Boost Generic Image Library

The Generic Image Library (GIL) is a C++14 header-only library that abstracts image representations from algorithms and allows writing code that can work on a variety of images with performance similar to hand-writing for a specific image type.

Quickstart

Core Library Documentation

Extensions Documentation

Examples

• :download:`x_gradient.cpp <../example/x_gradient.cpp>`: Writing an algorithm that operates on generic images
• :download:`dynamic_image.cpp <../example/dynamic_image.cpp>`: Using images whose properties (color space, channel type) are specified at run time
• :download:`histogram.cpp <../example/histogram.cpp>`: Creating a histogram
• :download:`interleaved_ptr.cpp <../example/interleaved_ptr.cpp>`, :download:`interleaved_ptr.hpp <../example/interleaved_ptr.hpp>`, :download:`interleaved_ref.hpp <../example/interleaved_ref.hpp>`: Creating your own pixel reference and pixel iterator
• :download:`mandelbrot.cpp <../example/mandelbrot.cpp>`: Creating a synthetic image defined by a function
• :download:`packed_pixel.cpp <../example/packed_pixel.cpp>`: Defining bitmasks and images whose channels or pixels are not byte-aligned
• :download:`resize.cpp <../example/resize.cpp>`: Rescaling an image using bilinear sampling (requires the optional Numeric extension)
• :download:`affine.cpp <../example/affine.cpp>`: Applying an affine transformation to an image (requires the optional Numeric extension)
• :download:`convolution.cpp <../example/convolution.cpp>`: Blurring images (requires the optional Numeric extension)