https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451584
Bug ID: 451584 Summary: Add support for the JPEG XR format Product: frameworks-kimageformats Version: unspecified Platform: unspecified OS: All Status: REPORTED Severity: wishlist Priority: NOR Component: general Assignee: alex.me...@kde.org Reporter: ly...@bune.city CC: aa...@kde.org, kdelibs-b...@kde.org Target Milestone: --- JPEG XR, or JPEG Extended Range, is an image format created by Microsoft based on their preexisting "Windows Media Photo" format. Unlike that format, this one is an open format, and Microsoft has provided a reference implementation library, along with documentation for the format, which is available here: https://github.com/4creators/jxrlib The GitHub link is a reupload of the original Microsoft repository, which was hosted on their now-inactive Codeplex forge. The library is BSD licensed (specifically, the 2-Clause BSD license). It is perhaps worth noting that Microsoft owns several patents relating to the JPEG XR format, however in the interest of encouraging the format's adoption, they have (along with providing this reference implementation) promised, via their Microsoft Community Promise programme, not to enforce its patents against any implementers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/dev_center/ms-devcentlp/8b8d1b7a-a10a-4667-9558-6d9c43adf60d While no cameras currently save their images in this format, one place where one might naturally encounter this format is by uploading screenshots taken with the Microsoft Xbox Series X game console (this is the console I personally own; I assume other HDR-Enabled Xbox SKUs use this format as well, but cannot confirm). Screenshots taken in HDR-supported software are exported both as (non-HDR) PNG files, and as an equivalent JPEG XR file. If necessary/wanted, I can attach one such pair of files. I know that ImageMagick supports the format, although the version provided in the Arch Linux package repositories does not have support compiled in. I have also found a plugin for GIMP 2.8.x that adds support, although it discards HDR data when loading the file, as GIMP apparently does not support it. https://github.com/chausner/gimp-jxr -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.