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KDE / ImageMagick Colaboration

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the picture-this dept.

kwak writes "Looks like KDE is getting an Imlib equivalence in the just announced collaboration with the ImageMagick team. This brings improved graphical effects and conversions to the ever expanding KDE code base."

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  1. Clarifications by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    Hi, first of all Imlib and ImageMagick are not equivalent at all. Imlib is more or less a abstraction layer while ImageMagick is a general set of image manipulation routines. I think people got confused because they both start with an "I" and have an "M" ;-)
    Second, the ImageMagick is not all switching to KDE or anything. I have just got an agreement to use the code with other KDE developers as a base library and to modify it as I see fit. This code will form the basis of a core KDE image manipulation system usable by all apps interested (our effects will not be limited to one app). The collaboration comes from the sharing of code, ImageMagick will still remain what it is today.
    Daniel M. Duley
    mosfet@kde.org

  2. imlib? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    I would say it's closer to getting generalized routines comparable to the Gimp. Of course the intent of all this is to make KImageShop, KPaint II and other graphic manipulation programs possible. I don't think Imlib allows any of this.