Wolfgang Mader wrote:

I have read that one is able to use the library with the imagemanipultion funktions of gimp in a standalone application. What do I need to read/learn to take advance of this funktionalities? I have never coded gimp realted things.

The functions in libgimp almost all work by sending commands to a running instance of the gimp application and receiving data in return, so it is impossible to use the functions in libgimp without having the gimp core running on the system.

However, gimp plug-ins are standalone applications in a sense. They are started by the gimp core and controlled by it, but they are separate executables that can create any sort of user interface they want, and execute any C code they want.

The best way to learn about Gimp plug-ins is to read the relevant material at http://developer.gimp.org. Particularly useful as a starting point is this overview:

http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/gimp/guadec2002/gimp-plugin/html/

Best, -- Bill

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Hi,

Wolfgang Mader writes:

I have read that one is able to use the library with the imagemanipultion funktions of gimp in a standalone application. What do I need to read/learn to take advance of this funktionalities? I have never coded gimp realted things.

libgimp doesn't contain any image-manipulation functions, it's basically just a way to communicate with the core. It can also not be used in standalone applications. This will change with GEGL though.

Sven