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+# DirectXTex texture processing library
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+http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248926
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+Release available for download on [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex/releases)
+
+## Release History
+
+### March 6, 2024
+* Xbox Auxiliary tiling/detiling code optimization
+
+### February 21, 2024
+* TGA reader now limited to 4 GB for maximum image size for security hardening
+* Project updates for improved logging of shader compilation errors and GDK validation
+* CMake project updates and refactor
+* Minor code review for Clang, MinGW, and Intel compilers
+* Auxiliary updated with LIBJPEG and LIBPNG implementations for use on WSL which lacks WIC
+* texassemble: new ``from-mips`` command
+* texconv: Updated to support Xbox extension functionality
+
+### December 31, 2023
+* TGA reader bug fix for offset boundary check
+* PPM/PFM reader bug fixes for bounds checking
+* Xbox-specific functionality added to Auxiliary folder
+* CMake project updates including pkg-config file generation
+* Code review
+
+### October 28, 2023
+* New ``DDS_PERMISSIVE_FLAG`` to allow reading of various DDS DX9 file variants
+  * *breaking change* required to accept reading *Unreal Tournament 2004* DDS files
+  * Allows cases where DDS_HEADER size is incorrectly set to 24
+  * Allows cases where DDPIXELFORMAT size is incorrectly set to 24
+  * Allows cases where DDS_HEADER.MipMapCount is set to the wrong value
+* texassemble/texconv/texdiag: ``-flist`` option updated to support filenames with spaces
+* texconv: ``-permissive`` switch added to opt-in use of new flag when reading DDS files
+
+### September 1, 2023
+* ``CompressEx`` and ``ConvertEx`` functions added with status callback and options structs
+* Added optional ``DDSMetaData`` return for Ex versions of DDS loader functions
+* Added ``TEX_ALPHA_WEIGHT_DEFAULT`` constant (set to 1.0)
+* DDS reader updated to support variant used by *Unreal Tournament 2004*
+* Fixed overvalidation bug with BC7 GPU compressor with SRGB formats
+* Retired ARM (32-bit) support for the UWP platform
+* CMake project updates
+
+### June 13, 2023
+* Added ``TEX_FILTER_RGB_COPY_ALPHA`` flag and support for ``DXGI_FORMAT_A4B4G4R4_UNORM``
+* DDS loader now supports 'swizzled' DXT5 variant FourCCs
+* CMake project updates
+* texconv: Added ``-f BC3n``,  ``-f DXT5nm``, and ``-f RXBG`` support; ``.ddx`` file extension; and ``-tgazeroalpha`` switch
+* texassemble/texconv/texdiag: Fix minor display issue with error messages
+* texassemble/texconv/texdiag: Supports Long Paths on Windows 10, Version 1607 or later
+
+### April 28, 2023
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
+* CMake project updates and fixes for clang/LLVM v16 warnings
+* texassemble/texconv/texdiag: Windows on ARM64 version
+
+### March 30, 2023
+* Fix for `SRGB_IN` / `SRGB_OUT` flag handling for GPU BC7 compressor
+* Fix to clamp negative values when encoding with the GPU BC6H compressor
+* GPU BC6H/BC7 encoder updated to make optional use of DirectCompute 5.0
+* CMake project updates
+* Code review
+* Retired VS 2017 legacy Xbox One XDK projects
+* texassemble/texconv/texdiag: Updated to support Windows or UNIX-style path separators
+
+### January 31, 2023
+* Fixed memory overwrite bug in **ConvertToSinglePlane** that can lead to a potential security issue for untrusted planar video format DDS files
+* Make sure ScratchImage zero-fills image memory
+* Fix DirectX12 GPU-validation warnings for texture loaders
+* Minor fix for non-Win32 builds
+* ddsview: Updated sample app with a ``-forcesrgb`` command-line switch
+
+### December 15, 2022
+* ARM/ARM64 platform fix for 16bpp pixel conversion
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
+* CMake project updated to require 3.20 or later
+* CMake and MSBuild project updates
+* Added Azure Dev Ops Pipeline YAML files
+* ``Auxiliary`` folder added with DirectXEXR.h/.cpp optional module
+* Test suite updated with CTest support
+* Spectre-mitigated libraries added to NuGet packages
+* texassemble: added commands *v-cross-fnz*, *h-tee*, and *cube-from-\**
+* texconv: Fixed minor printf output issue
+
+### October 17, 2022
+* Minor fix for ``CompileShaders.cmd`` to address additional 'paths with spaces' issues
+* Minor CMake and CMakePresets updates
+* Code review
+
+### July 29, 2022
+* Added ``MakeLinear`` DXGI_FORMAT utility function.
