FreeImage VS OpenCV

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FreeImage

A custom distribution of FreeImage, with a CMake-based build system. Used by the Athena Game Framework. (by Kanma)
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over 6 years ago about 7 hours ago
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GNU General Public License v3.0 or later Apache License 2.0
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FreeImage

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    1 project | /r/Lightworks | 21 Feb 2023
    >>>> Starting at : Tue Feb 21 18:40:50 2023 Lightworks 2022.3 (Release, build Lw : 136244 Dependencies : 135951 dated Aug 11 2022) OS Version : OSX;Version 13.2.1 (Build 22D68) Available memory : 7.9 GB Total memory : 16.0 GB Virtual Address Range : 33.6 GB Number of CPUs : 10 User has admin rights : No Graphics driver : Apple OpenGL version : 2.1 Metal - 83 18:40:50.450: Setting project base directory /Users/ashleymcglone/Lightworks/Projects/ 18:40:50.453: Starting window manager 18:40:50.456: FreeImage version: 3.18.0 This program uses FreeImage, a free, open source image library supporting all common bitmap formats. See http://freeimage.sourceforge.net for details 18:40:50.672: Checking library versions.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:40:51.059: Starting JUCE message manager 18:40:51.060: ------ Loading plugin : QScan ------ 18:40:51.061: Success 18:40:51.061: ------ Loading plugin : r3d ------ ---------------- OpenCLProgramBase::make() : clBuildProgram() success --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:40:51.503: Success 18:40:51.503: ------ Loading plugin : CameraRaw ------ 18:40:52.013: Success 18:40:52.013: ------ Loading plugin : aaf ------ 18:40:52.095: Success 18:40:52.095: ------ Loading plugin : ExportCodecs ------ 18:40:52.227: Low level components: MainConcept VC1 Encoder (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:52.312: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:52.609: (repeated 2 times) 18:40:52.609: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655), N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:52.629: Low level components: MainConcept MPEG-4 Video Encoder (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:52.774: Low level components: MainConcept MPEG-1/2 Video Encoder (0.0.0.0), MainConcept MPEG-1/2 SmartRenderer (10.6.19.1289) 18:40:53.035: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:53.502: Low level components: N/A (10.6.19.1289) 18:40:53.537: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:53.768: Low level components: MainConcept (Broadcast) AVC/H.264 Encoder (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:53.983: Low level components: MainConcept AVC/H.264 Encoder (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:54.040: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:54.089: Low level components: MainConcept DVCPro50 Encoder (0.0.0.0), N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:54.164: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655), N/A (10.6.19.1289) 18:40:54.182: Low level components: N/A (10.6.18.6655) 18:40:54.257: (repeated 2 times) 18:40:54.257: Plugins loaded: 17 (full: 16, demo: 0, free: 1) 18:40:54.259: Success 18:40:54.259: ------ Loading plugin : ffmpeg ------ 18:40:54.286: Success 18:40:54.286: ------ Loading plugin : Cineform ------ 18:40:54.292: Success 18:40:54.292: ------ Loading plugin : uiopt ------ 18:40:54.305: Success 18:40:54.305: ------ Loading plugin : DeckLink_drv ------ 18:40:54.312: Decklink: Driver not installed 18:40:54.312: Success 18:40:54.312: ------ Loading plugin : fxdrv ------ 18:40:54.927: Success 18:40:54.927: ------ Loading plugin : SharedSoftDrv ------ 18:40:54.961: Success 18:40:54.961: ------ Loading plugin : DNxHD ------ 18:40:55.124: Success 18:40:55.124: ------ Loading plugin : xml ------ 18:40:55.157: Success 18:40:55.157: ------ Loading plugin : AmazingMusicTracks ------ 18:40:55.180: Success 18:40:55.180: ------ Loading plugin : export ------ 18:40:55.191: Success 18:40:55.191: ------ Loading plugin : CloudServices ------ 18:40:55.206: Success 18:40:55.206: ------ Loading plugin : Pond5 ------ 18:40:55.227: Success 18:40:55.227: ------ Loading plugin : omf ------ 18:40:55.264: Success 18:40:55.264: ------ Loading plugin : AudioNetwork ------ 18:40:55.286: Skipped 18:40:55.286: ------ Loading plugin : dng ------ 18:40:55.457: Success 18:40:55.457: ------ Loading plugin : vimeo ------ 18:40:55.476: Success 18:40:55.476: ------ Loading plugin : codecs ------ 18:40:56.332: Success 18:40:56.332: ------ Loading plugin : VideoToolbox ------ 18:40:56.334: Success 18:40:56.335: ------ Loading plugin : CoreAudio ------ 18:40:56.413: channels: 2, samplerate 48000.000000 18:40:56.413: Using default audio device 18:40:56.414: 4 devices 18:40:56.414: MacBook Pro Microphone 18:40:56.414: Pro Tools Aggregate