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      1 CHANGE LOG for Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software
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      3 
      4 Version 9  13-Jan-2013
      5 ----------------------
      6 
      7 Add cjpeg -rgb1 option to create an RGB JPEG file, and insert
      8 a simple reversible color transform into the processing which
      9 significantly improves the compression.
     10 The recommended command for lossless coding of RGB images is now
     11 cjpeg -rgb1 -block 1 -arithmetic.
     12 As said, this option improves the compression significantly, but
     13 the files are not compatible with JPEG decoders prior to IJG v9
     14 due to the included color transform.
     15 The used color transform and marker signaling is compatible with
     16 other JPEG standards (e.g., JPEG-LS part 2).
     17 
     18 Remove the automatic de-ANSI-fication support (Automake 1.12).
     19 Thank also to Nitin A Kamble for suggestion.
     20 
     21 Add remark for jpeg_mem_dest() in jdatadst.c.
     22 Thank to Elie-Gregoire Khoury for the hint.
     23 
     24 Support files with invalid component identifiers (created
     25 by Adobe PDF).  Thank to Robin Watts for the suggestion.
     26 
     27 Adapt full buffer case in jcmainct.c for use with scaled DCT.
     28 Thank to Sergii Biloshytskyi for the suggestion.
     29 
     30 Add type identifier for declaration of noreturn functions.
     31 Thank to Brett L. Moore for the suggestion.
     32 
     33 Correct argument type in format string, avoid compiler warnings.
     34 Thank to Vincent Torri for hint.
     35 
     36 Add missing #include directives in configuration checks, avoid
     37 configuration errors.  Thank to John Spencer for the hint.
     38 
     39 
     40 Version 8d  15-Jan-2012
     41 -----------------------
     42 
     43 Add cjpeg -rgb option to create RGB JPEG files.
     44 Using this switch suppresses the conversion from RGB
     45 colorspace input to the default YCbCr JPEG colorspace.
     46 This feature allows true lossless JPEG coding of RGB color images.
     47 The recommended command for this purpose is currently
     48 cjpeg -rgb -block 1 -arithmetic.
     49 SmartScale capable decoder (introduced with IJG JPEG 8) required.
     50 Thank to Michael Koch for the initial suggestion.
     51 
     52 Add option to disable the region adjustment in the transupp crop code.
     53 Thank to Jeffrey Friedl for the suggestion.
     54 
     55 Thank to Richard Jones and Edd Dawson for various minor corrections.
     56 
     57 Thank to Akim Demaille for configure.ac cleanup.
     58 
     59 
     60 Version 8c  16-Jan-2011
     61 -----------------------
     62 
     63 Add option to compression library and cjpeg (-block N) to use
     64 different DCT block size.
     65 All N from 1 to 16 are possible.  Default is 8 (baseline format).
     66 Larger values produce higher compression,
     67 smaller values produce higher quality.
     68 SmartScale capable decoder (introduced with IJG JPEG 8) required.
     69 
     70 
     71 Version 8b  16-May-2010
     72 -----------------------
     73 
     74 Repair problem in new memory source manager with corrupt JPEG data.
     75 Thank to Ted Campbell and Samuel Chun for the report.
     76 
     77 Repair problem in Makefile.am test target.
     78 Thank to anonymous user for the report.
     79 
     80 Support MinGW installation with automatic configure.
     81 Thank to Volker Grabsch for the suggestion.
     82 
     83 
     84 Version 8a  28-Feb-2010
     85 -----------------------
     86 
     87 Writing tables-only datastreams via jpeg_write_tables works again.
     88 
     89 Support 32-bit BMPs (RGB image with Alpha channel) for read in cjpeg.
     90 Thank to Brett Blackham for the suggestion.
     91 
     92 Improve accuracy in floating point IDCT calculation.
     93 Thank to Robert Hooke for the hint.
     94 
     95 
     96 Version 8  10-Jan-2010
     97 ----------------------
     98 
     99 jpegtran now supports the same -scale option as djpeg for "lossless" resize.