+* *breaking change* ``CreateTextureEx`` and ``CreateShaderResourceViewEx`` functions now use ``CREATETEX_FLAGS`` instead of a ``bool forceSRGB`` parameter.
+* Updates for MinGW ABI fixes for DirectX12 in the latest DirectX-Headers.
+* CMake and MSBuild project updates
+* Code review
+* `DDSTextureLoader11` and ``DDSTextureLoader12`` sync'd up with *DirectX Tool Kit* July 2022 changes.
+
+### May 9, 2022
+* TGA reader updated to support 24-bit paletted uncompressed color-mapped images (used by a DCC application)
+* Added `IsBGR` utility method
+* Workaround for driver issue on some systems using DirectX 11 `Capture` method
+* Fix for problem with resizing/mipmaps generation for HDR content using box/fant filter which should avoid going through WIC code paths
+* Minor updates for VS 2022 (17.2)
+* CMake project updates (now supports MSVC, clang/LLVM, and MinGW)
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
+* Retired VS 2017 projects
+* Code cleanup
+* Reformat source using updated .editorconfig settings
+* texconv: Improve `-nmap` handling for 16-bit sources going to BC formats
+
+### March 24, 2022
+* Fixed end-point bounds issue with BC6H CPU compressor if none of the pixels are in 0-1 range
+* Fixed bug in alpha-to-coverage computation
+* Add support for installable WIC codecs for HEIF and WEBP (if present)
+* Update build switches for SDL recommendations
+* CMake project updates and UWP platform CMakePresets
+* Code cleaup for tools
+* Optional C++17 usage in a few places
+
+### February 28, 2022
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from GitHub
+* Code and project review including fixing clang v13 warnings
+* Added CMakePresets.json
+
+### November 8, 2021
+* VS 2022 support
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest change from GitHubf
+* Minor code and project review
+* VS 2017 projects updated to require the Windows 10 SDK (19401)
+* texassemble/texconv: Updated with 12.2 for ``-fl`` switch
+* texassemble/texconv/texdiag: Fixed potential locale issue with ``-flist``
+
+### September 28, 2021
+* Minor code and project cleanup
+
+### August 1, 2021
+* Fixed weighting bug in custom linear filtering for wrap/mirroring
+* Added VS 2022 Preview projects
+* texconv: Made default output extension to be lower-case like most Windows applications
+* texconv: updated colorspace rotation names for -rotatecolor switch
+* texassemble, texconv: Order of operations fix for -swizzle using 0, 1
+* Minor code review
+
+### June 9, 2021
+* Minor bug fix for metadata behavior when using ``DDS_FLAGS_NO_16BPP`` flag for B5G6R5 content
+* texdiag: added ``-c`` and ``-t`` switches for diff command
+* texconv: Fixed bug in ``-m`` switch handling when resizing changes the max mipmap count
+* texconv et al: improved ``-flist`` switch to support wildcards and file exclusions
+* texconv et al: Added 'BGR' alias to ``-f`` switch for the B8G8R8X8_UNORM format
+* WICTextureLoader / DDSTextureLoader12 updated to use typed enum bitmask flags for loadFlags parameter
+* Minor code review
+
+### April 6, 2021
+* DDS reader updated to accept nVidia Texture Tool v1 single-channel and dual-channel files marked as RGB instead of LUMINANCE
+* Fixed TGA reader regression with files smaller than 26 bytes total
+* Removed use of ``CreateStreamOnHGlobal``, ``CreateStreamOverRandomAccessStream``, and ``SHCreateMemStream`` for WICToMemory functions