I/O 18:40:56.416: ZoomAudioDevice 18:40:56.416: Success 18:40:56.416: ------ Loading plugin : EsWrappers ------ 18:40:56.502: Success 18:40:56.502: ------ Loading plugin : plugplug ------ 18:40:56.575: Success 18:40:56.575: ------ Loading plugin : ProjectShare ------ 18:40:56.597: Success 18:40:56.597: ------ Loading plugin : LwConsole ------ 18:40:56.612: Success 18:40:56.612: ------ Loading plugin : AJA ------ 18:40:56.769: Success 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Melodyne.vst3, name: Melodyne 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TCrusher.vst3, name: #TCrusher 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TCrossover.vst3, name: #TCrossover 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TPhaser.vst3, name: #TPhaser 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TLimiter.vst3, name: #TLimiter 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TBus Compressor.vst3, name: #TBus Compressor 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TDelay Studio.vst3, name: #TDelay Studio 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TTape Delay.vst3, name: #TTape Delay 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TReverber8.vst3, name: #TReverber8 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TEqualiser.vst3, name: #TEqualiser 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TChorus.vst3, name: #TChorus 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TStereo Delay.vst3, name: #TStereo Delay 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TCompressor.vst3, name: #TCompressor 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TFlanger.vst3, name: #TFlanger 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TDucker.vst3, name: #TDucker 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TAuto Filter.vst3, name: #TAuto Filter 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/#TGate Expander.vst3, name: #TGate Expander 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUVectorPanner, name: AUVectorPanner 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUSphericalHeadPanner, name: AUSphericalHeadPanner 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning HRTFPanner, name: HRTFPanner 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUSoundFieldPanner, name: AUSoundFieldPanner 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUMixer, name: AUMixer 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUMatrixMixer, name: AUMatrixMixer 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUMultiSplitter, name: AUMultiSplitter 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUMultiChannelMixer, name: AUMultiChannelMixer 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUMixer3D, name: AUMixer3D 18:40:56.789: Info: scanning AUSpatialMixer, name: AUSpatialMixer 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUSampler, name: AUSampler 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUMIDISynth, name: AUMIDISynth 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning DLSMusicDevice, name: DLSMusicDevice 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning Melodyne, name: Melodyne 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUSpeechSynthesis, name: AUSpeechSynthesis 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUScheduledSoundPlayer, name: AUScheduledSoundPlayer 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUNetReceive, name: AUNetReceive 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUAudioFilePlayer, name: AUAudioFilePlayer 18:40:58.074: Info: scanning AUSoundIsolation, name: AUSoundIsolation 18:40:58.164: Info: scanning AUPitch, name: AUPitch 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUSampleDelay, name: AUSampleDelay 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUReverb2, name: AUReverb2 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AURogerBeep, name: AURogerBeep 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AURoundTripAAC, name: AURoundTripAAC 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUParametricEQ, name: AUParametricEQ 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUNewPitch, name: AUNewPitch 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUNetSend, name: AUNetSend 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUNBandEQ, name: AUNBandEQ 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUMatrixReverb, name: AUMatrixReverb 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUMultibandCompressor, name: AUMultibandCompressor 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AULowShelfFilter, name: AULowShelfFilter 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AULowpass, name: AULowpass 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUPeakLimiter, name: AUPeakLimiter 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUHighShelfFilter, name: AUHighShelfFilter 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUHipass, name: