Hi, Joseph Heled <pepster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > In most raw files the thumbnail exists as an embedded jpeg. I know how > to read it to memory, but need advice on how to load it into gimp > (i.e. create a valid image ID for it). > > Option a) Perhaps such functionality already exists - but I did not find it? > > Option b) Go through the file system - write a temporary file and load > it via a PDB call. > > Option c) Use some jpeg library (say libjpeg) to read it. > > (b) is the probably the simplest, but I am not happy about going to > the file system and all the issues it brings. On the other hand (c) is > quite complicated. (b) wouldn't work at all since you need to register a thumbnail procedure from within your raw loader and you can't use the existing JPEG load procedure since it doesn't have the right signature. > Can someone make a suggestion? I suggest you use libjpeg. I also strongly suggest that you look at one of the plug-in in 2.2-pre2 that implement this functionality. Sven
