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1*b2055c35SXin Li# WebP Codec
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13*b2055c35SXin LiWebP codec is a library to encode and decode images in WebP format. This package
14*b2055c35SXin Licontains the library that can be used in other programs to add WebP support, as
15*b2055c35SXin Liwell as the command line tools 'cwebp' and 'dwebp' to compress and decompress
16*b2055c35SXin Liimages respectively.
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18*b2055c35SXin LiSee https://developers.google.com/speed/webp for details on the image format.
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20*b2055c35SXin LiThe latest source tree is available at
21*b2055c35SXin Lihttps://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp
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23*b2055c35SXin LiIt is released under the same license as the WebM project. See
24*b2055c35SXin Lihttps://www.webmproject.org/license/software/ or the "COPYING" file for details.
25*b2055c35SXin LiAn additional intellectual property rights grant can be found in the file
26*b2055c35SXin LiPATENTS.
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28*b2055c35SXin Li## Building
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30*b2055c35SXin LiSee the [building documentation](doc/building.md).
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32*b2055c35SXin Li## Encoding and Decoding Tools
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34*b2055c35SXin LiThe examples/ directory contains tools to encode and decode images and
35*b2055c35SXin Lianimations, view information about WebP images, and more. See the
36*b2055c35SXin Li[tools documentation](doc/tools.md).
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38*b2055c35SXin Li## APIs
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40*b2055c35SXin LiSee the [APIs documentation](doc/api.md), and API usage examples in the
41*b2055c35SXin Li`examples/` directory.
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43*b2055c35SXin Li## Bugs
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45*b2055c35SXin LiPlease report all bugs to the issue tracker: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webp
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47*b2055c35SXin LiPatches welcome! See [how to contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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49*b2055c35SXin Li## Discuss
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51*b2055c35SXin LiEmail: [email protected]
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53*b2055c35SXin LiWeb: https://groups.google.com/a/webmproject.org/group/webp-discuss
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