Re: Looking for a *FAST* graphics library

cartoper@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
) I am working on writing an Apache Module (in C/C++) that needs to
) resize (down) large images (4MB to 16MB) VERY quickly. The objective
) is not to make the images look great for printing, just look good on
) the screen as low rez (900x600 max). Initally I was doing this
) in .Net, to downsize a 6MP image, it took around 0.5 seconds to read
) in, downsize, and save the image. The main problem with .Net is that
) it is not crossplate, I am porting this code to run on both Windows
) and *NIX.
)
) I have timed ImageMagick on a 6MP image and it took about 2 seconds no
) matter which filter I use. I did find this web site:
) http://www.thefreecountry.com/sourcecode/graphics.shtml and was
) wondering if anyone knew if any of the libraries where very fast. I
) will need to put text on the images, too, but I figure I can do that
) with another, slower library like ImageMagick or an equivalent, ONCE
) the image is downsized. Any suggestions?

imlib (and imlib2) used to be quite fast at scaling, it had heavily
optimized routines. Don't know if it still measures up today.


SaSW, Willem
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