AUHipass 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUGraphicEQ, name: AUGraphicEQ 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUFilter, name: AUFilter 18:40:58.165: Info: scanning AUDistortion, name: AUDistortion 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning AUDelay, name: AUDelay 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning AUDynamicsProcessor, name: AUDynamicsProcessor 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning AUBandpass, name: AUBandpass 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TTape Delay, name: #TTape Delay 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TStereo Delay, name: #TStereo Delay 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TReverber8, name: #TReverber8 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TPhaser, name: #TPhaser 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TLimiter, name: #TLimiter 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TGate/Expander, name: Expander 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TFlanger, name: #TFlanger 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TEqualiser, name: #TEqualiser 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TDucker, name: #TDucker 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TDelay Studio, name: #TDelay Studio 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TCrossover, name: #TCrossover 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TCompressor, name: #TCompressor 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TChorus, name: #TChorus 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TCrusher, name: #TCrusher 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TBus Compressor, name: #TBus Compressor 18:40:58.166: Info: scanning #TAuto Filter, name: #TAuto Filter 18:40:58.167: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TCrusher 18:40:58.816: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TCrossover 18:40:59.293: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TPhaser 18:40:59.739: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TLimiter 18:41:00.187: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TBus Compressor 18:41:00.473: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TDelay Studio 18:41:00.946: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TTape Delay 18:41:01.410: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TReverber8 18:41:01.872: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TEqualiser 18:41:02.344: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TChorus 18:41:02.803: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TStereo Delay 18:41:03.078: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TFlanger 18:41:03.481: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TAuto Filter 18:41:03.935: Info: creating JUCE instance for #TGate/Expander 18:41:04.389: Info: creating JUCE instance for AUSpeechSynthesis 18:41:04.746: Info: creating JUCE instance for AUScheduledSoundPlayer 18:41:04.746: Info: creating JUCE instance for AUNetReceive 18:41:04.851: Info: creating JUCE instance for AUAudioFilePlayer 18:41:12.078: Loaded device System Sound 18:41:12.078: Found capture source ScreenCapture 18:41:12.078: Found capture source CoreAudio Capture 18:41:12.079: Activating System Sound interrupt 18:41:12.080: Found capture source ScreenCapture 18:41:12.080: Found capture source CoreAudio Capture 18:41:12.080: Activating System Sound interrupt 18:41:12.085: EditManager::setCurrentProject( P0001000 ) 18:41:12.146: Info: creating instance data for \TEK\AUD\FX\PLUGINS\AudioUnit-AUSoundIsolation-3367e49b-766a7f67 18:41:12.146: Info: called createInternalInstance() for \TEK\AUD\FX\PLUGINS\AudioUnit-AUSoundIsolation-3367e49b-766a7f67 18:41:12.146: Info: attempting to create processor instance for type: \TEK\AUD\FX\PLUGINS\AudioUnit-AUSoundIsolation-3367e49b-766a7f67 18:41:12.146: Info: creating JUCE instance for AUSoundIsolation 18:41:12.665: (repeated 2 times) 18:41:12.665: Created audio plugin: AUSoundIsolation 18:41:12.665: Info: assigning internal instance: AUSoundIsolation 18:41:12.665: Warning: Sound to Isolate had an unsafe default value 18:41:12.665: Info: restoring parameters for AUSoundIsolation 18:41:12.665: Warning: Sound to Isolate had an unsafe default value 18:41:12.666: Info: creating instance data for \TEK\AUD\FX\PLUGINS\AudioUnit-AUSoundIsolation-3367e49b-766a7f67 18:41:12.666: Info: called createInternalInstance() for \TEK\AUD\FX\PLUGINS\AudioUnit-AUSoundIsolation-3367e49b-766a7f67 18:41:12.666: Info: attempting to create processor instance for type: \TEK\AUD\FX\PLUGINS\AudioUnit-AUSoundIsolation-3367e49b-766a7f67 18:41:12.666: Info: creating JUCE instance for AUSoundIsolation 18:41:13.110: (repeated 2 times) 18:41:13.110: Created audio plugin: AUSoundIsolation 18:41:13.110: Info: assigning internal instance: AUSoundIsolation 18:41:13.110: Warning: Sound to