    100 An implementation of the JPEG SmartScale extension is required for this
    101 feature.  A (draft) specification of the JPEG SmartScale extension is
    102 available as a contributed document at ITU and ISO.  Revision 2 or later
    103 of the document is required (latest document version is Revision 3).
    104 The SmartScale extension will enable more features beside lossless resize
    105 in future implementations, as described in the document (new compression
    106 options).
    107 
    108 Add sanity check in BMP reader module to avoid cjpeg crash for empty input
    109 image (thank to Isaev Ildar of ISP RAS, Moscow, RU for reporting this error).
    110 
    111 Add data source and destination managers for read from and write to
    112 memory buffers.  New API functions jpeg_mem_src and jpeg_mem_dest.
    113 Thank to Roberto Boni from Italy for the suggestion.
    114 
    115 
    116 Version 7  27-Jun-2009
    117 ----------------------
    118 
    119 New scaled DCTs implemented.
    120 djpeg now supports scalings N/8 with all N from 1 to 16.
    121 cjpeg now supports scalings 8/N with all N from 1 to 16.
    122 Scaled DCTs with size larger than 8 are now also used for resolving the
    123 common 2x2 chroma subsampling case without additional spatial resampling.
    124 Separate spatial resampling for those kind of files is now only necessary
    125 for N>8 scaling cases.
    126 Furthermore, separate scaled DCT functions are provided for direct resolving
    127 of the common asymmetric subsampling cases (2x1 and 1x2) without additional
    128 spatial resampling.
    129 
    130 cjpeg -quality option has been extended for support of separate quality
    131 settings for luminance and chrominance (or in general, for every provided
    132 quantization table slot).
    133 New API function jpeg_default_qtables() and q_scale_factor array in library.
    134 
    135 Added -nosmooth option to cjpeg, complementary to djpeg.
    136 New variable "do_fancy_downsampling" in library, complement to fancy
    137 upsampling.  Fancy upsampling now uses direct DCT scaling with sizes
    138 larger than 8.  The old method is not reversible and has been removed.
    139 
    140 Support arithmetic entropy encoding and decoding.
    141 Added files jaricom.c, jcarith.c, jdarith.c.
    142 
    143 Straighten the file structure:
    144 Removed files jidctred.c, jcphuff.c, jchuff.h, jdphuff.c, jdhuff.h.
    145 
    146 jpegtran has a new "lossless" cropping feature.
    147 
    148 Implement -perfect option in jpegtran, new API function
    149 jtransform_perfect_transform() in transupp. (DP 204_perfect.dpatch)
    150 
    151 Better error messages for jpegtran fopen failure.
    152 (DP 203_jpegtran_errmsg.dpatch)
    153 
    154 Fix byte order issue with 16bit PPM/PGM files in rdppm.c/wrppm.c:
    155 according to Netpbm, the de facto standard implementation of the PNM formats,
    156 the most significant byte is first. (DP 203_rdppm.dpatch)
    157 
    158 Add -raw option to rdjpgcom not to mangle the output.
    159 (DP 205_rdjpgcom_raw.dpatch)
    160 
    161 Make rdjpgcom locale aware. (DP 201_rdjpgcom_locale.dpatch)
    162 
    163 Add extern "C" to jpeglib.h.
    164 This avoids the need to put extern "C" { ... } around #include "jpeglib.h"
    165 in your C++ application.  Defining the symbol DONT_USE_EXTERN_C in the
    166 configuration prevents this. (DP 202_jpeglib.h_c++.dpatch)
    167 
    168 
    169 Version 6b  27-Mar-1998
    170 -----------------------
    171 
    172 jpegtran has new features for lossless image transformations (rotation
    173 and flipping) as well as "lossless" reduction to grayscale.
