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diff --git a/tiff/html/v3.6.1.html b/tiff/html/v3.6.1.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..58e5605 --- /dev/null +++ b/tiff/html/v3.6.1.html @@ -0,0 +1,199 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> +Changes in TIFF v3.6.1 +</TITLE> +</HEAD> + +<BODY BGCOLOR=white> +<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans"> +<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, Sans"> + +<BASEFONT SIZE=4> +<B><FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B> +<BASEFONT SIZE=3> + +<UL> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +<B>Current Version</B>: v3.6.1<BR> +<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.6.0.html>v3.6.0</a><BR> +<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff"> +ftp.remotesensing.org</a>, directory pub/libtiff</A><BR> +<B>Master HTTP Site</B>: <A HREF="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff"> +http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff</a> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +</UL> + +<P> +This document describes the changes made to the software between the +<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above). +If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this +timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned. +The following information is located here: +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="#hightlights">Major Changes</A> +<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A> +<LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A> +<LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A> +<LI><A HREF="#contrib">Changes in the contrib area</A> +<LI><A HREF="#lzwkit">Changes in the LZW compression kit</A> +</UL> +<p> +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="highlights"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AJOR CHANGES:</B></A> + +<ul> + <li> New utility <a href="./man/tiff2pdf.1.html">tiff2pdf</a> + for converting TIFF images directly into PDF. + <li> New <a href="./man/TIFFcolor.3t.html">color conversion module</a>. + <li> Full support for Orientation tag in + <a href="./man/TIFFReadRGBAImage.3t.html">TIFFRGBAImage</a> interface. + <li> Many bugs fixed. +</ul> + + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A> + +<UL> + +<li> libtiff/makefile.vc, tools/makefile.vc: Support for IJG JPEG library. + +<li> Makefile.in: Add an absolute path to the test_pics.sh call. + +<li> Makefile.in: Add an absolute path to the test_pics.sh call. + +<li> libtiff/tiffcomp.h: #define _BSDTYPES_DEFINED when defining BSD typedefs. + +<li> configure, libtiff/{Makefile.in, mkversion.c}: Relative buildings fixed. + +<li> Makefile.in: Add an absolute path to the test_pics.sh call. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A> + +<UL> + +<li> libtiff/{tif_color.c, tif_getimage.c, tiffio.h}: Added support +for ReferenceBlackWhite tag handling when converted from YCbCr color space as +per bug 120. + +<li> libtiff/{tif_getimage.c, tif_aux.c}: Read WhitePoint tag from the +file and properly use it for CIE Lab 1976 to RGB transform. + +<li> libtiff/{tif_getimage.c, tiffio.h}: Finally resolved problems with +orientation handling. TIFFRGBAImage interface now properly supports all +possible orientations, i.e. images will be flipped both in horizontal and +vertical directions if required. 'Known bugs' section now removed from the +appropriate manual pages. + +<li> libtiff/tif_luv.c: Fixed bug in 48-bit to 24-bit conversion routine, +reported by Antonio Scuri. + +<li> libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_codec.c}: Added new function +TIFFIsCODECConfigured(), suggested by Ross Finlayson. + +<li> libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c: TIFFVGetField() function now can properly extract +the fields from the OJPEG files. Patch supplied by Ross Finlayson. + +<li> libtiff/tif_dir.h: _TIFFFindOrRegisterdInfo declaration replaced +with _TIFFFindOrRegisterFieldInfo as reported by Ross Finlayson. + +<li> libtiff/tif_dirinfo.c: Implemented binary search in _TIFFMergeFieldInfo(). +Patch supplied by Ross Finlayson. + +<li> tif_dirread.c: do not mark all anonymously defined tags to be IGNOREd (as +it was done in 3.6.0). + +<li> libtiff/{tiff.h, tif_dirinfo.c}: Added support for IFD (13) datatype, +intruduced in "Adobe PageMaker TIFF Technical Notes". + +<li> libtiff/{tif_color.c, tif_getimage.c, tiffio.h}: New color space +conversion code: CIE L*a*b* 1976 images now supported by the TIFFRGBAImage +interface. YCbCr to RGB conversion code also moved there and now has +<a href="./man/TIFFcolor.3t.html">publicly available interface</a>. These +routines currently used in TIFFRGBAImage interface only and not supported in +other libtiff tools yet. So if you want, for example, to convert CIE Lab image +into PostScript file you should do it in two steps: chnge colorspace to RGB +using <a href="./man/tiff2rgba.1.html">tiff2rgba</a> utility abd then process +it with the <a href="./man/tiff2ps.1.html">tiff2ps</a>. + +<li> libtiff/tif_tile.c: Remove spurious use of "s" (sample) in the +planarconfig_contig case in TIFFComputeTile() as per bug 387 + +<li> libtiff/tiffiop.h: New macros: TIFFmax and TIFFmin. + +<li> libtiff/{tiffio.h, tif_strip.c}: Added TIFFRawStripSize() function +as suggested by Chris Hanson. + +<li> libtiff/{tif_lzw.c, tif_fax3.c}: Proper support for update mode +as per bug 424. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!--------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A> + +<UL> + +<li> <a href=./man/tiff2pdf.1.html>tiff2pdf</a>: New tool, written by +Ross Finlayson, to directly convert TIFF files to PDF. + +<li> <a href=./man/tiffgt.1.html>tiffgt</a>: Unmaintained and platform +dependent sgigt utility removed and replaced with the completely rewritten +portable <a href=./man/tiffgt.1.html>tiffgt</a> tool (depend on OpenGL and +GLUT). This tool will not build by default. + +<li> <a href=./man/ras2tiff.1.html>ras2tiff</a>: Properly determine +SUN Rasterfiles with the reverse byte order (it is reported by the magic +header field). Problem reported by Andreas Wiesmann. + +<li> <a href=./man/raw2tiff.1.html>raw2tiff</a>: Implemented image size +guessing using correlation coefficient calculation between two neighbour +lines. + +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE CONTRIB AREA:</B></A> +<UL> + +<li> contrib/pds/{tif_pdsdirread.c, tif_pdsdirwrite.c}: Use TIFFDataWidth() +function insted of tiffDataWidth array. + +</UL> + +<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------> + +<A NAME="lzwkit"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE LZW COMPRESSION +KIT:</B></A> +<UL> + +<li> Proper support for update mode as per bug 424. + +</UL> + +<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/back.gif"></A> TIFF home page.<BR> + +<HR> + +Last updated $Date: 2003-12-24 22:14:15 $. + +</BODY> +</HTML> |