Graphics libraries: what changed
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Title: Graphics libraries
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| 1 | + | This is a list of libraries designed **only** to work with graphics. If you're looking for a library to be used for [[Portal:Game Development|game development]] you should use a [[Game framework|game framework]] or a [[Game Engine|game engine]] instead. | |
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| 3 | + | ## Graphics libraries | |
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| 5 | + | | Name | Developers | Platforms | License | Raster | Vectors | 3D | Supported File Formats | Color formats or framework | | |
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| 7 | + | | [AggPas](http://www.crossgl.com/aggpas/) | Milano | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | [Custom](http://www.crossgl.com/aggpas/aggpas-licence.htm) | Yes | Yes | No | BMP, SVG, Flash (TXT), True Type Font | 8-bit grayscale, 15-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit RGB and 32-bit RGB with alpha | | |
| 8 | + | | [Andorra 2D](http://andorra.sourceforge.net/) | [Team](http://andorra.sourceforge.net/index1013.html?section=credits) | Windows and Linux | Common Public License, GNU GPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, PNG, TGA | DirectX and OpenGL | | |
| 9 | + | | [[BGRABitmap]] | Circular | Win32, Win64, Linux (Gtk & Qt), Mac OS (Carbon) | Modified LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | read-write: BMP (Windows, OS/2, MioMap), ICO/CUR, JPEG, animated PNG and GIF, PCX, LZP, ORA, OXO, SVG, TGA, TIFF (multipage), XWD, XPM; read-only: PDN, PSD; with library: AVIF, WebP | 8-bit grayscale, 32-bit BGRA, 64 and 128-bit RGBA, 64 and 128-bit XYZA, Canvas2d (like HTML5), CanvasBGRA (like TCanvas), OpenGL, ZenGL | | |
| 10 | + | | [[fcl-image]] | Team | All platforms | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA | Various formats up to 64-bit RGBA | | |
| 11 | + | | [[fpvectorial|fpVectorial]] | | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | SVG, WMF, PDF, Corel Draw, DXF | Supports raster images placed inside the vectorial document. Supports documents with multiple pages. | | |
| 12 | + | | [Graphics32](http://graphics32.org) | Team Graphics32 | Win32 and OS X | MPL and LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF | 32-bit RGBA | | |
| 13 | + | | Lazarus [[Developing with Graphics|TCanvas]] | Lazarus developers | All supported by the LCL | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, ICO, ICNS, PNG, JPEG, GIF, etc | Represents the native canvas of the widgetset | | |
| 14 | + | | Lazarus [[Developing with Graphics|TLazCanvas+TLazIntfImage]] | Lazarus developers | All supported by the LCL | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | Only via fcl-image | Supports almost any pixel format. Cannot render to the screen directly, but instead is utilized in connection with something that can, like TCanvas or LCL-CustomDrawn | | |
| 15 | + | | [[LazRGBGraphics]] | Abandoned (formerly Tom Gregorovic) | | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | | 8-bit grayscale and 32 bit RGB without alpha | | |
| 16 | + | | [Vampyre Imaging Library](http://imaginglib.sourceforge.net/) | Marek Mauder | Windows x86/AMD64, Linux x86/AMD64, FreeBSD x86/AMD64, Mac OS X on Intel | Mozilla Public License, GNU LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, JPEG, PNG/APNG, GIF, DDS, TGA, MNG, JNG, JPEG2000, TIFF, PSD, PBM, PGM, PPM, PAM, PFM, PCX, XPM, and more | 8, 16, 24, 32, 48 and 64 bit RGB and ARGB formats, indexed formats, grayscale formats, floating point formats (IEEE754 and half precision), compressed formats like DXT1/3/5, 3Dc, and BTC | | |
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| 18 | + | ## See also | |
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| 20 | + | - [[Game framework]] | |
| 21 | + | - [[Game Engine]] | |
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| 23 | + | --- | |
| 24 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Graphics libraries", as it stood on 2023-12-08 after a change by Circular, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 25 | + | Category: Comparisons | |
| 26 | + | Category: Graphics | |
| 27 | + | Category: Libraries |