I. API Reference

This part presents the class and function reference for the gdk-pixbuf library. Classes are described together with their methods; individual functions are grouped by functional group.

Table of Contents
The GdkPixbuf Structure — Information that describes an image.
Reference Counting and Memory Mangement — Functions to perform reference counting and memory management on a GdkPixbuf.
File Loading — Loading a pixbuf from a file.
Image Data in Memory — Creating a pixbuf from image data that is already in memory.
Rendering — Rendering a pixbuf to a GDK drawable.
Scaling — Scaling pixbufs and scaling and compositing pixbufs
Drawables to Pixbufs — Getting parts of a drawable's image data into a pixbuf.
Utilities — Utility and miscellaneous convenience functions.
Animations — Animations as multi-frame structures.
GdkPixbufLoader — Application-driven progressive image loading.
GnomeCanvasPixbuf — Canvas item to display GdkPixbuf images.
gdk-pixbuf Xlib initialization — Initializing the gdk-pixbuf Xlib library.
Xlib Rendering — Rendering a pixbuf to an X drawable.
X Drawables to Pixbufs — Getting parts of an X drawable's image data into a pixbuf.
XlibRGB — Functions for rendering RGB buffers to X drawables.