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I would like to code a "simple" image manipulation program, and would like to benefit from the raw reader that is included with the operating system.
Can anyone point me into the right direction as I couldn't find any usable information in the german and english purebasic forum?

I believe there is an api for it, but where could I start?

Thank you very much, Gekko

It depends on what you want to use; carbon or cocoa.

When using carbon, you probably need something like CGImageSource
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac ... rence.html

When using cocoa, you can use the NSImage class.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac ... rence.html

If it will work or not also depends on the file types the OS supports.

On my computer ( OS X 10.8 ) when using cocoa, the list of supported types is

'PDF ',PDF,pdf,'PICT',PIC,pic,PCT,pct,PICT,pict,'EPSF',PS,ps,EPSI,epsi,EPSF,epsf,EPI,epi,EPS,eps,'BMPf',
'PNTG','.SGI','TPIC','BMP','8BPS','icns','TIFF','jp2','GIFf','PNGf','JPEG',MPO,mpo,HDR,hdr,EXR,exr,MAC,mac,
PNT,pnt,PNTG,pntg,RGB,rgb,SGI,sgi,TARGA,targa,TGA,tga,CUR,cur,XBM,xbm,BMP,bmp,ICO,ico,PSD,psd,
ORF,orf,MRW,mrw,RWL,rwl,RW2,rw2,RAW,raw,RAF,raf,CRW,crw,ICNS,icns,EFX,efx,JFAX,jfax,JFX,jfx,G3,g3,
FAX,fax,TIFF,tiff,DCR,dcr,ERF,erf,ARW,arw,SR2,sr2,SRF,srf,SRW,srw,PEF,pef,NRW,nrw,NEF,nef,3FR,3fr,FFF,fff,
MOS,mos,CR2,cr2,DNG,dng,TIF,tif,JPF,jpf,JP2,jp2,GIF,gif,PNG,png,JPS,jps,JFIF,jfif,JPE,jpe,JPEG,jpeg,JPG,jpg

If the type you need is in this list, it will probably work.

Thank you very much, that was the right direction.

I will use the NSImage class which is included in the cocoa api.
Thank you.

One thing to keep in mind:

raw != raw

or in other words:

raw <> raw

BTW: It would be nice to know if the cocoa version of PB uses this or still the same library that is used on all operating systems.

For canon raw there is an official sdk (EDSDK) and the so called libraw.