关注开源代码的实际应用
Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is a cross-platform image library utilizing a simple syntax to load, save, convert, manipulate, filter and display a variety of images with ease.
After a 2 year hiatus, the Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is now being actively worked on again. Version 1.7.1 was just released, including support for high-resolution Windows Vista icons, Mac OS X .icns and JPEG 2000 support.
DevIL是致力于开发应用程序中图片显示加载函数库，他有非常强大的功能，同时非常容易学习和掌握。开发人员可以使用它轻易的加载各种格式的图片。
目前DevIL可以加载的图片格式有:
.bmp,.cut,.dds,.doom, .gif, .ico, .jpg, .lbm,.mdl, .mng, .pal, .pbm, .pcd, .pcx, .pgm, .pic, .png,
.ppm, .psd, .psp, .raw, .sgi, .tga and .tif .hdr
支持的图片格式包括：
.bmp,.dds, .h, .jpg, .pal, .pbm, .pcx, .hdr, .pgm,.png, .ppm, .raw, .sgi, .tga and .tif.
DevIL目前支持OpenGL,Windows GDI,SDL,DirectX等等，而且看上去好像还是全平台的.
DevIL的站点在http://openil.sourceforge.net/