JPEG(3) perl/Tk Documentation JPEG(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Tk::JPEG - JPEG loader for Tk::Photo

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  use Tk;
  use Tk::JPEG;
  my $image = $widget->Photo('-format' => 'jpeg', -file => 'something.jpg');
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is an extension for Tk which supplies JPEG format loader for Photo image type.

JPEG access is via release 5 of the The Independent JPEG Group's (IJG) free JPEG software.

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

This extension works for Tk800.015 and later and is by default bundled with Perl/Tk since Tk804.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ing-simmons.net>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

Tk::Photo.

2026-10-26 Tk4.003

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Document: Tk::JPEG(3pm) from perl-tk 804.036-r13 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/eserte/perl-tk