GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf¶

Subclasses:	None

Methods¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (37), Gio.Icon (6), Gio.LoadableIcon (3)
Structs:	GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`calculate_rowstride` (colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height)
class	`get_file_info` (filename)
class	`get_file_info_async` (filename, cancellable, callback, *user_data)
class	`get_file_info_finish` (async_result)
class	`get_formats` ()
class	`init_modules` (path)
class	`new` (colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height)
class	`new_from_bytes` (data, colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height, rowstride)
class	`new_from_data` (data, colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height, rowstride, destroy_fn, *destroy_fn_data)
class	`new_from_file` (filename)
class	`new_from_file_at_scale` (filename, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio)
class	`new_from_file_at_size` (filename, width, height)
class	`new_from_inline` (data, copy_pixels)
class	`new_from_resource` (resource_path)
class	`new_from_resource_at_scale` (resource_path, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio)
class	`new_from_stream` (stream, cancellable)
class	`new_from_stream_async` (stream, cancellable, callback, *user_data)
class	`new_from_stream_at_scale` (stream, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio, cancellable)
class	`new_from_stream_at_scale_async` (stream, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio, cancellable, callback, *user_data)
class	`new_from_stream_finish` (async_result)
class	`new_from_xpm_data` (data)
class	`save_to_stream_finish` (async_result)
	`add_alpha` (substitute_color, r, g, b)
	`apply_embedded_orientation` ()
	`composite` (dest, dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height, offset_x, offset_y, scale_x, scale_y, interp_type, overall_alpha)
	`composite_color` (dest, dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height, offset_x, offset_y, scale_x, scale_y, interp_type, overall_alpha, check_x, check_y, check_size, color1, color2)
	`composite_color_simple` (dest_width, dest_height, interp_type, overall_alpha, check_size, color1, color2)
	`copy` ()
	`copy_area` (src_x, src_y, width, height, dest_pixbuf, dest_x, dest_y)
	`copy_options` (dest_pixbuf)
	`fill` (pixel)
	`flip` (horizontal)
	`get_bits_per_sample` ()
	`get_byte_length` ()
	`get_colorspace` ()
	`get_has_alpha` ()
	`get_height` ()
	`get_n_channels` ()
	`get_option` (key)
	`get_options` ()
	`get_pixels` ()
	`get_rowstride` ()
	`get_width` ()
	`new_subpixbuf` (src_x, src_y, width, height)
	`read_pixel_bytes` ()
	`read_pixels` ()
	`remove_option` (key)
	`rotate_simple` (angle)
	`saturate_and_pixelate` (dest, saturation, pixelate)
	`save_to_bufferv` (type, option_keys, option_values)
	`save_to_callbackv` (save_func, user_data, type, option_keys, option_values)
	`save_to_streamv` (stream, type, option_keys, option_values, cancellable)
	`save_to_streamv_async` (stream, type, option_keys, option_values, cancellable, callback, *user_data)
	`savev` (filename, type, option_keys, option_values)
	`scale` (dest, dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height, offset_x, offset_y, scale_x, scale_y, interp_type)
	`scale_simple` (dest_width, dest_height, interp_type)
	`set_option` (key, value)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (7), Gio.Icon (3), Gio.LoadableIcon (3)

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`bits-per-sample`	`int`	r/w/co/en	The number of bits per sample
`colorspace`	`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`	r/w/co/en	The colorspace in which the samples are interpreted
`has-alpha`	`bool`	r/w/co/en	Whether the pixbuf has an alpha channel
`height`	`int`	r/w/co/en	The number of rows of the pixbuf
`n-channels`	`int`	r/w/co/en	The number of samples per pixel
`pixel-bytes`	`GLib.Bytes`	r/w/co/en	Readonly pixel data
`pixels`	`int`	r/w/co/en	A pointer to the pixel data of the pixbuf
`rowstride`	`int`	r/w/co/en	The number of bytes between the start of a row and the start of the next row
`width`	`int`	r/w/co/en	The number of columns of the pixbuf

Signals¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (1)

Class Details¶

class GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf(**kwargs)¶

Bases:	`GObject.Object`, `Gio.Icon`, `Gio.LoadableIcon`
Abstract:	No

This is the main structure in the gdk-pixbuf library. It is used to represent images. It contains information about the image’s pixel data, its color space, bits per sample, width and height, and the rowstride (the number of bytes between the start of one row and the start of the next).

classmethod calculate_rowstride(colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height)[source]¶

Parameters:	colorspace (`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`) – Color space for image has_alpha (`bool`) – Whether the image should have transparency information bits_per_sample (`int`) – Number of bits per color sample width (`int`) – Width of image in pixels, must be > 0 height (`int`) – Height of image in pixels, must be > 0
Returns:	the rowstride for the given values, or -1 in case of error.
Return type:	`int`

Calculates the rowstride that an image created with those values would have. This is useful for front-ends and backends that want to sanity check image values without needing to create them.