+* Fix for the DirectX 12 ``CaptureTexture`` for reserved and MSAA resources
+* Minor code and project cleanup
+* texassemble: added ``-stripmips`` switch
+* texassemble, texconv: the ``swizzle`` switch now accepts ``0`` and ``1`` values in swizzle masks
+* texconv: added "709toDisplayP3" and "DisplayP3to709" to ``-rotatecolor`` switch
+* texconv: Fixed ``-reconstructz`` for UNORM formats
+* texassemble, texconv, texdiag: Updated with  descriptions for HRESULT failure codes, and always uses exit code 1 on failure
+
+### January 9, 2021
+* Windows Subsystem for Linux support
+* Code review for improved conformance
+* CMake updated to support package install
+* texassemble: Merge command now supports ``-swizzle`` option
+* texconv: Updated with ``-r:keep`` and ``-swizzle`` options
+
+### November 11, 2020
+* Use ``SHCreateMemStream`` instead of ``CreateStreamOnHGlobal`` for Win32 on Windows 8.x or Windows 10
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest change from GitHub
+* Minor code and project cleanup
+
+### September 30, 2020
+* Added ``TGA_FLAGS`` [flags](https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex/wiki/TGA-I-O-Functions#related-flags) to TGA reader/writer to control RGB vs. BGR, handling for all zero alpha channels, and TGA 2.0 colorspace metadata
+  * TGA reader will now return a ``DXGI_FORMAT_*_SRGB`` format if TGA 2.0 colorspace metadata contains 2.2 or 2.4 gamma
+  * Added forwarders for existing non-flags TGA functions, so there are no breaking changes
+* ``R16_SNORM`` and ``R8_SNORM`` pixel write code updated to round instead of truncate to better match DirectXMath behavior
+* Fixed bug in standalone WICTextureLoader for DX11/DX12 that resulted in ``WINCODEC_ERR_INSUFFICIENTBUFFER`` for some resize requests
+* Added ``Ex`` variants for DDSTextureLoader/WICTextureLoader for DX9 to support loading resources for non-DEFAULT pools
+* Minor code and project cleanup
+
+### August 15, 2020
+* Added ``DDS_FLAGS_ALLOW_LARGE_FILES`` flag for DDS loader to allow textures with dimensions that are too big for Direct3D
+* Added ``FormatDataType`` function
+* Fixed bug with DX12 ``Capture`` with 'small alignment' textures
+* Code review and project updates
+* Added GDK projects
+* texassemble: updated with ``-fl`` switch for feature level based warning
+* texconv: updated with ``-reconstructz`` switch for BC5 compressed normal map view conversion
+
+### July 2, 2020
+* Minor warning fixes for VS 2019 (16.7)
+* CMake updates
+* texassemble: Fixed animated gif handling with transparency
+
+### June 15, 2020
+* Code cleanup for some new VC++ 16.7 warnings and static code analysis
+* texconv: Updated with support for Portable Pix Map (ppm) & Portable Float Map (pfm) file formats
+
+### June 1, 2020
+* Converted to typed enum bitmask flags (see release notes for details on this potential *breaking change*)
+  + **ComputePitch**, **xxxDDSxxx**, **xxxWICxxx**, **FlipRotate**, **Resize**, **Convert**, **GenerateMipMaps**, **GenerateMipMaps3D**, **PremultiplyAlpha**, **Compress**, **ComputeNormalMap**, **CopyRectangle**, **ComputeMSE**
+* ``WIC_FLAGS_DEFAULT_SRGB`` / ``WIC_LOADER_SRGB_DEFAULT`` flag added when loading image via WIC without explicit colorspace metadata
+*  WIC loader for  ``PNG`` codec now checks ``gAMA`` chunk to determine colorspace if the ``sRGB`` chunk is not found for legacy sRGB detection.
