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James Jackson-South

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Founder @sixlabors.com | 10x Microsoft MVP | Passionate C# developer | Fitness enthusiast | Always coding, always learning. #Tech #Coding #OpenSource

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 18/05/2026

I’ve updated the samples projects to show off some of the new @sixlabors.com stuff including the new WebGPU renderer. Please give it a download and let me know what you think. #dotnet #oss github.com/SixLabors/Sa...

GitHub - SixLabors/Samples: :card_index: General samples for various Six Labors projects

:card_index: General samples for various Six Labors projects - SixLabors/Samples

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

We're really proud of these releases and believe that we have delivered something really special to the #dotnet ecosystem. Enjoy!

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

We've completely revamped our documentation site for these releases adding detailed supplementary documentation for all our libraries. Check them out! docs.sixlabors.com #dotnet #oss

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Six Labors Documentation

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

Finally: Announcing PolygonClipper v1.0.0 Polygon clipping, self-intersection cleanup, and stroke-outline generation for .NET 8+. sixlabors.com/posts/announ... #dotnet #oss

Six Labors : Announcing PolygonClipper 1.0.0

PolygonClipper 1 brings polygon booleans, self-intersection cleanup, and stroke-outline generation to .NET 8+.

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

Next: Announcing ImageSharp.Web v4.0.0 .NET 8+, builds on ImageSharp 4, and updates web delivery defaults for orientation, ICC conversion, and encoder settings. sixlabors.com/posts/announ... #dotnet #oss

Six Labors : Announcing ImageSharp.Web 4.0.0

ImageSharp.Web 4 moves to .NET 8+, builds on ImageSharp 4, and updates web delivery defaults for orientation, ICC conversion, and encoder settings.

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

Next: Announcing ImageSharp.Drawing v3.0.0 A new canvas API, retained scenes, new CPU renderer, optional WebGPU support, PolygonClipper geometry, painted glyphs, and .NET 8+ sixlabors.com/posts/announ... #dotnet #oss

Six Labors : Announcing ImageSharp.Drawing 3.0.0

ImageSharp.Drawing 3 - a canvas API, retained scenes, a new CPU renderer, optional WebGPU support, PolygonClipper geometry, painted glyphs, and .NET 8+.

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

Next : Announcing ImageSharp v4.0.0 .NET 8+, SIMD updates, decode-time color conversion, expanded metadata, new formats, and faster hot paths. sixlabors.com/posts/announ... #dotnet #oss

Six Labors : Announcing ImageSharp 4.0.0

ImageSharp 4 - .NET 8+, SIMD updates, decode-time color conversion, expanded metadata, new formats, and faster hot paths.

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

First up: Announcing Fonts v3.0.0 .NET 8+, SVG and COLR v1 color fonts, variable fonts, Unicode 17 data, shaping updates, FreeType v40-compatible hinting, and new layout APIs. sixlabors.com/posts/announ... #dotnet #oss

Six Labors : Announcing Fonts 3.0.0

Fonts 3 brings .NET 8+, SVG and COLR v1 color fonts, variable fonts, Unicode 17 data, shaping updates, FreeType v40-compatible hinting, and new layout APIs.

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/05/2026

It's Release Day! 🚀 New releases across the Six Labors ecosystem are here, alongside revamped docs. I'll be sharing release posts for each library. Please share the posts far and wide. It really helps support the project. #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 08/05/2026

Real-time text flow using @sixlabors.com ImageSharp Drawing and Fonts. Fully Unicode v17 compliant. Rendered in WinForms via the new WebGPU backend Coming soon! #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 07/03/2026

What's this? ImageSharp rendering on the GPU at ~120FPS #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 01/03/2026

If anyone is curious about the new DrawingCanvas and custom Drawing Backend support in ImageSharp I've just pushed a draft PR so people can have a look. github.com/SixLabors/Im... #dotnet #oss

WIP. Expand DrawingBackend API and Canvas. by JimBobSquarePants · Pull Request #377 · SixLabors/ImageSharp.Drawing

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 23/02/2026

Running some benchmarks comparing clearing a 1280x200px canvas and drawing repeated glyphs using the new CPU backend and experimental WebGPU backend I'm working on with ImageSharp Looking good so far! #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 19/02/2026

This is a huge PR to ImageSharp Drawing. It adds the new polygon stroker and clipper that @stefannikolei.bsky.social and I built and a new high perf CPU rasterizer. I've also abstracted out drawing backends so people can bring their own GPU rasterizers! #dotnet #oss. github.com/SixLabors/Im...

