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# 1. Introduction

This guide explains how to write image processing operations using the VIPS image I/O (input-output) system. For background, you should probably take a look at the VIPS Application Programmers' Guide. This is supposed to be a tutorial, if you need detailed information on any particular function, use the on-line UNIX manual pages.

Subsections

- 1.1 Why use VIPS?
- 1.2 I/O styles
- 1.3 What's new in this version