[Lcms-user] ANNOUNCE: LittleCMS 2.10 released

[<mar...@li...>]

Hi,

I am glad to the announce the release 2.10 of the LittleCMS open  
source color engine.

It includes bug fixes and some new features. Please see the ChangeLog   
file for more details.

The biggest difference of 2.10 with other releases lies in the bundle  
with the "fast float" plug-in. Previouly released as a commercial  
package, the "fast float" plug-in increases floating point performance  
significantly. That means, you call a function when initializing your  
code and you get a throughput gain when doing floating point  
transforms. 8 bit matrix-shaper transforms are also faster, handled by  
using SSE2 instructions where possible.

The plug-in has also other features like dithered output or fast 8 bit  
RGB transforms. There is a test bed in the plug-in directory that  
shows and measures the throughput gain in your target computer.

I have decided to releases this plug-in AS OPEN SOURCE UNDER GPL3 LICENCE.
Please check the license carefully before including the code in your  
applications. This is only on the plug-in, the LittleCMS core is still  
under MIT license. In case of doubt you can contact me on this mailing  
list or by using the mail info { at } littlecms { dot } com.


Little CMS intends to be a small-footprint color management engine,  
with special focus on accuracy and performance. It uses the  
International Color Consortium standard (ICC), which is the modern  
standard when regarding to color management.

The ICC specification is widely used and is referred to in many  
International and other de-facto standards.

For more information, please take a look on

Main site:
http://www.littlecms.com

Downloads:
http://www.littlecms.com/download.html

Best regards,
Marti Maria
The Little CMS project
http://www.littlecms.com