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+<p><strong>Important note on using Batik:</strong>
+<em>Please read <a href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html" rel="nofollow">The Apache™ XML Graphics Project - Security</a>,
+and make sure you use version 1.14 or later.</em></p>
+<p>Note that GIF, PNG and WBMP formats are already supported through the ImageIO API, using the
+<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/imageio/package-summary.html" rel="nofollow">JDK standard plugins</a>.
+For BMP, JPEG, and TIFF formats the TwelveMonkeys plugins provides extended format support and additional features.</p>
+
 <h2><a id="user-content-basic-usage" class="anchor" href="#basic-usage" aria-hidden="true"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Basic usage</h2>
 
 <p>Most of the time, all you need to do is simply include the plugins in your project and write:</p>