What is new from lcms 1.x

First obvious question is “why should I upgrade to Little CMS 2.0”. Here are some clues:

Little CMS 2.0 is a full v4 CMM, which can accept v2 profiles. Little CMS 1.xx was a v2 CMM which can deal with (some) V4 profiles. The difference is important, as 2.0 handling of PCS is different, definitively better and far more accurate.

• It does accept and understand floating point profiles (MPE) with DToBxx tags. (Yes, it works!) It has 32 bits precision. (lcms 1.xx was 16 bits)
• It handles float and double formats directly. MPE profiles are evaluated in floating point with no precision loss.
• It has plug-in architecture that allows you to change interpolation, add new proprietary tags, add new “smart CMM” intents, etc.
• Is faster. In some combinations, has a x 6 throughput boost.
• Some new algorithms, incomplete state of adaptation, Jan Morovic’s segment maxima gamut boundary descriptor, better K preservation…
• Historic issues, like faulty icc34.h, freeing profiles after creating transform, etc. All is solved.