+* Fixed conformance issues when using ``/Zc:preprocessor``
+* CMake project updates
+
+### May 10, 2020
+* HDR (RGBE Radiance) file format writer updated to accept half16 input
+* Code cleanup
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy to Windows 10 SDK (19041) version
+* texassemble, texconv, texdiag: Updated with ``-l`` switch for case-sensitive file systems
+* texconv: Added ``-dx9`` switch to force legacy compatible DDS files
+* texconv: Collapsed ``-bcuniform``, ``-bcdither``, ``-bcquick``, and ``-bcmax`` into one ``-bc`` switch
+* Updates to **DDSTextureLoader**, **ScreenGrab**, and **WICTextureLoader** including new DX9 version
+
+### April 3, 2020
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy to latest version
+* DDS loader updated for another BC7 FourCC variant
+* Code review (``constexpr`` / ``noexcept`` usage)
+* CMake updated for PCH usage with 3.16 or later
+
+### February 14, 2020
+* Fixed quality bug in BC4S/BC5S compressor
+* Guard for divide-by-zero case in **PremultiplyAlpha**
+* texconv: added ``-at`` switch for alpha threshold value with BC1 compression
+* texconv: Fixed ``-nmap`` when outputting compressed UNORM formats
+* Code and project cleaup
+* Retired VS 2015 projects
+
+### December 17, 2019
+* Added ARM64 platform to VS 2019 Win32 desktop Win10 project
+* Updated CMake project
+* Code cleaup
+
+### October 17, 2019
+* Codec readers updated to return ``TEX_ALPHA_MODE_OPAQUE`` if reader returned an alpha channel due to conversion
+* Added DDS reader support for 'non-standard' BC6H/BC7 FourCC codes used by nVidia texture tools
+* TGA codec updated for TGA 2.0
+* Minor code review
+* Updated ScreenGrab module
+* texconv: Added ``-fixbc4x4switch``
+
+### August 21, 2019
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy to latest version
+* Added texassemble, texconv, and texdiag to CMake project
+* Code cleanup
+
+### June 30, 2019
+* Additional validation for Direct3D 11 texture loaders
+* Clang/LLVM warning cleanup
+* Renamed ``DirectXTex_Windows10.vcxproj`` to ``_Windows10_2017.vcxproj``
+* Added VS 2019 UWP project
+
+### May 30, 2019
+* Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 April 2019 Update SDK (18362)
+* Added CMake project files
+* Code cleanup
+
+### April 26, 2019
+* Added VS 2019 desktop projects
+* Code cleanup for texture loaders
+* Officially dropped Windows Vista support
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### February 7, 2019
+* Added **ScaleMipMapsAlphaForCoverage** function to the library
+* WIC Writer now has two new flags: ``WIC_FLAGS_FORCE_SRGB`` and ``WIC_FLAGS_FORCE_LINEAR``
+* texassemble: added ``array-strip`` command
+* texconv: added ``-inverty``, ``-keepcoverage`` switches
+
+### November 16, 2018
+* VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 October 2018 Update SDK (17763)
+* ARM64 platform configurations added to UWP projects
+
+### October 25, 2018
+* Use UTF-8 instead of ANSI for narrow strings
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy to latest version
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### August 17, 2018
+* Fixed problem loading legacy DDS files containing FOURCC pixel formats with ``ALPHAPIXELS`` also set
+* Fixed ``FlipRotate`` bug when doing 180 degree rotation
+* Updated for VS 2017 15.8
+
+### August 5, 2018
+* Improved support and validation for 16k textures (requires x64 native)
+* ``ComputePitch`` now returns an HRESULT
+* Fix BC7 GPU shaders on WARP device
+
+### July 3, 2018
+* BC7 CPU codec fix for 3subsets/``-bcmax`` and minor optimization
+* BC7 GPU codec quantize fix and pbit optimization
+* BC6H CPU codec bounds checking fix
+* Code and project cleanup
+
+### May 31, 2018
+* Fix for **IsAlphaAllOpaque** for 'near opaque' values
+* VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 April 2018 Update SDK (17134)
+
+### May 11, 2018
+* Workaround for WIC issue doing FP32->FP16 conversions
