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+// Copyright (C) 2007 Ole Laursen
+// Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Asselstine
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+// 02110-1301, USA.
+
+#ifndef IMAGE_HELPERS_H
+#define IMAGE_HELPERS_H
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <gdkmm/pixbuf.h>
+#include "PixMask.h"
+
+// convert a file containing one large image with subimages, each of the same
+// width, to an array of pixbufs corresponding to the subimages
+std::vector<PixMask*>
+disassemble_row(const std::string &file, int no);
+std::vector<PixMask*>
+disassemble_row(const std::string &file, int no, bool first_half_height);
+
+Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixmap> to_pixmap(Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> pixbuf);
+
+int get_pwidth(Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixmap> pixmap);
+int get_pheight(Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixmap> pixmap);
+Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> to_pixbuf(Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixmap> pixmap);
+Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixmap> scale (Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixmap> pixmap, int w, int h);
+#endif