Image format libraries, raytracers and stuff

[Brad Anderson]

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> 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.
> 

This may or may not be what you're looking for...

http://www.dsource.org/projects/sol

BA