Constructor

GimpImagenew

Declaration [src]

GimpImage*
gimp_image_new (
  gint width,
  gint height,
  GimpImageBaseType type
)

Description [src]

Creates a new image with the specified width, height, and type.

Creates a new image, undisplayed, with the specified extents and type. A layer should be created and added before this image is displayed, or subsequent calls to gimp_display_new() with this image as an argument will fail. Layers can be created using the gimp_layer_new() commands. They can be added to an image using the gimp_image_insert_layer() command.

If your image’s type if INDEXED, a colormap must also be added with gimp_image_set_colormap(). An indexed image without a colormap will output unexpected colors.

Parameters

width

Type: gint

The width of the image.

height

Type: gint

The height of the image.

type

Type: GimpImageBaseType

The type of image.

Return value

Type: GimpImage

The newly created image.

The data is owned by the called function.