ABOUT THE OPENEXR LIBRARIES ---------------------------- IlmImf is our "EXR" file format for storing 16-bit FP images. Libraries in this package depend on the IlmBase library. See the IlmImfExamples directory for some code that demonstrates how to use the IlmImf library to read and write OpenEXR files. The doc directory contains some high-level documentation and history about the OpenEXR format. If you have questions about using the OpenEXR libraries, you may want to join our developer mailing list. See http://www.openexr.com for details. LICENSE ------- The OpenEXR source code distribution is free software. See the file named COPYING (included in this distribution) for details. BUILDING OPENEXR ---------------- Building OpenEXR requires the IlmBase and the zlib library. You can obtain the source code for zlib from: http://www.zlib.net If you're building OpenEXR on a Windows platform, see README.win32 for instructions on how to build OpenEXR. The remainder of this file applies only to GNU/Linux or other UNIX-like systems. After installing the required libraries, to build OpenEXR on GNU/Linux or other UNIX-like systems, do this: ./configure make make install unless you obtained OpenEXR directly from CVS, in which case you should first read README.CVS. See README.OSX for details on building OpenEXR in MacOS X. Do `make check` to run the OpenEXR confidence tests. They should all pass; if you find a test that does not pass on your system, please let us know. Other UNIX variants haven't been tested, but should be easy to build. Let us know if you're having problems porting OpenEXR to a particular platform. All include files needed to use the OpenEXR libraries are installed in the OpenEXR subdirectory of the install prefix, e.g. /usr/local/include/OpenEXR. USING OPENEXR IN YOUR APPLICATIONS ---------------------------------- On systems with support for pkg-config, use `pkg-config --cflags OpenEXR` for the C++ flags required to compile against OpenEXR headers; and `pkg-config --libs OpenEXR` for the linker flags required to link against OpenEXR libraries.