ExactImage is a fast C++ image processing library.
Unlike ImageMagick, it allows operation in several
color spaces and bit depths natively, resulting in
much lower memory and computational requirements.
Some optimized algorithms operate in 1/20 of the
time ImageMagick requires, and displaying large
images can be as fast as 1/10 of the time the
"display" program takes.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
High-quality and high-speed barcode recognition
was added. A new, generic, and better optimizing
image iterator was implemented, resulting in
higher performance of ported algorithms. Support
was added for writing non-RGB BMP files, as well
as writing EPS, PS, PDF, and reading (rendering)
SVG files. Language bindings are now also
available for PHP, Python, and Lua. Compilation
with GCC 4.3 was fixed.