pillow v8.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-10-15 // over 3 years ago
    • ⬇️ Drop support for EOL Python 3.5 #4746, #4794 [hugovk, radarhere, nulano]

    • ⬇️ Drop support for PyPy3 < 7.2.0 #4964 [nulano]

    • ✂ Remove ImageCms.CmsProfile attributes deprecated since 3.2.0 #4768 [hugovk, radarhere]

    • ✂ Remove long-deprecated Image.py functions #4798 [hugovk, nulano, radarhere]

    • ➕ Add support for 16-bit precision JPEG quantization values #4918 [gofr]

    • ➕ Added reading of IFD tag type #4979 [radarhere]

    • 🎉 Initialize offset memory for PyImagingPhotoPut #4806 [nqbit]

    • 🛠 Fix TiffDecode comparison warnings #4756 [nulano]

    • 📄 Docs: Add dark mode #4968 [hugovk, nulano]

    • ➕ Added macOS SDK install path to library and include directories #4974 [radarhere, fxcoudert]

    • Imaging.h: prevent confusion with system #4923 [ax3l, ,radarhere]

    • Avoid using pkg_resources in PIL.features.pilinfo #4975 [nulano]

    • ➕ Add getlength and getbbox functions for TrueType fonts #4959 [nulano, radarhere, hugovk]

    • 👍 Allow tuples with one item to give single color value in getink #4927 [radarhere, nulano]

    • ➕ Add support for CBDT and COLR fonts #4955 [nulano, hugovk]

    • ✂ Removed OSError in favour of DecompressionBombError for BMP #4966 [radarhere]

    • Implemented another ellipse drawing algorithm #4523 [xtsm, radarhere]

    • 🛠 Removed unused JpegImagePlugin._fixup_dict function #4957 [radarhere]

    • ➕ Added reading and writing of private PNG chunks #4292 [radarhere]

    • Implement anchor for TrueType fonts #4930 [nulano, hugovk]

    • Fixed bug in Exif delitem #4942 [radarhere]

    • 🛠 Fix crash in ImageTk.PhotoImage on MinGW 64-bit #4946 [nulano]

    • 🚚 Moved CVE images to pillow-depends #4929 [radarhere]

    • Refactor font_getsize and font_render #4910 [nulano]

    • 🛠 Fixed loading profile with non-ASCII path on Windows #4914 [radarhere]

    • 🛠 Fixed effect_spread bug for zero distance #4908 [radarhere, hugovk]

    • ➕ Added formats parameter to Image.open #4837 [nulano, radarhere]

    • ➕ Added regular_polygon draw method #4846 [comhar]

    • Raise proper TypeError in putpixel #4882 [nulano, hugovk]

    • ➕ Added writing of subIFDs #4862 [radarhere]

    • Fix IFDRational eq bug #4888 [luphord, radarhere]

    • 🛠 Fixed duplicate variable name #4885 [liZe, radarhere]

    • ➕ Added homebrew zlib include directory #4842 [radarhere]

    • Corrected inverted PDF CMYK colors #4866 [radarhere]

    • Do not try to close file pointer if file pointer is empty #4823 [radarhere]

    • ImageOps.autocontrast: add mask parameter #4843 [navneeth, hugovk]

    • Read EXIF data tEXt chunk into info as bytes instead of string #4828 [radarhere]

    • Replaced distutils with setuptools #4797, #4809, #4814, #4817, #4829, #4890 [hugovk, radarhere]

    • ➕ Add MIME type to PsdImagePlugin #4788 [samamorgan]

    • 👍 Allow ImageOps.autocontrast to specify low and high cutoffs separately #4749 [millionhz, radarhere]