pikl

= pikl

Pikl is an image librarry for JPEG, PNG and Bitmap. Pikl's API is designed to process the image easily with method chain.

=== Installation of pikl

The simplest way is to install the gem:

$ sudo gem install pikl

To use option for libjpeg and libpng directories:

$ sudo gem install pikl -- --with-opt-dir=path/to/libraries

== SYNOPSIS:

Basic use of pikl: require "rubygems" require "pikl" Pikl::Image.open('path/to/image.jpg') do |img| img.trim(10,5,-10,-5) img.save('path/to/output.png', :png) end

Use method chain for processing image: require "rubygems" require "pikl" Pikl::Image.open('path/to/image.jpg') do |img| img.resize(120,:auto).rotate(90).save('path/to/output.png') end

== REQUIREMENTS:

Currently, pikl-core (implemented with C) depends on the following libraries:

• libjpeg
• libpng

notice: pikl use binary library on windows. so these libraries aren't necessary on windows.

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 pikl.rb Ryota Maruko Copyright (c) 2008 pikl.so Keiko Soezima

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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