A WebP loader for Imlib2. Published under the BSD license.
WebP is a new image format that provides lossy compression for photographic images. In a large scale study of 900,000 web images, WebP images were 39.8% smaller than jpeg images of similar quality.
A WebP file consists of VP8 image data, and a container based on RIFF. The standalone libwebp library serves as a reference implementation for the WebP specification and is available at this git repository and as a tarball. Webmasters and web developers can use the WebP image format to create smaller and better looking images that can help make the web faster.
You may find more informations at http://code.google.com/speed/webp
Imlib2 is an advanced replacement for libraries like libXpm. Imlib2 provides many more features with much greater flexibility and speed than standard libraries, including font rasterization, rotation, RGBA space rendering and blending, dynamic binary filters, scripting, and more.
You may find more informations at http://docs.enlightenment.org/api/imlib2/html
You will need a C compiler like gcc, make and the following dependencies :
- libimlib2-dev
- libwebp-dev
- pkg-config
On debian use the following command as root to install the required packages :
# aptitude install libimlib2-dev libwebp-dev pkg-config
Then enter the following command :
$ make
$ sudo make install
This will install the webp loader for Imlib2.
Please take advice that BSD make probably won't work, you need to use gmake instead.