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<refmeta><refentrytitle>libbabl-0.0</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="date">19 Feb 2009</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man3;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
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<indexterm><primary>libbabl-0.0</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>
Dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library</primary></indexterm>
<refnamediv id="libbabl-00-3-name"><refname>libbabl-0.0</refname><refpurpose>Dynamic, any to any, pixel format translation library</refpurpose></refnamediv>
<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
<para>
Babl allows converting between different methods of storing pixels known as pixel formats that have with different bitdepths and other data representations, color models and component permutations.
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<para>
A vocabulary to formulate new pixel formats from existing primitives is provided as well as the framework to add new color models and data types.
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<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
<para>The following files are used by this library:</para>
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<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/lib/&cmd;.so</filename> </term><listitem>
<para>babl shared library</para>
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<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
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<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
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<tbody>
<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>image/library/babl</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>
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<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgegl-0.0</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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<para>
Online documentation:
<para>
http://gegl.org/babl/#Documentation
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<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
<para>Written by Chris Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009.</para>
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