    174 
    175 jpegtran now copies comments by default; it has a -copy switch to enable
    176 copying all APPn blocks as well, or to suppress comments.  (Formerly it
    177 always suppressed comments and APPn blocks.)  jpegtran now also preserves
    178 JFIF version and resolution information.
    179 
    180 New decompressor library feature: COM and APPn markers found in the input
    181 file can be saved in memory for later use by the application.  (Before,
    182 you had to code this up yourself with a custom marker processor.)
    183 
    184 There is an unused field "void * client_data" now in compress and decompress
    185 parameter structs; this may be useful in some applications.
    186 
    187 JFIF version number information is now saved by the decoder and accepted by
    188 the encoder.  jpegtran uses this to copy the source file's version number,
    189 to ensure "jpegtran -copy all" won't create bogus files that contain JFXX
    190 extensions but claim to be version 1.01.  Applications that generate their
    191 own JFXX extension markers also (finally) have a supported way to cause the
    192 encoder to emit JFIF version number 1.02.
    193 
    194 djpeg's trace mode reports JFIF 1.02 thumbnail images as such, rather
    195 than as unknown APP0 markers.
    196 
    197 In -verbose mode, djpeg and rdjpgcom will try to print the contents of
    198 APP12 markers as text.  Some digital cameras store useful text information
    199 in APP12 markers.
    200 
    201 Handling of truncated data streams is more robust: blocks beyond the one in
    202 which the error occurs will be output as uniform gray, or left unchanged
    203 if decoding a progressive JPEG.  The appearance no longer depends on the
    204 Huffman tables being used.
    205 
    206 Huffman tables are checked for validity much more carefully than before.
    207 
    208 To avoid the Unisys LZW patent, djpeg's GIF output capability has been
    209 changed to produce "uncompressed GIFs", and cjpeg's GIF input capability
    210 has been removed altogether.  We're not happy about it either, but there
    211 seems to be no good alternative.
    212 
    213 The configure script now supports building libjpeg as a shared library
    214 on many flavors of Unix (all the ones that GNU libtool knows how to
    215 build shared libraries for).  Use "./configure --enable-shared" to
    216 try this out.
    217 
    218 New jconfig file and makefiles for Microsoft Visual C++ and Developer Studio.
    219 Also, a jconfig file and a build script for Metrowerks CodeWarrior
    220 on Apple Macintosh.  makefile.dj has been updated for DJGPP v2, and there
    221 are miscellaneous other minor improvements in the makefiles.
    222 
    223 jmemmac.c now knows how to create temporary files following Mac System 7
    224 conventions.
    225 
    226 djpeg's -map switch is now able to read raw-format PPM files reliably.
    227 
    228 cjpeg -progressive -restart no longer generates any unnecessary DRI markers.
    229 
    230 Multiple calls to jpeg_simple_progression for a single JPEG object
    231 no longer leak memory.
    232 
    233 
    234 Version 6a  7-Feb-96
    235 --------------------
    236 
    237 Library initialization sequence modified to detect version mismatches
    238 and struct field packing mismatches between library and calling application.
    239 This change requires applications to be recompiled, but does not require
    240 any application source code change.
    241 
    242 All routine declarations changed to the style "GLOBAL(type) name ...",
    243 that is, GLOBAL, LOCAL, METHODDEF, EXTERN are now macros taking the
    244 routine's return type as an argument.  This makes it possible to add
    245 Microsoft-style linkage keywords to all the routines by changing just
    246 these macros.  Note that any application code that was using these macros
    247 will have to be changed.
    248 
    249 DCT coefficient quantization tables are now stored in normal array order
    250 rather than zigzag order.  Application code that calls jpeg_add_quant_table,
    251 or otherwise manipulates quantization tables directly, will need to be
    252 changed.  If you need to make such code work with either older or newer
    253 versions of the library, a test like "#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION >= 61" is
    254 recommended.
    255 
    256 djpeg's trace capability now dumps DQT tables in natural order, not zigzag
    257 order.  This allows the trace output to be made into a "-qtables" file
    258 more easily.
