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Thread-Index: AQHNzWTQHGYOf2IxpUeE68pA0GrrqZf/4XMAgAAM1wCAAYITwA== Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:04:40 +0000 References: <50B65486.8010306@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.67.79.47] Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-DLP-FWD: Yes Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1354230481 news.xs4all.nl 6893 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:34080 Christian Heimes wrote:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Am 28=2E11=2E2012 19:14, schrieb Mic= hael Torrie:=0D=0A> > I'm curious=2E What features do you need that pil do= esn't have? Other=0D=0A> > than updating pil to fix bugs, support new imag= e types or new versions=0D=0A> > of Python, what kind of active development= do you think it needs to=0D=0A> > have? Maybe pil has all the features the= original author wanted and is=0D=0A> > pretty stable=2E To judge a packag= e on how fast it's changing seems a bit=0D=0A> > odd to me=2E Obviously yo= u want to know that bugs can get fixed of=0D=0A> > course=2E Perhaps none = have been reported recently=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> PIL is missing a bunch of fea= tures like proper TIFF support (no=0D=0A> multipage, g3/g4 compression and = more), JPEG 2000, RAW and HDR image=0D=0A> formats, tone mapping, proper IC= C support, PEP 3128 buffer support =2E=2E=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> PIL is also rat= her slow=2E My smc=2Efreeimage library can write JPEGs about=0D=0A> six tim= es faster, because it uses libjpeg-turbo=2E Only some Linux=0D=0A> distribu= tions have replaced libjpeg with the turbo implementation=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A= =0D=0AHave you tried libtiff? I believe the author may read this list=2E=0D= =0A(He posted here for at least one release)=2E =0D=0Ahttp://code=2Egoogle= =2Ecom/p/pylibtiff/=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AHope that helps,=0D=0ARamit=0D=0A=0D= =0A=0D=0AThis email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers an= d=0D=0Aconditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of=0D=0Asecu= rities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses,=0D=0Aconfidentia= lity, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers,=0D=0Aavailable at http= ://www=2Ejpmorgan=2Ecom/pages/disclosures/email=2E