+* Updated for VS 2017 15.7 update warnings
+* Code and project cleanup
+* Retired VS 2013 projects
+
+### April 23, 2018
+* Code cleanup
+* texconv: Updated with support reading "Extended BMP" files using DXTn
+* texconv: Updated to handle non-power-of-2 volume textures with mipmaps
+* texassemble, texconv, texdiag: support format name aliases like DXT3, RGBA, BGRA, FP16, etc. in addition to truncated ``DXGI_FORMAT_`` values
+
+### February 9, 2018
+* HDR (RGBE Radiance) file format reader updated to support ``#?RGBE`` signature
+* texconv: Added ``-rotatecolor`` and ``-nits`` switches
+* texassemble: Added merge and gif commands
+* texdiag: added dumpdds command
+
+### February 7, 2018
+* Fixed bug with GPU BC7 encoding (mode 1, fixup 6)
+* Updated for a few more VS 2017 warnings
+* Code cleanup
+
+### December 13, 2017
+* Updated for VS 2017 15.5 update warnings
+* Support building library with ``_XM_NO_XMVECTOR_OVERLOADS_``
+* Code cleanup
+
+### November 1, 2017
+* VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update SDK (16299)
+
+### September 22, 2017
+* Updated for VS 2017 15.3 update ``/permissive-`` changes
+* WIC writer and ScreenGrab updated to use non-sRGB metadata for PNG
+* texassemble, texconv, texdiag: added ``-flist`` option
+
+### July 26, 2017
+* Support for reading non-standard DDS files written by nVidia Texture Tools (NVTT)
+* Fix for **ComputeMSE** when using ``CMSE_IMAGE2_X2_BIAS``
+* Fix for WIC writer then codec target format requires a palette
+* Code cleanup
+
+### April 24, 2017
+* VS 2017 project updates
+* Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Creators Update SDK (15063)
+* Updated D3DX12 internal copy to latest version
+
+### April 7, 2017
+* VS 2017 updated for Windows Creators Update SDK (15063)
+* texassemble: ``-tonemap`` switch
+* texconv: ``-wicmulti`` switch
+
+### January 31, 2017
+* DirectX 12 versions of **IsSupported**, **CreateTexture** (PrepareUpload), and **CaptureTexture**
+* Update to DirectX 11 version of **IsSupported**
+* WIC format 40bppCMYKAlpha should be converted to RGBA8 rather than RGBA16
+* DDS support for L8A8 with bit-count 8 rather than 16
+* ``DXGI_FORMAT_R32G8X24_TYPELESS`` and ``DXGI_FORMAT_R24G8_TYPELESS`` should be IsDepthStencil formats
+* Updates to DDSTextureLoader, ScreenGrab, and WICTextureLoader
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### December 5, 2016
+* Fixed over-validation in DDS header parsing
+* VS 2017 RC projects added
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### October 5, 2016
+* *breaking change* Renamed Evaluate to **EvaluateImage**, Transform to **TransformImage**
+* texdiag: new command-line tool for texture debugging
+* texconv: ``-bcmax``, ``-bcquick``, ``-tonemap``, and ``-x2bias`` switches
+* texconv: overwrite writing and ``-y`` switch
+* texconv/texassemble: optional OpenEXR support
+* texassemble: command syntax with support for generating strip and cross images from cubemap
+* Updates to DDSTextureLoader, WICTextureLoader, and ScreenGrab
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### September 14, 2016
+* [HDR (RGBE Radiance)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGBE_image_format) file format reader and writer
+* **Evaluate** and **Transform** functions for computing user-defined functions on images
+* Fix BC6H GPU shaders on WARP device
+* Fix for alignment issues on ARM devices in software compression codec
+* Added ``TEX_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT`` (0.5f) constant default alpha threshold value for Convert & Compress
+* Minor **CaptureTexture** optimization
+* texconv/texassemble: Support for .hdr file format
+* texconv: added ``-gpu`` switch to specify adapter to use for GPU-based compression codecs
+* texconv: added ``-badtails`` switch to enable loading of legacy DXTn DDS files with incomplete mipchain tails
+* texconv: added ``-c`` switch for old-school colorkey/chromakey transparency to alpha conversion
