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cristy2bd2a982011-02-15 00:52:58 +0000220<p>Magick++ is the object-oriented C++ API to the <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/">ImageMagick</a> image-processing library.</p>
221<p>Magick++ supports an object model which is inspired by <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/www/perl-magick.html">PerlMagick</a>.
cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000222Images support implicit reference counting so that copy constructors
223and assignment incur almost no cost. The cost of actually copying an
224image (if necessary) is done just before modification and this copy
225is managed automagically by Magick++. De-referenced copies are
226automagically deleted. The image objects support value (rather than
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cristy2bd2a982011-02-15 00:52:58 +0000230<p>Magick++ provides integrated support for the <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/">Standard
231Template Library</a> (STL) so that the powerful containers available
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cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000235be used to write programs similar to those possible with PERL &amp;
236PerlMagick. STL-compatible template versions of ImageMagick's
237list-style operations are provided so that operations may be
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cristy361f4662010-12-31 23:02:52 +0000246functions which comprise the API. See a <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Magick++/tutorial/Magick++_tutorial.pdf"> Gentle Introduction to Magick++</a> for an introductory tutorial to Magick++. We include the <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Magick++/tutorial/Magick++_tutorial.odt" >source</a> if you want to correct, enhance, or expand the tutorial.</p>
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cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000261Windows.
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cristy2bd2a982011-02-15 00:52:58 +0000263<p>A helper script named <kbd>Magick++-config</kbd> is installed
cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000264under Unix which assists with recalling compilation options required
265to compile and link programs which use Magick++. For example, the
cristy2bd2a982011-02-15 00:52:58 +0000266following command will compile and link the source file <kbd>demo.cpp</kbd>
267to produce the executable <kbd>demo</kbd> (notice that quotes are
cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000268backward quotes):
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271c++ `Magick++-config --cxxflags --cppflags` -O2 -o demo demo.cpp \
272 `Magick++-config --ldflags --libs`
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275for one of the Magick++ demo programs.
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277<p>Note, under Windows (and possibly the Mac) it may be necessary to initialize the ImageMagick library prior to using the Magick++ library. This initialization is performed by passing the path to the ImageMagick DLLs (assumed to be in the same directory as your program) to the InitializeMagick() function call. This is commonly performed by providing the path to your program (argv[0]) as shown in the following example: </p>
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279int main( int argc, char ** argv) {
280 InitializeMagick(*argv);
281 ...
282</pre>
283<p>This initialization step is not required under Unix, Linux,
284Cygwin, or any other operating environment that supports the notion
285of <em>installing</em> ImageMagick in a known location.
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