---
name: "Tk::JPEG"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-tk"
version: "804.036-9"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Tk::JPEG"
---

# Tk::JPEG(3pm)

JPEG loader for Tk::Photo

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

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

## 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

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

## AUTHOR

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

## SEE ALSO

Tk::Photo.