c++ and images

[Thor]

so i had an urge to start learning C++ last weekend. whilst learning, i had the urge to use it in a practical way so i also started messing about with OpenGL. so far I have a program that runs in a windows 32 window, and initalizes/kills itself when it launches/closes. i planned on making a small game based off sprites, but i need an importer for images. i tried using pnglib but it gave me countless errors and eventually refused to compile since it was compiled with different flags (or so google said).

does anyone have an easy to use image loader library where i can load into raw RGB data?

 

[Bospy]

idk maybe i can get my brother to look into it, he goes to some fancy vocational school and is learning C+++ and all that jazz, but idk.

 

[Zaubermuffin]

I use Gosu for all my window-ish, graphical stuff - especially games. Takes care of OpenGL, Image loading, sound and all that stuff - and allows you to do your own OpenGL things if you want to.

The documentation is a bit... adjustable, but the framework/library itself is easy to use.