DevIL

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DevIL
Developer(s) Denton Woods
Nicolas Weber
Meloni Dario et al.
Initial release2001;24 years ago (2001)
Stable release
1.8 / 1 January 2017;8 years ago (2017-01-01)
Repository
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Image library
License GNU LGPL
Website openil.sourceforge.net

Developer's Image Library or DevIL, started by Denton Woods, is a cross-platform image library which aims to provide a common API for different image file formats. It consists of three parts: the main library (IL), the utility library (ILU) and the utility toolkit (ILUT), mirroring the corresponding parts of OpenGL (although the OpenGL Utility Toolkit is not part of the OpenGL specification). [1]

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It was originally called OpenIL; the name was changed at a request from Silicon Graphics, Inc. [2]

DevIL currently [ when? ] supports 43 file formats for reading and 17 for writing; among those with read-write support are BMP, DDS, JPEG, PCX, PNG, raw, TGA, and TIFF. The actual supported formats depend on compilation settings, in particular, external libraries like libjpeg and libpng. [3]

On June 9, 2010, Woods announced that he had submitted a request to change the licensing terms from the GNU LGPL to a BSD license.[ citation needed ] According to the website (as well as the source repository), DevIL is still licensed under the terms of the LGPL. [4] DevIl is listed in the directory of the Free Software Foundation as Free Software. [5]

Features

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See also

References

  1. "DevIL - A full featured cross-platform Image Library". Openil.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. "SGI Versus "Open*" and All Things "GL"? - Slashdot". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. 1 2 "DevIL - A full featured cross-platform Image Library". Openil.sourceforge.net.
  4. "DevIL - A full featured cross-platform Image Library". Openil.sourceforge.net.
  5. "Developer's Image Library - Free Software Directory". Directory.fsf.org.