ImageMagick - C Application Programming Interface
Description: ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF. With ImageMagick you can create images dynamically, making it suitable for Web applications. You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image or image sequence and save your completed work in the same or differing image format. Image processing operations are available from the command line, as well as through C, C++, Perl, or Java programming interfaces.
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The objectives of the ImageMagick project are to: Use an open development model. Encourage new developers to join the project. Avoid unnecessary source code churn. Establish and preserve both a stable API and ABI. Use efficient coding practices resulting in fast code. Improve memory efficiency. Use a release process which assures a working product. Maintain an accurate ChangeLog. Value, and respect the contributions of developers, and observe and respect the copyrights of other projects. "Image manipulation software that works like magick"