Isolate had an unsafe default value 18:41:13.110: Info: restoring parameters for AUSoundIsolation 18:41:13.110: Warning: Sound to Isolate had an unsafe default value 18:41:13.119: (repeated 3 times) 18:41:13.119: Added media location : /Users/ashleymcglone/Lightworks/Media/Material/ 18:41:13.119: Added media location : /Users/ashleymcglone/Lightworks/Media/Sound/ 18:41:42.641: EditManager::setCurrentProject( U00-88a70b20-4194-5845-937c-a4a5e7619c0e ) 18:41:42.646: ProjectFilterManager : built 9 filters in 2ms 18:41:42.647: MediaFileToClipMap : found 0 clips in 1ms 18:41:42.647: ----- Entered project 'Bill' (5 logs) ----- 18:41:42.754: Using LwOverlayResource [Lw Overlay Resource] 18:41:42.792: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 24.00 - 25.00 18:41:42.793: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with EsWrapper FileReader for eAudioEssence 18:41:42.798: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 23.08 - 25.00 18:41:42.798: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080031.mov" with EsWrapper FileReader for eAudioEssence 18:41:42.798: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/Bill.wav" with Software FileReader for eAudioEssence 18:41:42.822: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 24.00 - 25.00 18:41:42.823: reopen "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 18:41:43.060: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:08:49.242: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 24.00 - 25.00 19:08:49.243: reopen "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:08:49.495: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:08:53.684: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 24.00 - 25.00 19:08:53.684: reopen "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:08:53.953: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:09:04.126: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 24.00 - 25.00 19:09:04.126: reopen "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:09:04.366: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:09:28.308: Detected variable/unusual frame rate: 24.00 - 25.00 19:09:28.309: reopen "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:09:28.542: Open "/Users/ashleymcglone/Downloads/Testimonies/Bill Final/09182022_080037.mov" with FFmpeg for eVideoEssence 19:09:28.843: EditManager::setCurrentProject( P0001000 ) 19:09:28.952: Closing down VTR subsystem....19:09:28.952: done 19:09:29.079: ------ Unloading plugin : SharedSoftDrv ------ 19:09:29.081: ------ Unloading plugin : DNxHD ------ 19:09:29.085: ------ Unloading plugin : xml ------ 19:09:29.089: ------ Unloading plugin : AmazingMusicTracks ------ 19:09:29.092: ------ Unloading plugin : export ------ 19:09:29.095: ------ Unloading plugin : CloudServices ------ 19:09:29.096: ------ Unloading plugin : Pond5 ------ 19:09:29.099: ------ Unloading plugin : omf ------ 19:09:29.102: ------ Unloading plugin : dng ------ 19:09:29.105: ------ Unloading plugin : vimeo ------ 19:09:29.108: ------ Unloading plugin : codecs ------ 19:09:29.117: ------ Unloading plugin : VideoToolbox ------ 19:09:29.117: ------ Unloading plugin : CoreAudio ------ 19:09:29.119: ------ Unloading plugin : EsWrappers ------ 19:09:29.122: ------ Unloading plugin : plugplug ------ 19:09:29.124: ------ Unloading plugin : ProjectShare ------ 19:09:29.126: ------ Unloading plugin : LwConsole ------ 19:09:29.127: ------ Unloading plugin : AJA ------ 19:09:29.127: ------ Unloading plugin : QScan ------ 19:09:29.127: ------ Unloading plugin : r3d ------ 19:09:29.127: ------ Unloading plugin : CameraRaw ------ 19:09:29.129: ------ Unloading plugin : aaf ------ 19:09:29.130: ------ Unloading plugin : ExportCodecs ------ 19:09:29.130: ------ Unloading plugin : ffmpeg ------ 19:09:29.130: ------ Unloading plugin : Cineform ------ 19:09:29.132: ------ Unloading plugin : uiopt ------ 19:09:29.134: ------ Unloading plugin : DeckLink_drv ------ 19:09:29.135: ------ Unloading plugin : fxdrv ------ 19:09:29.137: Shutting down JUCE message manager 19:09:29.142: 19:09:29.142: <<<< Exiting at : Tue Feb 21 19:09:29 2023

OpenCV

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenCV. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-13.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FreeImage and OpenCV you can also consider the following projects:

OpenImageIO - Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.

libvips - A fast image processing library with low memory needs.

imagick - Go binding to ImageMagick's MagickWand C API

VTK - Mirror of Visualization Toolkit repository

CImg - The CImg Library is a small and open-source C++ toolkit for image processing

yolov5 - YOLOv5 🚀 in PyTorch > ONNX > CoreML > TFLite

CxImage

EasyOCR - Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc.

GD - GD Graphics Library

Boost.GIL - Boost.GIL - Generic Image Library | Requires C++14 since Boost 1.80