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.\" Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved 
.TH mlib_ImageCreate 3MLIB "2 Mar 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "mediaLib Library Functions"
.SH NAME
mlib_ImageCreate \- image creation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lmlib\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <mlib.h>

\fBmlib_image *\fR\fBmlib_ImageCreate\fR(\fBmlib_type\fR \fItype\fR, \fBmlib_s32\fR \fIchannels\fR,
     \fBmlib_s32\fR \fIwidth\fR, \fBmlib_s32\fR \fIheight\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBmlib_ImageCreate()\fR function creates a mediaLib image data structure and allocates memory space for image data. The data type of the image can be \fBMLIB_BIT\fR, \fBMLIB_BYTE\fR, \fBMLIB_SHORT\fR, \fBMLIB_USHORT\fR, \fBMLIB_INT\fR, \fBMLIB_FLOAT\fR, or \fBMLIB_DOUBLE\fR.
.sp
.LP
To obtain the best performance, it is recommended that you use this function to create a mediaLib image whenever possible, as this guarantees alignment.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.LP
The function takes the following arguments:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fItype\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
.rt  
Image data type.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIchannels\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
.rt  
Number of channels in the image.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIwidth\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
.rt  
Width of image in pixels.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIheight\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
.rt  
Height of image in pixels.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
The function returns a pointer to the \fBmlib_image\fR data structure.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBmlib_ImageCreateStruct\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_ImageCreateSubimage\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_ImageDelete\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_ImageSetPaddings\fR(3MLIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)