Blogs: File Formats

Disclaimer: I am by no means an expert on TIFF (or anything else). This blog (series) is me sharing my recent look into TIFF errors. Please feel free to comment, point out errors, suggest better fixes, etc. At the end of the day, we’re all in this together and here to learn from each other! […]

The next OPF tech clinic will take place on Tuesday 10 March. The tech clinic offers OPF members the opportunity to book one-to-one online sessions to discuss any technical aspects of your work. This might include: getting started with OPF tools, e.g. installation and basic usage; help with integrating open source tools into local automated […]

The latest release of JHOVE is formed of the contributions made by the software’s global user community. Many of the new features and bug fixes were the outcome of the OPF’s development and document hack weeks, which aimed to celebrate and encourage meaningful contributions to open source software. In this webinar will provide a user’s […]

This webinar will provide a user’s guide as to what’s changed in the latest version of Jypylyzer. We will cover: Fixes and new features in the new major version, including:  Change to output format  The addition of raw codestream validation functionality  Updated Debian packaging  Compliance with PEP8 and PEP257  Automated build process for Windows binaries […]

This webinar will provide a user’s guide as to what’s changed in the latest version of Fido. We will cover: Fixes and new features in the new version, including: Improved testing and QA Python 3 support What does this mean for users? How do you report a bug or request a new feature? Fido future […]

Prendre en charge correctement du JPEG 32 bits Une histoire haute en couleur d’Alix Bruys, Bertrand Caron, Yannick Grandcolas et Thomas Ledoux de la Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) [Note : This blog is the french version of the JPEG got the Blues blog] Le contexte : acquisition de photographies nativement numériques de théâtres parisiens […]

Properly Rendering 32-bits JPEG A colorful story by Alix Bruys, Bertrand Caron, Yannick Grandcolas and Thomas Ledoux from the National Library of France (BnF) [Note : Ce billet existe en version française sous le titre Le blues du JPEG.] The Context: Acquired Born-Digital Photographs of Parisian Theaters On October the 20th of 2017, the Department […]

We are excited to announce that our next hack week will take place on 14-18 October! We’re joining in with Hacktoberfest to celebrate and encourage meaningful contributions to open source software.  This hack week will focus on documentation. We are looking for volunteers to help update resources to support users with our open source reference […]

The next OPF tech clinic will take place on Thursday 12 September. The tech clinic offers OPF members the opportunity to book one-to-one online sessions to discuss any technical aspects of your work. This might include: getting started with OPF tools, e.g. installation and basic usage; help with integrating open source tools into local automated […]

This webinar will provide a user’s guide as to what’s changed in the latest version of v1.14. We will cover: What are the fixes and new features in veraPDF: border cases in PDF/A validation performance and interface improvements documentation clean up What does this mean for users? How do you report a bug or request […]