Re: Pixbuf stuff (rather long)




> Let me know if i am wrong: pixbuf is a generic pixmap buffer (it is some 
> generic data structure). Pixbuf may be used for allmost any kind of pixmap 
> data: with alpha, without alpha... and libart strenght is that it aplies all 
> its transformations on pixbuf, the generic pixmap buffer. 

Pixbuf is a simple structure that contains an image in RGB or RGBA
format (8-bits per channel).

gdk-pixbuf is a library for loading files in various graphics formats
into a PixBuf structure.

You then use GdkRGB to render an RGB buffer into a GdkPixmap or a GdkWindow.

Best wishes,
Miguel.



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