+* texconv: added ``-alpha`` switch for reverse premultiply along with ``TEX_PMALPHA_REVERSE`` flag
+* texconv: added wildcard support for input filename and optional ``-r`` switch for recursive search
+
+### August 4, 2016
+* ``CompileShader`` script updated to build external pdbs
+* Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK (14393)
+
+### August 2, 2016
+* Updated for VS 2015 Update 3 and Windows 10 SDK (14393)
+
+### August 1, 2016
+* Workaround for bug in XMStoreFloat3SE (impacts conversions to ``DXGI_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP``)
+* **DDSTextureLoader12**, **WICTextureLoader12**, and **ScreenGrab12** for Direct3D 12 support
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### June 27, 2016
+* texconv command-line tool ``-wicq`` and ``-wiclossless`` switches
+* Code cleanup
+
+### April 26, 2016
+* Optional callback from WIC reader functions to query additional metadata
+* Retired obsolete adapter code
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### February 23, 2016
+* Fix to clean up partial or zero-length image files on failed write
+* Retired VS 2012 projects
+
+### November 30, 2015
+* texconv command-line tool ``-fl`` switch now supports 12.0 and 12.1 feature levels
+* Updated for VS 2015 Update 1 and Windows 10 SDK (10586)
+
+### October 30, 2015
+* DDS support for legacy bumpmap formats (V8U8, Q8W8V8U8, V16U16)
+* Fix for buffer overread in BC CPU compressor
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### August 18, 2015
+* Added **GetWICFactory** and **SetWICFactory**
+* Updates for new DXGI 1.3 types
+* Xbox One platform updates
+
+### July 29, 2015
+* Fixed rounding problem with 32-bit RGBA/BGRA format conversions
+* texconv: use CPU parallel compression for BC1-BC5 (``-singleproc`` disables)
+* Updated for VS 2015 and Windows 10 SDK RTM
+* Retired VS 2010 and Windows 8.0 Store projects
+
+### June 18, 2015
+* New ``BC_FLAGS_USE_3SUBSETS`` option for BC7 compressors; now defaults to skipping 3 subset blocks
+* Fixed bug with **MakeTypeless** and ``A8_UNORM``
+* Fixed file length validation problem in **LoadDDSFromFile**
+
+### March 27, 2015
+* Added projects for Windows apps Technical Preview
+* Fixed bug with WIC-based mipmap generation for non-WIC supported formats
+* Fixed bug with WIC multiframe loader when resizing required
+* texconv: Added ``-nmap``/``-nmapamp`` for generating normal maps from height maps
+* texconv/texassemble: Updated to load multiframe WIC files (tiff, gif)
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### November 24, 2014
+* Updates for Visual Studio 2015 Technical Preview
+* Minor code cleanup
+
+### September 22, 2014
+* Format conversion improvements and bug fixes (depth/stencil, alpha-only, float16, RGB -> 1 channel)
+* Fixed issue when BC decompressing non-standard compressed rowPitch images
+* Explicit calling-convention annotation for all 'public' functions
+* Code cleanup
+* Xbox One platform updates
+
+### July 15, 2014
+* texconv command-line tool fixes
+* Fixed problem with 'wide' images with CPU **Compress**
+* Updates to Xbox One platform support
+
+### April 3, 2014
+* Windows phone 8.1 platform support
+
+### February 24, 2014
+* Direct3D 11 video and Xbox One extended format support
+* New APIs: **IsPlanar**, **IsPalettized**, **IsDepthStencil**, **ConvertToSinglePlane**
+* Added 'alphaWeight' parameter to GPU **Compress** *breaking change*
+* texconv ``-aw`` switch to control the alpha weighting for the BC7 GPU compressor
+* Fixed bug with ordered dithering in non-WIC conversion codepaths
+* Fixed **SaveToDDSxxx** functions when using arbitrary row pitch values
+
+### January 24, 2014
+* Added sRGB flags for **Compress** (``TEX_COMPRESS_SRGB*``)
+* Added 'compress' flag parameter to GPU versions of **Compress** *breaking change*
+* Minor fix for potential rounding problem in GPU **Compress**