    259 
    260 New system-dependent memory manager module for use on Apple Macintosh.
    261 
    262 Fix bug in cjpeg's -smooth option: last one or two scanlines would be
    263 duplicates of the prior line unless the image height mod 16 was 1 or 2.
    264 
    265 Repair minor problems in VMS, BCC, MC6 makefiles.
    266 
    267 New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf.
    268 
    269 Correct the list of include files needed by MetroWerks C for ccommand().
    270 
    271 Numerous small documentation updates.
    272 
    273 
    274 Version 6  2-Aug-95
    275 -------------------
    276 
    277 Progressive JPEG support: library can read and write full progressive JPEG
    278 files.  A "buffered image" mode supports incremental decoding for on-the-fly
    279 display of progressive images.  Simply recompiling an existing IJG-v5-based
    280 decoder with v6 should allow it to read progressive files, though of course
    281 without any special progressive display.
    282 
    283 New "jpegtran" application performs lossless transcoding between different
    284 JPEG formats; primarily, it can be used to convert baseline to progressive
    285 JPEG and vice versa.  In support of jpegtran, the library now allows lossless
    286 reading and writing of JPEG files as DCT coefficient arrays.  This ability
    287 may be of use in other applications.
    288 
    289 Notes for programmers:
    290 * We changed jpeg_start_decompress() to be able to suspend; this makes all
    291 decoding modes available to suspending-input applications.  However,
    292 existing applications that use suspending input will need to be changed
    293 to check the return value from jpeg_start_decompress().  You don't need to
    294 do anything if you don't use a suspending data source.
    295 * We changed the interface to the virtual array routines: access_virt_array
    296 routines now take a count of the number of rows to access this time.  The
    297 last parameter to request_virt_array routines is now interpreted as the
    298 maximum number of rows that may be accessed at once, but not necessarily
    299 the height of every access.
    300 
    301 
    302 Version 5b  15-Mar-95
    303 ---------------------
    304 
    305 Correct bugs with grayscale images having v_samp_factor > 1.
    306 
    307 jpeg_write_raw_data() now supports output suspension.
    308 
    309 Correct bugs in "configure" script for case of compiling in
    310 a directory other than the one containing the source files.
    311 
    312 Repair bug in jquant1.c: sometimes didn't use as many colors as it could.
    313 
    314 Borland C makefile and jconfig file work under either MS-DOS or OS/2.
    315 
    316 Miscellaneous improvements to documentation.
    317 
    318 
    319 Version 5a  7-Dec-94
    320 --------------------
    321 
    322 Changed color conversion roundoff behavior so that grayscale values are
    323 represented exactly.  (This causes test image files to change.)
    324 
    325 Make ordered dither use 16x16 instead of 4x4 pattern for a small quality
    326 improvement.
    327 
    328 New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf.
    329 Fix configure script to handle CFLAGS correctly.
    330 Rename *.auto files to *.cfg, so that configure script still works if
    331 file names have been truncated for DOS.
    332 
    333 Fix bug in rdbmp.c: didn't allow for extra data between header and image.
    334 
    335 Modify rdppm.c/wrppm.c to handle 2-byte raw PPM/PGM formats for 12-bit data.
    336 
    337 Fix several bugs in rdrle.c.
    338 
    339 NEED_SHORT_EXTERNAL_NAMES option was broken.
    340 
    341 Revise jerror.h/jerror.c for more flexibility in message table.
    342 
    343 Repair oversight in jmemname.c NO_MKTEMP case: file could be there
    344 but unreadable.
    345 
    346 
    347 Version 5  24-Sep-94
    348 --------------------
    349 
    350 Version 5 represents a nearly complete redesign and rewrite of the IJG
    351 software.  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 
    359 The application programmer's interface to the library has changed completely.
    360 Notable 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 
    380 The last widely used release before the version 5 rewrite was version 4A of
    381 18-Feb-93.  Change logs before that point have been discarded, since they
    382 are not of much interest after the rewrite.
    383