| This is Magick++, the object-oriented C++ API to the ImageMagick |
| image-processing library, the most comprehensive open-source image processing |
| solution available. Read the release notes for Magick++. |
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| Magick++ supports an object model which is inspired by PerlMagick. Magick++ |
| executes faster than PerlMagick since it is accessed from a compiled language |
| rather than from a scripting language. This makes it more suitable for Web CGI |
| programs which must start-up and execute quickly. Images support implicit |
| reference counting so that copy constructors and assignment incur almost no |
| cost. The cost of actually copying an image (if necessary) is done just before |
| modification and this copy is managed automatically by Magick++. De-referenced |
| copies are automatically deleted. The image objects support value (rather than |
| pointer) semantics so it is trivial to support multiple generations of an |
| image in memory at one time. |
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| Magick++ provides integrated support for the Standard Template Library (STL) so |
| that the powerful containers available (e.g. deque, vector, list, and map) can |
| be used to write programs similar to those possible with PERL & PerlMagick. |
| STL-compatable template versions of ImageMagick's list-style operations are |
| provided so that operations may be performed on multiple images stored in STL |
| containers. |
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| Documentation |
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| Detailed documentation are provided for all Magick++ classes, class methods, |
| and template functions which comprise the API. |
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| Obtaining Magick++ |
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| Magick++ is included as part of ImageMagick source releases and may be |
| retrieved via ftp or Subversion. |
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| Installation |
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| Once you have the sources available, follow these detailed installation |
| instructions for UNIX and Windows. |
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| Usage |
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| A helper script named Magick++-config is installed under Unix which assists |
| with recalling compilation options required to compile and link programs which |
| use Magick++. For example, the following command will compile and link the |
| source file example.cpp to produce the executable example (notice that quotes |
| are backward quotes): |
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| c++ `Magick++-config --cxxflags --cppflags --ldflags --libs` \ |
| -o example example.cpp |
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| Windows users may get started by manually editing a project file for one of the |
| Magick++ demo programs. |
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| Reporting Bugs |
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| Please report any bugs via the Magick++ Bug Tracking System at |
| https://imagemagick.org/discourse-server/. |
