On Saturday 01 November 2008 05:00:16 Marti.Maria wrote: > Dear Little CMS community: > > On a day like today, first preview of Little CMS library was > released. Year was 1998. The library was still buggy and not > completed, but the basic API was already defined and some > functionality was there too. > > That means, today Little CMS is getting 10 years old!. > > I would like to thank all you for the incredible amount of support > you have provided: reviewing the code and documentation, > providing utilities, wrappers and programs based on the library > and so on... the list of contributors is so big that would not fit this > mail, thank you all! > > And of course, a 10th anniversary deserves some special. > > So, I have uploaded in the site a preview of the incoming > LittleCMS 2.0, which is scheduled to be released Spring'09 > > http://www.littlecms.com/lcms-2.0preview-11-2-2008.zip > > This is an early preview, no documentation, just a couple of > utilities, no build system, bugs, etc. *but*: the library code is > complete. There is a extensive testbed too. > > Lcms-2.0 is almost a full rewrite. Here are some highlights > on what is capable of: > > - Full V4 support, including Multi Processing elements. That > means lcms2 will support any type of valid ICC profiles. > - Floating point mode. That means there is a special mode for > digital photo, math, etc. that has very high precision. > - Plug-in support:. That means you can extend lcms to include > private algorithms, like interpolation, new tags, new intents...
So this should allow for writing a plug-in to handle VCGT tags? Thanks I really wanted this feature and it will be very helpful. > SmartCMM mode is now supported across this feature. > - Jan Morovic's Segment Maxima as gamut boundary descriptor. > - Incomplete adaptation states for ICC-absolute colorimetric > - Full support of all public tag types > - Many other features. > > So, I would be glad to have any feedback from you. The > mailing list seems a great way to post your thoughts. On the > other hand, if you want to contact me in person, I will be giving > a tutorial in the ICC DevCon 08 and co-chairing the interactive > session of CIC16. If you are there, just let me know! > > All the best > Marti Maria > The LittleCMS project > http://www.littlecms.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere > in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Lcms-user mailing list > Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
