2.8.5

This is a stable bugfix release, with the following changes:

• Handle WEBP animation composition

3.2.0

Announcing the SDL_image 3 official release!

SDL_image 3.0 is finally here!

This is the SDL image loading library that you know and love, updated for SDL 3.0. The API is largely the same, with IMG_Init() and IMG_Quit() no longer necessary and *_RW() functions renamed *_IO().

In addition, this release has added support for loading and saving HDR AVIF images.

We've also updated the installation instructions and added a quick reference guide:
https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3_image

Enjoy!

3.1.1

This is the first release candidate for the official SDL_image 3.0 release!

IMG_Init() and IMG_Quit() are no longer necessary. If an image format requires dynamically loading a support library, that will be done automatically.

Please read through the installation documentation for the packages below and let us know what you think!

2.8.4

This is a stable bugfix release, with the following changes:

• Fixed a regression in the last release with certain grayscale PNG images

2.8.3

This is a stable bugfix release, with the following changes:

• Fixed handling of grayscale images with alpha

3.1.0

Announcing the SDL_image 3.1.0 Stable ABI Preview!

Here are some of the highlights of what's new:

• Updated for SDL 3.0
• IMG_Init() and IMG_Quit() are no longer needed
• Added support for loading HDR AVIF images
• Added support for saving AVIF images

Please let us know what you think, and report any issues on GitHub:
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image/issues

2.8.2

This is a stable bugfix release, with the following changes:

• Fixed crash loading LBM images
• Automatically set the colorkey for indexed PNG images with transparency

2.8.1

This is a stable bugfix release, with the following changes:

• Updated libavif to version 1.0.3
• Indexed PNG images with alpha have blending automatically enabled
• Fixed a crash in the 32-bit webp DLLs on Windows
• Fixed issue extracting the tar release archives on Linux

2.8.0

Here are the highlights since the last release:

• Updated image decoding libraries
• Added support for loading WEBP animations
• PNG images with a palette are loaded as SDL surfaces with a palette

2.7.1

This is a release candidate for 2.8.0.

These are the changes since the last release:

• Added support for loading WEBP animations
• PNG images with a palette are loaded as SDL surfaces with a palette