Announcing the latest release of SDL_image!
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
Thanks to everybody who contributed bug reports and fixes for this release! 
- Added support for uncompressed PCX files
- Added IMG_Init()/IMG_Quit() to prevent constantly loading and unloading DLLs
- Added support for ICO and CUR image files
- Added ImageIO loading infrastructure for Mac OS X
- Added UIImage loading infrastructure for iPhone / iPod Touch–
-Sam Lantinga, Founder and President, Galaxy Gameworks LLC