for bitmaps, you basically have to build a couple of headers first, and then tack on the matrix of pixels. Look up BITMAPFILEHEADER and BITMAPINFOHEADER for Win32 programming.

As for jpeg, jpeg is a compression scheme, and requires that you run the data through a (I would assume) complex formula to reduce the size of the data. After that, you also create headers and then tack on the compressed data.

It''s my understanding that to write a program that uses jpeg compression, you need a liscence, as it is a patented formula.

generally, finding tutorials is as easy as saying "Google, google, big and small, what''s the finest tutorial of all". Here''s a hint, you want to know about file formats, why don''t you try search for "BMP file format specification"

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There are also classes built into GDI+ that will save in BMP,JPG,GIF, and PNG. check out the MSDN page on GDI+. I recomend learning how to do it on your own first like capn_midnight suggested for BMPs at least but once you can do BMPs it is a matter of decoding/encoding using the correct image format library.

There''s a good bitmap loading article here. Just reverse the logic from input to output to produce bmp:s.

quote:Original post by capn_midnight
It''s my understanding that to write a program that uses jpeg compression, you need a liscence, as it is a patented formula.

That''s GIF (Unisys).

Also, check out PNG.. It''s free and does support transparency! =)

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