>hi, > is it ok to use image magick(c++) functions inside >gimp plugins? I don't see why not. There are more plugins that use other libraries, like for example the mpeg plugin. Allthough having your plugin using additional libraries won't increase it's changes of becoming part of the GIMP core plugins :) Btw, having an Image Magick plugin could be quite useful in my opinion. The IM library is well documented and it should for example be possible to delegate fileformats that are unsupported by the GIMP (for example WBMP?) to IM. Maurits