Re: [Boost-users] Can gil library in boost 1.49 load png palette images?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Can gil library in boost 1.49 load png palette images?
From: Guangchao Wang (guangchao0831_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-17 22:07:21

There are already some functionality implemented with boost gil lbrary, my
task is adding new type images support, so I still need to use gil library.

Thank you for your help.

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Slava <Viatcheslav.Sysoltsev_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:17:42 +0100, Guangchao Wang <
> guangchao0831_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>  I'm tried to load a png which can be found in the attachment, I find the
>> color of this png is PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE and its depth is 8, I reviewed
>> the code of png_io_private.hpp and found that no such type of PNG is
>> supported.
>>
>> Can you give me some help about how to load such PNG with boost.gil
>> library?
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Best,
>> Guangchao
>>
>
>
> Sorry for probably off-topic, but, in a nutshell, what is the purpose of
> boost::gil in boost? Wouldn't using a specialized library, say ImageMagick,
> be a much better alternative?
>
> Regards, Slava
>
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