Image format libraries, raytracers and stuff

[Stewart Gordon]

I know that there's been some discussion in the past about image format 
libraries.  A quick google reveals this

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/23447.html

which points me to DevIL (fka OpenIL), its D bindings, and Andrew 
Fedoniouk's effort, but they've since disappeared.

So, is there an image library with a decent D interface out there at the 
moment?

Also, I've noticed that one or two people have had a go at writing a 
raytracing engine in D

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/4286.html

but again, the code's disappeared AFAICS.  I've started playing with the 
idea of writing one myself.  My effort goes by the name D3 (basically a 
play on D and 3D) at the moment.  I'm writing it as a library, but 
haven't decided if it'll eventually grow into a code interpreter like 
Rayshade or POV-Ray.

But any graphics rendering engine could do with a hook-up to an image 
format library.  (Probably as one of a few options for how the image 
will be output, with other possibilities including Windows GDI bitmaps 
and raw data in memory.)  But what library, if any, would be a good choice?

Stewart.

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