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@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ following to the configuration.
filter = "bicubic"
quality = 75
+If you wish to improve performance further and are using an x86 platform, you may want to consider using `Pillow-SIMD `_. Follow the steps in `Installation `_ and it should function as a drop-in replacement for ``Pillow``. To avoid any incompatibility issues, use the same version of ``Pillow-SIMD`` as is being used for ``Pillow``.
+
Extension
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