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<refentry id="libbabl-00-3">

<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>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</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.

</para>

<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.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this library:</para>

<variablelist termlength="wide">

<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/lib/&cmd;.so</filename> </term><listitem>

<para>babl shared library</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<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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<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<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>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgegl-0.0</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

<para>

Online documentation:

<para>

http://gegl.org/babl/#Documentation

</para>

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="libbabl-00-3-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>Written by Chris Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009.</para>

</refsect1>

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