Release 3.18.0 is a maintenance release that mainly brings updates of its third party libraries.
The library has been updated with the new ZLib (1.2.11), LibJPEG (9c), LibPNG (1.6.35), LibTIFF (4.0.9), LibRaw (0.19.0), LibWebP (1.0.0), OpenEXR (2.2.1).
Other significant improvements concern better support for JPEG saving (when using 32-bit CMYK images) and PSD saving.
Lastly, the library contains many bug fixes provided by our users (will concern especially plugins PCX, TIFF, XPM, GIF, TARGA, PSD, BMP, DDS, PNG, HDR).
As usual, check the changes log for full details (especially for bug fixes) and check also the updated FreeImage documentation.
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