2003.12.26 16:00 "[Tiff] [ANNOUNCE]: Libtiff 3.6.1 released", by Andrey Kiselev
Hi, folks,
Libtiff 3.6.1 was released today.
You can grab the source code tarballs from the our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-v3.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-v3.6.1.zip
Appropriate LZW compression module also released:
ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/libtiff-lzw-compression-kit-1.5.tar.gz
Test pictures bundle was updated as well and available here:
ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/pics-3.6.1.tar.gz
The main site for libtiff is
http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/
Among usual bugfixes the new release featured with the following major items:
- New utility tiff2pdf for converting TIFF images directly into PDF (thanks go to Ross Finlayson, who kindly contributed this software to libtiff).
- New color conversion module: CIE Lab 1976 now supported by the TIFFRGBAImage, color conversion API abstracted in separate module and available for users.
- Full support for Orientation tag in TIFFRGBAImage interface, now you can place origin in any corner and image will be properly flipped/rotated before displaying.
Look for more details here:
http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v3.6.1.html
Happy New Year,
Andrey
Andrey V. Kiselev
Home phone: +7 812 5274898 ICQ# 26871517