Integrate SixLabors.PolygonClipper by stefannikolei · Pull Request #364 · SixLabors/ImageSharp.Drawing

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 28/10/2025

Just opened the PR to add COLRv1 and SVG support to @sixlabors.com Fonts. github.com/SixLabors/Fo... It was a truly monumental effort that took me just over a month of evenings to complete. Proud of it. Check it out!! #dotnet #oss

Support COLRv1 and SVG Fonts by JimBobSquarePants · Pull Request #464 · SixLabors/Fonts

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 27/10/2025

I'm on the final stretch of adding COLRv1 and SVG support to @sixlabors.com Fonts. It's taken me a whole month of evenings to build out what I need. Trust me when I say that this stuff requires a lot of thought and attention to detail to get right. 😵‍💫 #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 21/10/2025

Huzzah! Left = COLRv1, Right = SVG Both rendered from different tables in the same font. @sixlabors.com Fonts v3 will support both! #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 30/09/2025

More fun building SVG + COLR v1 font support in ImageSharp. Left: DrawText renders with the required brushes. Right: glyph-path collection from TextBuilder → Fill; per-layer heuristics decide fill vs stroke (customizable). #dotnet #oss

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 04/09/2025

Important Notice! Build time license keys are coming to Six Labors (future majors). Please share far and wide. sixlabors.com/posts/licenc... #dotnet #oss

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 27/08/2025

How the hell do you import public and private keys into ECDsa on #dotnet framework? There’s no import methods like ImportSubjectPublicKeyInfo or ImportPkcs8PrivateKey. I’ve been looking at the runtime source and there is so much code in the implementation!

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 25/08/2025

Having recently successfully battled #dotnet auth to get what I want (multiple auth schema) I've realized that it's not complexity that is the issue, it's discoverability.

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 10/07/2025

10th Microsoft MVP Award in a row. I must be doing something right. #MVPBuzz

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Jimmy Bogard @jimmybogard.com · 02/07/2025

It's been a ton of work getting here but today I'm excited to announce the official commercial launch of AutoMapper and MediatR! More details here: www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-a... WHEW

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AutoMapper and MediatR Commercial Editions Launch Today

Today I'm excited to announce the official launch and release of the commercial editions of AutoMapper and MediatR. Both of these libraries have moved under their new corporate owner (me), Lucky Penny...

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 30/06/2025

168.3 million downloads. 3 years of paid licensing. I still need a day job. Companies are building products on top of ImageSharp and can’t be bothered to pay. This is what it’s like building OSS in .NET. #dotnet

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 13/06/2025

This will likely be the last v3 release before I release v4. Please encourage others to support the project by sharing the release and buying licenses — it directly funds development time and helps keep ImageSharp sustainable. Every license genuinely makes a difference. 🙏 #dotnet

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 13/06/2025

ImageSharp v3.1.10 released. Release Notes github.com/SixLabors/Im... NuGet www.nuget.org/packages/Six... #dotnet #oss

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 12/06/2025

Working on an ImageSharp issue first opened in 2018 for release with V4. github.com/SixLabors/Im... No other #dotnet image processing library or any library I know of handles these kinds of things gracefully.

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 05/06/2025

Yeah, I know I've alienated some folks with my license choices. But the code is still open, and it's damn good. I just wish there was a community around it. It's lonely, and getting deep stuff like this SIMD PR reviewed is hard. github.com/SixLabors/Im... #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 04/06/2025

This is an interesting ImageSharp issue that I'm very happy to be making progress on. Basically, no image software other than Adobe Photoshop and soon to be ImageSharp V4 can open these TIFF files properly. github.com/SixLabors/Im... #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 02/06/2025

Does anyone know what "Total Duration" here in @VisualStudio is supposed to be a measurement of as it's sure as hell not actual time?