+* Code cleanup (removed ``DXGI_1_2_FORMATS`` control define; ``ScopedObject`` typedef removed)
+* Dropped VS 2010 support without the Windows 8.1 SDK (removed ``USE_XNAMATH`` control define)
+
+### December 24, 2013
+* texconv updated with ``-fl`` and ``-pow2`` command-line switches
+* Fixed bug in **Resize** when doing custom filtering which occurred when exactly doubling the image size
+* Added move operators to **ScratchImage** and **Blob** classes
+* Xbox One platform support
+
+### October 21, 2013
+* Updated for Visual Studio 2013 and Windows 8.1 SDK RTM
+* **PremultiplyAlpha** updated with new 'flags' parameter and to use sRGB correct blending
+* Fixed colorspace conversion issue with DirectCompute compressor when compressing for BC7 SRGB
+
+### August 13, 2013
+* DirectCompute 4.0 BC6H/BC7 compressor integration
+* texconv utility uses DirectCompute compression by default for BC6H/BC7, ``-nogpu`` disables use of DirectCompute
+
+### August 1, 2013
+* Support for BC compression/decompression of non-power-of-2 mipmapped textures
+* Fixes for BC6H / BC7 codecs to better match published standard
+* Fix for BC4 / BC5 codecs when compressing RGB images
+* Minor fix for the BC1-3 codec
+* New optional flags for **ComputeMSE** to compare UNORM vs. SNORM images
+* New WIC loading flag added to control use of WIC metadata to return sRGB vs. non-sRGB formats
+* Code cleanup and /analyze fixes
+* Project file cleanup
+* texconv utility uses parallel BC compression by default for BC6H/BC7, ``-singleproc`` disables multithreaded behavior
+
+### July 1, 2013
+* VS 2013 Preview projects added
+* SaveToWIC functions updated with new optional ``setCustomProps`` parameter
+
+### June 15, 2013
+* Custom filtering implementation for **Resize** & **GenerateMipMaps(3D)** - Point, Box, Linear, Cubic, and Triangle
+  + ``TEX_FILTER_TRIANGLE`` finite low-pass triangle filter
+  + ``TEX_FILTER_WRAP``, ``TEX_FILTER_MIRROR`` texture semantics for custom filtering
+  + ``TEX_FILTER_BOX`` alias for ``TEX_FILTER_FANT WIC``
+* Ordered and error diffusion dithering for non-WIC conversion
+* sRGB gamma correct custom filtering and conversion
+* ``DDS_FLAGS_EXPAND_LUMINANCE`` - Reader conversion option for L8, L16, and A8L8 legacy DDS files
+* Added use of WIC metadata for sRGB pixel formats
+* Added **BitsPerColor** utility function
+* Fixed **Convert** threshold parameter usage
+* Non-power-of-2 volume map support, fixed bug with non-square volume maps
+* texconv utility update with ``-xlum``, ``-wrap``, and ``-mirror`` options; reworked ``-if`` options for improved dithering
+* texassemble utility for creating cubemaps, volume maps, and texture arrays
+* DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader sync'd with DirectXTK versions
+
+### April 16, 2013
+* Updated alpha-mode metadata details in .DDS files
+* Added new control flags for **Convert**
+* Added new optional flags for **ComputeMSE**
+* Fixed conversion handling for sRGB formats
+* Fixed internal routines for handling ``R10G10B10_XR_BIAS_A2_UNORM``, ``R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP``, and ``FORMAT_R1_UNORM``
+* Fixed WIC I/O for ``GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBE``4 pixel format files (HD Photo)
+* Fixed non-square image handling in **GenerateMipMaps3D**
+* Fixed some error handling in the DDS load code
+
+### March 22, 2013
+* Supports reading and writing alpha-mode (straight, premultiplied, etc.) metadata in .DDS files
+* Added build option to use WICCreateImagingFactory_Proxy instead of ``CoCreateInstance`` to obtain WIC factory
+
+### January 29, 2013
+* Added **PremultiplyAlpha** to DirectXTex; ``-pmalpha`` switch for texconv command-line tool
+* Fixed problem with forceSRGB implementation for Ex versions of CreateTexture, CreateShaderResourceView, DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader
+
+### December 11, 2012
+* Ex versions of **CreateTexture**, **CreateShaderResourceView**, **DDSTextureLoader** and **WICTextureLoader**
