tweaks to the mission statement
-# OpenEXR
-
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-![openexr](/OpenEXR/doc/images/windowExample1.png)
+![openexr](/OpenEXR/doc/images/windowExample1.png){:style="float: right}
The OpenEXR project provides the specification and reference
implementation of the EXR file format, the professional-grade image
@@ -17,14 +15,16 @@ host application software where accuracy is critical, such as
photorealistic rendering, texture access, image compositing, deep
compositing, and DI.
-## OpenEXR Mission Statement
+## OpenEXR Project Mission
-The goal of the OpenEXR project is to keep the format reliable and
+The goal of the OpenEXR project is to keep the EXR format reliable and
modern and to maintain its place as the preferred image format for
-entertainment content creation. Major revisions are infrequent, and
-new features will be carefully weighed against increased complexity.
+entertainment content creation.
+
+Major revisions are infrequent, and new features will be carefully
+weighed against increased complexity. The principal priorities of the
+project are:
-The principal priorities of the project are:
* Robustness, reliability, security
* Backwards compatibility, data longevity
* Performance - read/write/compression/decompression time
@@ -97,11 +97,8 @@ https://github.com/openexr/openexr-images.
## Supported Platforms
-OpenEXR builds on:
-
-* Linux
-* macOS
-* Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or newer
+OpenEXR builds on Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, and is
+cross-compilable on other systems.
The Python bindings in PyIlmBase support Python 2 and Python 3.
