26 Mar
2010
26 Mar
'10
2:12 p.m.
Hi there,
Also, allowing a more low-level abstraction permits creating image types for images that do not live in memory. Which, IIUC, is what Phil really needs in his TIFF use-case.
In gil there is something called virtual images. One usage example would be a procedural image displaying a mandelbrot set. See boost\libs\gil\example\mandelbrot.cpp But virtual images are not limit to procedural images. A while back I created an indexed image type for gil using this functionality. You can find it here: http://gil-contributions.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/gil_2/boost/gil/extension/... I hope this tip can give you an indication on how flexible gil can be and how easy it is to create different image types. Regards, Christian
