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-1.3.1 (unreleased)
+1.3.1 (2023-01-03)
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-General
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--
-
 Bug Fixes
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 - improve exception handling when attempting to use ellipses without ``opencv-python`` installed [#136]
 
-Changes to API
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-
 1.3.0 (2022-12-15)
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