Changelog:
- 7/4/2019: version 1.0.3
This is a binary compatible release.
* resize fixes for Nx1 sizes and the addition of non-opaque alpha values for
odd sizes (issues #418, #434)
* lossless encode/decode performance improvements
* lossy compression performance improvement at low quality levels with flat
content (issue #432)
* python swig files updated to support python 3
Tool updates:
vwebp will now preserve the aspect ratio of images that exceed monitor
resolution by scaling the image to fit (issue #433)
version 1.0.2
This is a binary compatible release.
* (Windows) unicode file support in the tools (linux and mac already had
support)
* lossless encoder speedups
* lossy encoder speedup on ARM
* lossless multi-threaded security fix
version 1.0.1
This is a binary compatible release.
* lossless encoder speedups
* big-endian fix for alpha decoding
* gif2webp fix for loop count=65535 transcode
* further security related hardening in libwebp & libwebpmux
* miscellaneous bug & build fixes
- 4/2/2018: version 1.0.0
This is a binary compatible release.
* lossy encoder improvements to avoid chroma shifts in various circumstances
(issues #308, #340)
* big-endian fixes for decode, RGBA import and WebPPictureDistortion
Tool updates:
gifwebp, anim_diff - default duration behavior (<= 10ms) changed to match
web browsers, transcoding tools (issue #379)
img2webp, webpmux - allow options to be passed in via a file (issue #355)
Changelog:
libwebp-0.6.1
- 11/24/2017: version 0.6.1
This is a binary compatible release.
* lossless performance and compression improvements + a new 'cruncher' mode
(-m 6 -q 100)
* ARM performance improvements with clang (15-20% w/ndk r15c, issue #339)
* webp-js: emscripten/webassembly based javascript decoder
* miscellaneous bug & build fixes (issue #329, #332, #343, #353, #360, #361,
#363)
Tool updates / additions:
added webpinfo - prints file format information (issue #330)
gif2webp - loop behavior modified to match Chrome M63+ (crbug.com/649264);
'-loop_compatibility' can be used for the old behavior
Patch from spz@. Thank you.
Changelog:
- 1/26/2017: version 0.6.0
* lossless performance and compression improvements
* miscellaneous performance improvements (SSE2, NEON, MSA)
* webpmux gained a -duration option allowing for frame timing modification
* new img2webp utility allowing a sequence of images to be converted to
animated webp
* API changes:
- libwebp:
WebPPictureSharpARGBToYUVA
WebPPlaneDistortion
- libwebpmux / gif2webp:
WebPAnimEncoderOptions: kmax <= 0 now disables keyframes, kmax == 1
forces all keyframes. See mux.h and the gif2webp
manpage for details.
- 12/13/2016: version 0.5.2
This is a binary compatible release.
This release covers CVE-2016-8888 and CVE-2016-9085.
* further security related hardening in the tools; fixes to
gif2webp/AnimEncoder (issues #310, #314, #316, #322), cwebp/libwebp (issue
#312)
* full libwebp (encoder & decoder) iOS framework; libwebpdecoder
WebP.framework renamed to WebPDecoder.framework (issue #307)
* CMake support for Android Studio (2.2)
* miscellaneous build related fixes (issue #306, #313)
* miscellaneous documentation improvements (issue #225)
* minor lossy encoder fixes and improvements
* Enable various options, Chromium web browser requires them.
Changelog:
- 6/14/2016: version 0.5.1
This is a binary compatible release.
* miscellaneous bug fixes (issues #280, #289)
* reverted alpha plane encoding with color cache for compatibility with
libwebp 0.4.0->0.4.3 (issues #291, #298)
* lossless encoding performance improvements
* memory reduction in both lossless encoding and decoding
* force mux output to be in the extended format (VP8X) when undefined chunks
are present (issue #294)
* gradle, cmake build support
* workaround for compiler bug causing 64-bit decode failures on android
devices using clang-3.8 in the r11c NDK
* various WebPAnimEncoder improvements
* miscellaneous bug & build fixes
* encoder & decoder speed-ups on x86/ARM/MIPS for lossy & lossless
- note! YUV->RGB conversion was sped-up, but the results will be slightly
different from previous releases
* various lossless encoder improvements
* gif2webp improvements, -min_size option added
* tools fully support input from stdin and output to stdout
* New WebPAnimEncoder API for creating animations
* New WebPAnimDecoder API for decoding animations
* other API changes:
- libwebp:
WebPPictureSmartARGBToYUVA() (-pre 4 in cwebp)
WebPConfig::exact (-exact in cwebp; -alpha_cleanup is now the default)
WebPConfig::near_lossless (-near_lossless in cwebp)
WebPFree() (free'ing webp allocated memory in other languages)
WebPConfigLosslessPreset()
WebPMemoryWriterClear()
- libwebpdemux: removed experimental fragment related fields and functions
- libwebpmux: WebPMuxSetCanvasSize()
* new libwebpextras library with some uncommon import functions:
WebPImportGray/WebPImportRGB565/WebPImportRGB4444
Problems found with existing digests:
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Otherwise, existing SHA1 digests verified and found to be the same on
the machine holding the existing distfiles (morden). All existing
SHA1 digests retained for now as an audit trail.
This is a binary compatible release.
* Android / gcc build fixes
* (Windows) fix reading from stdin and writing to stdout
* gif2webp: miscellaneous fixes
* fix 'alpha-leak' with lossy compression (issue 220)
* the lossless bitstream spec has been amended to reflect the current code
This is a binary compatible release.
* Add incremental decoding support for images containing ALPH and ICCP chunks.
* Python bindings via swig for the simple encode/decode interfaces similar to
Java.
Changes 0.3.0:
This is a binary compatible release.
* WebPINewRGB/WebPINewYUVA accept being passed a NULL output buffer
and will perform auto-allocation.
* default filter option is now '-strong -f 60'
* encoding speed-up for lossy methods 3 to 6
* alpha encoding can be done in parallel to lossy using 'cwebp -mt ...'
* color profile, metadata (XMP/EXIF) and animation support finalized in the
container.
* various NEON assembly additions
Tool updates / additions:
* gif2webp added
* vwebp given color profile & animation support
* cwebp can preserve color profile / metadata with '-metadata'
Changelog:
- 10/30/12: version 0.2.1
* Various security related fixes
* cwebp.exe: fix import errors on Windows XP
* enable DLL builds for mingw targets
* Add BUILDLINK_ABI_DEPENDS to buildlink3.mk
Changelog:
- 8/3/12: version 0.2.0
* Add support for ARGB -> YUVA conversion for lossless decoder
New functions: WebPINewYUVA, WebPIDecGetYUVA
* Add stats for lossless and alpha encoding
* Security related hardening: allocation and size checks
* Add PAM output support to dwebp
- 7/19/12: version 0.1.99
* This is a pre-release of 0.2.0, not an rc to allow for further
incompatible changes based on user feedback.
* Alpha channel encode/decode support.
* Lossless encoder/decoder.
* Add TIFF input support to cwebp.
Incompatible changes:
* The encode ABI has been modified to support alpha encoding.
* Deprecated function WebPINew() has been removed.
* Decode function signatures have changed to consistently use size_t over
int/uint32_t.
* decode_vp8.h is no longer installed system-wide.
* cwebp will encode the alpha channel if present.
