image processing in visual studio c++

[blackcoffee]

how can i work with images in visual studio c++? i want to work with .jpg images. So how do i store them and access them?

[MisterX]

You have multiple options. The is the There is the Windows Imaging Component (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee719902(v=VS.85).aspx).

There is also the .Net WPF (link1 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms743677.aspx), link2 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970689.aspx)), which may be hard to use if you are accustomed to writing native Windows applications.

Some more options are GDI+ (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533802(v=VS.85).aspx), another COM interface (with OLE) (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680761(v=vs.85).aspx), and GDI (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145107(v=VS.85).aspx).

There also may be third party libraries available.

[I like Serena]

I recommend the Qt libraries which can be downloaded for free.

[blackcoffee]

thanks people :) are these comparable to working in opencv on images?

[I like Serena]

thanks people :) are these comparable to working in opencv on images?

I did not recall that opencv had jpg file I/O, but if it does, that would work too, especially if you want to do image processing for which I recommend opencv.

[MisterX]

I did not recall that opencv had jpg file I/O

It does (http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/reading_and_writing_images_and_video.html#cv-imread) (on Windows and Mac OS, and on Unix-like systems if the codecs are available).