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Boost.GIL

Introduction

Boost.GIL is a part of the Boost C++ Libraries.

The Boost 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.

Documentation

See RELEASES.md for release notes.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions about how to build and run tests and examples using Boost.Build or CMake.

See example/README.md for GIL usage examples.

See example/b2/README.md for Boost.Build configuration examples.

See example/cmake/README.md for CMake configuration examples.

Requirements

The Boost Generic Image Library (GIL) requires:

Optionally, in order to build and run tests and examples:

Branches

The official repository contains the following branches:

Community

There is number of communication channels to ask questions and discuss Boost.GIL issues:

Contributing (We Need Your Help!)

If you would like to contribute to Boost.GIL, help us improve the library and maintain high quality, there is number of ways to do it.

If you would like to test the library, contribute new feature or a bug fix, see the CONTRIBUTING.md where the whole development infrastructure and the contributing workflow is explained in details.

You may consider performing code reviews on active pull requests or help with solving reported issues, especially those labelled with:

Any feedback from users and developers, even simple questions about how things work or why they were done a certain way, carries value and can be used to improve the library.

License

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.