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 27/05/2025

Using an ancient version of a library, hitting a fixed bug, and saying the license cost isn't worth it because it's just for "Excel layout heuristics" is exactly why open source maintainers burn out. If it ships, it matters. Pay for your dependencies. github.com/SixLabors/Fo...

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 16/05/2025

This PR updating the ImageSharp JPEG decoder fixes an issue opened 8 years, 2 months, and 7 days ago!! V4 will support ICC profile driven colorimetric normalization on image decode. #dotnet #oss github.com/SixLabors/Im...

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Jimmy Bogard @jimmybogard.com · 14/05/2025

I still dont quite understand the math of a company that posted $25.8B in last quarter's profit then cuts 3% of their workforce maybe thats why I was never cut out for management

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 09/05/2025

This is an incredibly exciting PR for ImageSharp. Just shy of 8 years in the making this will allow V4 to convert between color spaces using ICC profiles. Once merged I can build upon this technology to allow normalization on decode. Massive! github.com/SixLabors/Im... #dotnet #oss

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 07/05/2025

Another fun performance PR for ImageSharp V4 which should add a nice boost on mobile. #dotnet SIMD has improved so much over the last few years! github.com/SixLabors/Im...

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 02/05/2025

Is anyone else seeing an issue in Windows 11 where clicking on the thumbnail preview of an app on the taskbar does not switch to the app? I can't find anything in Feedback Hub.

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 28/04/2025

I have never been “triggered” by an image until now. The line breaking!!! The sheer horror!! ⚰️

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 28/04/2025

Six Labors ImageSharp.Web v3.1.5 released Release Notes: github.com/SixLabors/Im... NuGet: www.nuget.org/packages/Six... #dotnet #oss

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 26/04/2025

Six Labors ImageSharp.Drawing v2.1.6 released. Release Notes: github.com/SixLabors/Im... NuGet: www.nuget.org/packages/Six... #dotnet #oss

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 26/04/2025

Six Labors ImageSharp v3.1.8 released. Release Notes: github.com/SixLabors/Im... NuGet: www.nuget.org/packages/Six... #dotnet #oss

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Six Labors @sixlabors.com · 26/04/2025

Six Labors Fonts v2.1.3 released Changelog: github.com/SixLabors/Fo... NuGet: www.nuget.org/packages/Six... #dotnet #oss

Release v2.1.3 · SixLabors/Fonts

What's Changed Fix #448 and #450 by @JimBobSquarePants in #454 Do not over-apply sub-tables during contextual substitution list apply by @JimBobSquarePants in #455 Full Changelog: v2.1.2...v2.1.3

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 25/04/2025

Hey @github.com where the hell have organization LFS billing settings gone? Your docs are wrong and I cannot find my setting. Completely blocked from developing right now!

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 23/04/2025

This was a tough nut to crack. Text shaping is probably the most difficult problem I've ever had to work against and when things go wrong it's always incredibly hard to find out what. For me anyway.... github.com/SixLabors/Fo... #dotnet #oss

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James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 23/04/2025

I'm trying to debug a Nodejs project unit test in VSCode and WTAF. Why can I not simply attach the debugger to the compiled js file or better yet individual scripts? Why is the developer story such absolute crap?

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 20/04/2025

Finally took these guitars out of storage and put them up. It’s been years since I’ve played them (hence busted strings) but I fully intend to be shredding again properly by the end of the year.

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 09/04/2025

You're all missing out on some of my best ever tweet on Twitter just now.

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Avalonia UI @avaloniaui.net · 09/04/2025

Avalonia Accelerate is now available! 🚀 🚀 🚀 Built for teams who want faster results, better tools, and advanced components, Accelerate is designed to supercharge your Avalonia projects from day one. 👉 Buy now: avaloniaui.net/accelerate 📖 Learn more: avaloniaui.net/blog/avalon...

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 09/04/2025

Fuck this attitude. You work for a large fintech, just buy a license! #dotnet

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 07/04/2025

ImageSharp builds broken again by some random @github.com CI crappery. This is becoming incredibly tedious.

James Jackson-South @james-jackson-south.me · 05/04/2025

@mikecodes.net what tech are you using for the Avalonia docs? They look great!