+* Fixed BC2 and BC3 decompression issue for unusual color encoding case
+* Converted annotation to SAL2 for improved VS 2012 /analyze experience
+* Updated DirectXTex, DDSView, and Texconv with VS 2010 + Windows 8.0 SDK project using official 'property sheets'
+
+### November 15, 2012
+* Added support for WIC2 when available on Windows 8 and Windows 7 with KB 2670838
+* Added optional ``targetGUID`` parameter to SaveWIC* APIs to influence final container pixel format choice
+* Fixed bug in **SaveDDSxxx** which was generating invalid DDS files for 1D dimension textures
+* Improved robustness of **CaptureTexture** when resolving MSAA source textures
+* Sync'd DDSTextureLoader, ScreenGrab, and WICTextureLoader standalone versions with latest DirectXTK release
+
+### September 28, 2012
+* Added **ScreenGrab** module for creating runtime screenshots
+* Renamed project files for better naming consistency
+* New Typeless utilities for DirectXTex
+* Some minor code cleanup for DirectXTex's WIC writer function
+* Bug fixes and new ``-tu``/``-tf`` options for texconv
+
+### June 22, 2012
+* Moved to using XNA Math 2.05 instead of XNA Math 2.04 for ``USE_XNAMATH`` builds
+* Fixed BGR vs. RGB color channel swizzle problem with 24bpp legacy .DDS files in DirectXTex
+* Update to DirectXTex WIC and WICTextureLoader for additional 96bpp float format handling on Windows 8
+
+### May 31, 2012
+* Minor fix for DDSTextureLoader's retry fallback that can happen with 10level9 feature levels
+* Switched to use ``_DEBUG`` instead of ``DEBUG`` and cleaned up debug warnings
+* added Windows Store style application project files for DirectXTex
+
+### April 20, 2012
+* DirectTex's WIC-based writer opts-in for the Windows 8 BMP encoder option for writing 32 bpp RGBA files with the ``BITMAPV5HEADER``
+
+### March 30, 2012
+* WICTextureLoader updated with Windows 8 WIC pixel formats
+* DirectXTex updated with limited non-power-of-2 texture support and ``TEX_FILTER_SEPARATE_ALPHA`` option
+* Texconv updated with ``-sepalpha`` command-line option
+* Added ``USE_XNAMATH`` control define to build DirectXTex using either XNAMath or DirectXMath
+* Added VS 2012 project files (which use DirectXMath instead of XNAMath and define ``DXGI_1_2_FORMATS``)
+
+### March 15, 2012
+* Fix for resource leak in **CreateShaderResourceView** Direct3D 11 helper function in DirectXTex
+
+### March 5, 2012
+* Fix for too much temp memory allocated by WICTextureLoader; cleaned up legacy 'min/max' macro usage in DirectXTex
+
+### February 21, 2012
+* WICTextureLoader updated to handle systems and device drivers without BGRA or 16bpp format support
+
+### February 20, 2012
+* Some code cleanup for DirectXTex and DDSTextureLoader
+* Fixed bug in 10:10:10:2 format fixup in the **LoadDDSFromMemory** function
+* Fixed bugs in "non-zero alpha" special-case handling in **LoadTGAFromFile**
+* Fixed bug in ``_SwizzleScanline`` when copying alpha channel for BGRA<->RGBA swizzling
+
+### February 11, 2012
+* Update of DDSTextureLoader to also build in Windows Store style apps; added **WICTextureLoader**
+* Added CMYK WIC pixel formats to the DirectXTex conversion table
+
+### January 30, 2012
+* Minor code-cleanup for DirectXTex to enable use of PCH through 'directxtexp.h' header
+
+### January 24, 2012
+* Some code-cleanup for DirectXTex
+* Added DXGI 1.2 implementation for DDSTextureLoader and DirectXTex guarded with ``DXGI_1_2_FORMATS`` compilation define
+
+### December 16, 2011
+* Fixed x64 compilation warnings in DDSTextureLoader
+
+### November 30, 2011
+* Fixed some of the constants used in **IsSupportedTexture**
+* added ability to strip off top levels of mips in DDSTextureLoader
+* changed DirectXTex to use CoCreateInstance rather than LoadLibrary to obtain the WIC factory
+* a few minor ``/analyze`` related annotations for DirectXTex
+
+### October 27, 2011
+* Original release