage keywords to all the routines by changing just
246these macros.  Note that any application code that was using these macros
247will have to be changed.
248
249DCT coefficient quantization tables are now stored in normal array order
250rather than zigzag order.  Application code that calls jpeg_add_quant_table,
251or otherwise manipulates quantization tables directly, will need to be
252changed.  If you need to make such code work with either older or newer
253versions of the library, a test like "#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION >= 61" is
254recommended.
255
256djpeg's trace capability now dumps DQT tables in natural order, not zigzag
257order.  This allows the trace output to be made into a "-qtables" file
258more easily.
259
260New system-dependent memory manager module for use on Apple Macintosh.
261
262Fix bug in cjpeg's -smooth option: last one or two scanlines would be
263duplicates of the prior line unless the image height mod 16 was 1 or 2.
264
265Repair minor problems in VMS, BCC, MC6 makefiles.
266
267New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf.
268
269Correct the list of include files needed by MetroWerks C for ccommand().
270
271Numerous small documentation updates.
272
273
274Version 6  2-Aug-95
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276
277Progressive JPEG support: library can read and write full progressive JPEG
278files.  A "buffered image" mode supports incremental decoding for on-the-fly
279display of progressive images.  Simply recompiling an existing IJG-v5-based
280decoder with v6 should allow it to read progressive files, though of course
281without any special progressive display.
282
283New "jpegtran" application performs lossless transcoding between different
284JPEG formats; primarily, it can be used to convert baseline to progressive
285JPEG and vice versa.  In support of jpegtran, the library now allows lossless
286reading and writing of JPEG files as DCT coefficient arrays.  This ability
287may be of use in other applications.
288
289Notes for programmers:
290* We changed jpeg_start_decompress() to be able to suspend; this makes all
291decoding modes available to suspending-input applications.  However,
292existing applications that use suspending input will need to be changed
293to check the return value from jpeg_start_decompress().  You don't need to
294do anything if you don't use a suspending data source.
295* We changed the interface to the virtual array routines: access_virt_array
296routines now take a count of the number of rows to access this time.  The
297last parameter to request_virt_array routines is now interpreted as the
298maximum number of rows that may be accessed at once, but not necessarily
299the height of every access.
300
301
302Version 5b  15-Mar-95
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304
305Correct bugs with grayscale images having v_samp_factor > 1.
306
307jpeg_write_raw_data() now supports output suspension.
308
309Correct bugs in "configure" script for case of compiling in
310a directory other than the one containing the source files.
311
312Repair bug in jquant1.c: sometimes didn't use as many colors as it could.
313
314Borland C makefile and jconfig file work under either MS-DOS or OS/2.
315
316Miscellaneous improvements to documentation.
317
318
319Version 5a  7-Dec-94
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321
322Changed color conversion roundoff behavior so that grayscale values are
323represented exactly.  (This causes test image files to change.)
324
325Make ordered dither use 16x16 instead of 4x4 pattern for a small quality
326improvement.
327
328New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf.
329Fix configure script to handle CFLAGS correctly.
330Rename *.auto files to *.cfg, so that configure script still works if
331file names have been truncated for DOS.
332
333Fix bug in rdbmp.c: didn't allow for extra data between header and image.
334
335Modify rdppm.c/wrppm.c to handle 2-byte raw PPM/PGM formats for 12-bit data.
336
337Fix several bugs in rdrle.c.
338
339NEED_SHORT_EXTERNAL_NAMES option was broken.
340
341Revise jerror.h/jerror.c for more flexibility in message table.
342
343Repair oversight in jmemname.c NO_MKTEMP case: file could be there
344but unreadable.
345
346
347Version 5  24-Sep-94
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349
350Version 5 represents a nearly complete redesign and rewrite of the IJG
351software.  Major user-visible changes include:
352  * Automatic configuration simplifies installation for most Unix systems.
353  * A range of speed vs. image quality tradeoffs are supported.
354    This includes resizing of an image during decompression: scaling down
355    by a factor of 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 is handled very efficiently.
356  * New programs rdjpgcom and wrjpgcom allow insertion and extraction
357    of text comments in a JPEG file.
358
359The application programmer's interface to the library has changed completely.
360Notable improvements include:
361  * We have eliminated the use of callback routines for handling the
362    uncompressed image data.  The application now sees the library as a
363    set of routines that it calls to read or write image data on a
364    scanline-by-scanline basis.
365  * The application image data is represented in a conventional interleaved-
366    pixel format, rather than as a separate array for each color channel.
367    This can save a copying step in many programs.
368  * The handling of compressed data has been cleaned up: the application can
369    supply routines to source or sink the compressed data.  It is possible to
370    suspend processing on source/sink buffer overrun, although this is not
371    supported in all operating modes.
372  * All static state has been eliminated from the library, so that multiple
373    instances of compression or decompression can be active concurrently.
374  * JPEG abbreviated datastream formats are supported, ie, quantization and
375    Huffman tables can be stored separately from the image data.
376  * And not only that, but the documentation of the library has improved
377    considerably!
378
379
380The last widely used release before the version 5 rewrite was version 4A of
38118-Feb-93.  Change logs before that point have been discarded, since they
382are not of much interest after the rewrite.
383