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   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
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   "writes": false,
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   "url": "https://converseen.fasterland.net/",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
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   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111903976",
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   "writes": true,
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   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
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   "name": "imageio",
   "url": "http://imageio.github.io/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
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   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99738405",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "3-clause BSD License",
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   "writes": true
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   "url": "http://openil.sourceforge.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License / MIT License",
   "open_source": true,
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   "name": "GDAL",
   "url": "https://gdal.org",
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   "writes": true,
   "license": "MIT License",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
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   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28205547",
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   "writes": false,
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  {
   "name": "JavaView",
   "url": "http://www.javaview.de/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true,
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   "name": "Kakadu",
   "url": "http://www.kakadusoftware.com/",
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   "writes": false,
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   "name": "LibreOffice Draw",
   "url": "https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Mozilla Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true,
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  {
   "name": "Mathematica",
   "url": "https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license",
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  {
   "name": "MediaRich Server",
   "url": "https://equilibrium.com/mediarichserver/",
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   "writes": false,
   "via": "netpbm-formats"
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  {
   "name": "Netpbm",
   "url": "http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/",
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   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
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  {
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   "url": "https://www.openjpeg.org",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
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  {
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   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66671819",
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   "license": "4-clause BSD License",
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  {
   "name": "PaintShop Pro X6 Ultimate",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113679458",
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  {
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   "writes": false,
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  {
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   "writes": false,
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   "url": "https://purifile.com",
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   "writes": false,
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  {
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   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122459461",
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  {
   "name": "Q122522973",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122522973",
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   "writes": false,
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  {
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   "url": "https://sorairolake.github.io/qrtool/",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "Apache Software License 2.0 / Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International / MIT License",
   "open_source": true,
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  {
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   "url": "https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "Apache Software License 2.0 / MIT License",
   "open_source": true,
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  {
   "name": "SimThyr",
   "url": "http://simthyr.sourceforge.net",
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   "writes": true,
   "license": "BSD licenses",
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  {
   "name": "VideoStudio X7",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113644652",
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   "writes": false,
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  {
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
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  {
   "name": "zgv",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
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  {
   "name": "Zoner Photo Studio",
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   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
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   "to": "portable-network-graphics",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
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   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
   "to": "jpeg-file-interchange-format-1-02",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
   "to": "webp",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
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   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
   "to": "av1-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
   "to": "jpeg-xl",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
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   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
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   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
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   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
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   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
   "to": "windows-bitmap",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
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   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
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  {
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   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
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   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
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