Release notes here:
https://www.libvips.org/2022/05/28/What's-new-in-8.13.html
API docs here:
https://www.libvips.org/API/8.13/
Please discuss this test release here:
Changes for this release:
- configure fails for requested but unmet dependencies [remicollet]
- add support for another quantiser [DarthSim]
- add "extend", "background" and "premultiplied" to vips_mapim() to fix edge antialiasing [GavinJoyce]
- add support for HDR HEIC and AVIF images
- add vips_spngsave()
- jpeg2000 load left-justifies bitdepth
- add "password" option to pdfload, fix byte ordering of "background"
- add vips_operation_block_set(), vips_block_untrusted_set()
- improve the pixel rng
- new meson build system [tintou]
- improve introspection annotations [tintou]
- add "unlimited" to heifload [lovell]
- add support for regions in C++ API [shado23]
- add "maxerror" to gifsave [dloebl]
- update libnsgif API [tlsa]
- deprecate "properties" option to dzsave (now always on)
- add vips_dzsave_buffer()
- always set the min stack size for pthreads, if we can
- add "fail-on" to thumbnail
- add "gap" option to vips_reducehv and vips_resize() [kleisauke]
- add "ceil" option to vips_shrink() [kleisauke]
- quality improvements for image resizing [kleisauke]
- add vips_source_new_from_target()
- add vips_target_seek(), vips_target_read(), vips_target_new_temp()
- add vips_tiffsave_target()
- add vips_target_end(), deprecate vips_target_finish()
- add "mixed" to webpsave [dloebl]
- add support for ICC profiles and linear encoding to JXL load and save [f1ac]
- add "reoptimise" to gifsave [dloebl]
- add "bitdepth" to magicksave [dloebl]