How can I manipulate images in C++? Is there any built in function?
I googled and found that only bitmap images can be used, but why not jpeg and png and others ?
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No. There are probably image libraries that you can get, some free and others not free. I never tried to do that so I don't know.
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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Is there any built in function?
No. There are probably image libraries that you can get, some free and others not free. I never tried to do that so I don't know.
mike_2000_17 2,669 21st Century Viking Team Colleague Featured Poster
You have to use an external library for this purpose. The "built-in" functions of C++ are limited by design (to make it portable to any system easily).
A good library for image manipulation is OpenCV (which is only Mac / Linux, as far as I know, EDIT: apparently they have Windows support now, this must be pretty new). Other options include FreeImage which is more minimal (load / save various image formats, and that's pretty much it). Also, most GUI libraries (Win32, MFC, Qt, WxWidget, GTK, etc.) include a number of basic image loading / saving capabilities, and some "canvas" system to draw and modify images.
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