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