--- title: Six Labors : Fantastic Beta Four | daily.dev description: ImageSharp Beta 4 is now available on NuGet, with most contributions coming from the community. Key improvements include full .NET Core 2.1 support (removing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/six-labors-fantastic-beta-four-hgfzljt8u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Six Labors : Fantastic Beta Four | daily.dev og:description: ImageSharp Beta 4 is now available on NuGet, with most contributions coming from the community. Key improvements include full .NET Core 2.1 support (removing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/six-labors-fantastic-beta-four-hgfzljt8u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hgfzLJt8u.png og:image:alt: Six Labors : Fantastic Beta Four og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Six Labors : Fantastic Beta Four **[Six Labors : ImageSharp](https://daily.dev/sources/sixlabors)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ImageSharp Beta 4 is now available on NuGet, with most contributions coming from the community. Key improvements include full .NET Core 2.1 support (removing MissingMethodExceptions), a fix for drawing large and complex shapes like text pages, new gradient brushes, projective non-affine transforms (tilt, perspective), a more robust JPEG decoder with a rewritten implementation and better ICC reader, basic System.Memory span integration for LoadPixelData/SavePixelData, and improved Fill(color) performance with a new constructor for default fill colors. Community contributors are credited by name for their specific work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does ImageSharp support .NET Core 2.1? Yes, ImageSharp Beta 4 adds full support for .NET Core 2.1, removing the MissingMethodException errors that previously occurred on that runtime. This beta also improves JPEG decoding robustness by rewriting a large part of the decoder to parse a wider range of incorrectly encoded images, plus a better ICC reader. _daily.dev helps .NET developers track library compatibility updates like ImageSharp's runtime support._ ### How do I use gradient brushes in ImageSharp? Gradient brushes were added in ImageSharp Beta 4, contributed by the community, enabling gradient fills when drawing shapes. The same release also added projective non-affine transforms supporting tilt and perspective effects, expanding the drawing API's capabilities beyond simple fills and strokes. _developers evaluating drawing libraries follow feature additions like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SkiaSharp 4.0 is here: announcing the first stable release](https://daily.dev/posts/skiasharp-4-0-is-here-announcing-the-first-stable-release-i6cab6h9v) · .NET Blog · 30 upvotes · 4 comments - [SkiaSharp 4.0 Establishes Milestone-Aligned Release Cadence](https://daily.dev/posts/skiasharp-4-0-establishes-milestone-aligned-release-cadence-cnqoznuu4) · InfoQ · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing SkiaSharp 4.0](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-skiasharp-4-0-1jg4xwdz1) · We Are .NET · 47 upvotes · 0 comments - [Explore What’s New in SkiaSharp 4.0](https://daily.dev/posts/explore-what-s-new-in-skiasharp-4-0-pbe3w4yhs) · Uno Platform · 17 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#c#](https://daily.dev/tags/c#), [#image-processing](https://daily.dev/tags/image-processing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/six-labors-fantastic-beta-four-hgfzljt8u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Six Labors : Fantastic Beta Four","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/six-labors-fantastic-beta-four-hgfzljt8u","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/six-labors-fantastic-beta-four-hgfzljt8u"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:18:48.434Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:52:09.389Z","description":"ImageSharp Beta 4 is now available on NuGet, with most contributions coming from the community. 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