Method

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_pixels_with_length

Declaration [src]

guchar*
gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels_with_length (
  const GdkPixbuf* pixbuf,
  guint* length
)

Description [src]

Queries a pointer to the pixel data of a pixbuf.

This function will cause an implicit copy of the pixbuf data if the pixbuf was created from read-only data.

Please see the section on image data for information about how the pixel data is stored in memory.

Available since:2.26

Parameters

length guint*
 

The length of the binary data.

 Direction: out
 The called function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it

Return value

Returns: An array of guchar

A pointer to the pixbuf’s pixel data.

 The length of the array is in the length argument
The data is owned by the called function