[Openexr-announce] Re: OpenEXR 1.1.0 released

[Drew Hess]

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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Drew Hess wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We're pleased to announce the release of OpenEXR 1.1.0.
> 
> 
> Summary:
> --------
> 
> Download the new release, along with a new set of OpenEXR sample images,
> at:
> 
>    http://openexr.com.
> 
> The new release supports tiled and multi-resolution images ("mipmaps" and
> "ripmaps"), and environment maps.  Older versions of OpenEXR cannot read
> tiled/multi-res images, but they can read scanline images produced by the
> new release.  No source code changes are required to your existing code in
> order to read tile-based images; just recompile your code against the 
> 1.1.0 release.
> 
> The tile-based file format has been tested, but has not been extensively
> used in production.  Consider the tile-based API to be a beta release.  
> Please test it and give us feedback.  In approximately 6 weeks, we'll 
> release a stable 1.2 version of the tile-based code.
> 
> The scanline-based code in this release is production-tested and is 
> considered stable.
> 
> The new release also supports abstracted file I/O; you can supply your own
> wrappers for reading and writing streams of data as long as the underlying
> type supports seeking.
> 
> There are 4 new utilities included in this release: exrmaketiled,
> exrmakepreview, exrenvmap, and exrstdattr.
> 
> 
> What's new:
> -----------
> 
> * Support for tiled and multiresolution images:
> 
>   - Tiled images support random access to rectangular subregions of
>     an image; multiresolution images ("mipmaps" and "ripmaps") support
>     efficient filtered texture map lookups (and similar operations).
> 
>   - Two C++ APIs for reading and writing tiled and multiresolution
>     images are provided: a fully general interface, with support
>     for arbitrary sets of channels, and a convenience interface 
>     for 16-bit RGBA channels.
> 
>   - Compatibility:
> 
>     Version 1.1 of IlmImf can read tiled files via the scanline API.
>     Existing software doesn't have to be re-written; after recompiling
>     and linking with 1.1, both scanline-based and tiled files can
>     be read.
> 
>     Scanline-based files are backwards-compatible; pre-1.1 versions
>     of IlmImf can read scanline-based files written by version 1.1
>     and later.
> 
> * Low-level file I/O for image files is performed using abstract
>   IStream and Ostream classes.  The default implementation uses
>   standard C++ iostreams, but alternative user-supplied versions
>   allow reading from, and writing to, arbitrary objects that support
>   read, write and seek operations.
> 
>   - Useful for writing plugins for programs that pass open,
>     possibly platform-specific file-descriptors to plugins
> 
>   - Possibly useful for writing (uncompressed) images directly to
>     fast I/O devices, bypassing the operating system's file system.
> 
> * IlmImf now supports image files larger than 2 GBytes (file offsets
>   are 64 bits).
> 
> * exrdisplay:
> 
>   - exrdisplay takes the display window and the pixel aspect
>     ratio into account.  Images are clipped or padded according
>     to the relative locations of the display and data window.
>     Images with non-square pixels are scaled so that what is
>     shown on the screen has the correct aspect ratio.
> 
>   - exrdisplay can display any level of a multiresolution image.
> 
> * New exrmaketiled program:  Converts images to tiled format;
>   optionally generates multiresolution (mipmap or ripmap) files.
> 
> * New standard "envmap" attribute, and associated utility functions:
>   Standardizes the layout of latitude-longitude and cube-face
>   environment maps.
> 
> * New exrmakepreview program: Automatically generates preview images
>   (i.e. "thumbnails") for OpenEXR files.
> 
> * New exrstdattr program: Adds standard attributes to OpenEXR files.
> 
> * New exrenvmap program: Converts between latitude-longitude and cube-face 
>   OpenEXR environment maps.
> 
>