Netpbm is a toolkit for manipulation of graphic images, including conversion of images between a variety of different formats.
There are over 300 separate tools in the package including converters for about 100 graphics formats. Examples of the sort of image manipulation we’re talking about are: Shrinking an image by 10%; Cutting the top half off of an image; Making a mirror image; Creating a sequence of images that fade from one image to another.
This is free and open source software.
Website: netpbm.sourceforge.net
Support:
Developer: Many contributors
License: Open Source – complex licensing setup as it’s a collection of hundreds of small program each with its own individual copyright/license.
Netpbm is written in C, Perl, and Shell. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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| VIPS | Fast image processing library with low memory requirements |
| SciPy | Scientific Computing Tools for Python |
| Pillow | Fork of the Python Imaging Library |
| Pillow-SIMD | Highly optimized downstream Pillow fork |
| scikit-image | Collection of algorithms for image processing |
| ImageMagick | Uses multiple computational threads to increase performance |
| GraphicsMagick | Billed as the Swiss army knife of image processing. |
| GEGL | Generic Graphics Library |
| Mahotas | Library of fast computer vision algorithms |
| SimpleITK | Image analysis toolkit with a large number of components |
| Netpbm | Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images |
| LibGD | Library for the dynamic creation of images by developers |
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