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NAME

Image::Base::Imlib2 -- draw images using Imlib2

SYNOPSIS

 use Image::Base::Imlib2;
 my $image = Image::Base::Imlib2->new (-width => 100,
                                       -height => 100);
 $image->rectangle (0,0, 99,99, '#FFF'); # white
 $image->xy (20,20, '#000');             # black
 $image->line (50,50, 70,70, '#FF00FF');
 $image->line (50,50, 70,70, '#0000AAAA9999');
 $image->save ('/some/filename.png');

CLASS HIERARCHY

Image::Base::Imlib2 is a subclass of Image::Base,

    Image::Base
      Image::Base::Imlib2

DESCRIPTION

Image::Base::Imlib2 extends Image::Base to create or update image files using the Image::Imlib2 module.

The following file formats are available, as of Imlib2 1.4.4, provided Imlib2 was built with necessary supporting libraries (such as libpng).

    PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PNM, BMP
    GIF    read-only
    XPM    read-only
    TGA    Targa
    LBM    Amiga Paint, read-only
    ARGB   raw something format (?)

Colour Names

There's no named colours as such, only hex and a special "None" for transparent

    #RGB
    #RRGGBB
    #RRRGGGBBB
    #RRRRGGGGBBBB
    None             transparent

When an XPM file is loaded the /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt file (possibly in other directories) is consulted for named colours in the XPM, but that's not made available to drawing operations as such.

FUNCTIONS

See "FUNCTIONS" in Image::Base for the behaviour common to all Image-Base classes.

$image = Image::Base::Imlib2->new (key=>value,...)

Create and return a new image object. A new image can be started with -width and -height,

    $image = Image::Base::Imlib2->new (-width => 200, -height => 100);

Or an existing file can be read,

    $image = Image::Base::Imlib2->new (-file => '/some/filename.png');

Or an Image::Imlib2 object can be given,

    my $imlibobj = Image::Imlib2->new (20, 10);
    $image = Image::Base::Imlib2->new (-imlib => $imlibobj);
$new_image = $image->new (key=>value,...)

Create and return a copy of $image. The Imlib2 object within $image is cloned per $imlib->clone(). Optional key/value parameters are applied to the new image as per $image->set().

    # copy image, new quality level
    my $new_image = $image->new (-quality_percent => 100);
$image->load ()
$image->load ($filename)

Read the -file, or set -file to $filename and then read.

This creates and sets a new underlying -imlib object because it's not possible to read into an existing object, only create a new one for the load.

$image->save ()
$image->save ($filename)

Save to -file, or with a $filename argument set -file then save to that.

The file format is taken from the -file_format attribute (see below).

ATTRIBUTES

-width (integer, create-only)
-height (integer, create-only)

The size of the underlying Image::Imlib2 is set when created and can't be changed after that. (Is that right?)

-imlib

The underlying Image::Imlib2 object.

-file_format (string, write-only)

The file format as a string like "png" or "jpeg".

After load() the -file_format is the format read. Setting -file_format can change the format for a subsequent save().

This is applied with $imlib->set_file_format() and is currently write-only.

-quality_percent (0 to 100, write-only)

The image quality for saving to JPEG format. JPEG compresses by reducing colours and resolution in ways that are not too noticeable to the human eye. 100 means full quality, no such reductions.

For PNG, Imlib2 turns this into a Zlib compression level, but the intention is to have a separate -zlib_compression attribute (if Image::Imlib2 offers the necessary imlib_image_attach_data_value()).

BUGS

Imlib2 interprets filenames like "name:foo.bar" with a colon as meaning a sub-part of some file formats. If the full "name:foo.bar" exists (and is a ordinary file, not a char special) then it loads that, otherwise it tries "name" alone. This is unlike other Image::Base modules and the intention would be to avoid it in the interests of consistency and being certain what file is opened, but it's not clear if that's possible.

For reference, in the current implementation ellipse() is done with the Image::Base superclass code, since the native ellipse drawing in Imlib2 1.4.4 seems a bit dubious, seeming to go outside the requested size. In any case the native ellipse parameters are integers for an x,y centre and a,b semi-radii which would mean it could only be for odd sizes anyway, ie. $x2-$x1+1 and $y2-$y1+1 both odd numbers.

SEE ALSO

Image::Base, Image::Imlib2

Imlib2 documentation

    http://docs.enlightenment.org/api/imlib2/html/index.html
    file://usr/share/doc/libimlib2-dev/html/index.html

HOME PAGE

http://user42.tuxfamily.org/image-base-imlib2/index.html

LICENSE

Image-Base-Imlib2 is Copyright 2011 Kevin Ryde

Image-Base-Imlib2 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

Image-Base-Imlib2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Image-Base-Imlib2. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.