Re: [pngpp-devel] Raw Data

[Alexander Shulgin]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Kambiz V <address@hidden> wrote:
> I load the image with
> png::image<png::rgba_pixel> image(path.c_str());
> but how can I now access the raw data? I need a pointer I can pass to
> gluBuild2DMipmaps.

Unfortunately, this might not be possible when using plain
png::image<>, since it stores pixels in a vector of vectors.  However,
you may copy image pixels row-by-row to continuous buffer like this
(not tested):

std::vector< png::rgba_pixel > raw(image.get_width() * image.get_height());
for (size_t i = 0; i < image.get_height(); ++i)
{
    std::copy(image.get_row(i).begin(), image.get_row(i).end(),
raw.begin() + i*image_get_width());
}

Or you may implement a custom pixel buffer which will store pixels
continuously and a pixel consumer to copy pixels received from libpng
into that buffer.

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Cheers,
Alex