New in version 2.36.8.

classmethod get_file_info(filename)[source]¶

Parameters: filename (str) – The name of the file to identify.

Returns:

A GdkPixbuf.PixbufFormat describing the image format of the file or None if the image format wasn’t recognized. The return value is owned by GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf and should not be freed.

width:	Return location for the width of the image, or `None`
height:	Return location for the height of the image, or `None`

Return type: (GdkPixbuf.PixbufFormat or None, width: int, height: int)

Parses an image file far enough to determine its format and size.

New in version 2.4.

classmethod get_file_info_async(filename, cancellable, callback, *user_data)[source]¶

Parameters:	filename (`str`) – The name of the file to identify cancellable (`Gio.Cancellable` or `None`) – optional `Gio.Cancellable` object, `None` to ignore callback (`Gio.AsyncReadyCallback` or `None`) – a `Gio.AsyncReadyCallback` to call when the file info is available user_data (`object` or `None`) – the data to pass to the callback function

Asynchronously parses an image file far enough to determine its format and size.

For more details see GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_file_info(), which is the synchronous version of this function.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called in the main thread. You can then call GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_file_info_finish() to get the result of the operation.

New in version 2.32.

classmethod get_file_info_finish(async_result)[source]¶

Parameters: async_result (Gio.AsyncResult) – a Gio.AsyncResult

Raises: GLib.Error

Returns:

A GdkPixbuf.PixbufFormat describing the image format of the file or None if the image format wasn’t recognized. The return value is owned by GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf and should not be freed.

width:	Return location for the width of the image, or `None`
height:	Return location for the height of the image, or `None`

Return type: (GdkPixbuf.PixbufFormat, width: int, height: int)

Finishes an asynchronous pixbuf parsing operation started with GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_file_info_async().

New in version 2.32.

classmethod get_formats()[source]¶

Returns:	A list of `GdkPixbuf.PixbufFormats` describing the supported image formats. The list should be freed when it is no longer needed, but the structures themselves are owned by `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` and should not be freed.
Return type:	[`GdkPixbuf.PixbufFormat`]

Obtains the available information about the image formats supported by GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.

New in version 2.2.

classmethod init_modules(path)[source]¶

Parameters:	path (`str`) – Path to directory where the loaders.cache is installed
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Return type:	`bool`

Initalizes the gdk-pixbuf loader modules referenced by the loaders.cache file present inside that directory.

This is to be used by applications that want to ship certain loaders in a different location from the system ones.

This is needed when the OS or runtime ships a minimal number of loaders so as to reduce the potential attack surface of carefully crafted image files, especially for uncommon file types. Applications that require broader image file types coverage, such as image viewers, would be expected to ship the gdk-pixbuf modules in a separate location, bundled with the application in a separate directory from the OS or runtime- provided modules.

New in version 2.40.

classmethod new(colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height)[source]¶

Parameters:	colorspace (`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`) – Color space for image has_alpha (`bool`) – Whether the image should have transparency information bits_per_sample (`int`) – Number of bits per color sample width (`int`) – Width of image in pixels, must be > 0 height (`int`) – Height of image in pixels, must be > 0
Returns:	A newly-created `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` with a reference count of 1, or `None` if not enough memory could be allocated for the image buffer.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None`

Creates a new GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf structure and allocates a buffer for it. The buffer has an optimal rowstride. Note that the buffer is not cleared; you will have to fill it completely yourself.

classmethod new_from_bytes(data, colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height, rowstride)[source]¶

Parameters:	data (`GLib.Bytes`) – Image data in 8-bit/sample packed format inside a `GLib.Bytes` colorspace (`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`) – Colorspace for the image data has_alpha (`bool`) – Whether the data has an opacity channel bits_per_sample (`int`) – Number of bits per sample width (`int`) – Width of the image in pixels, must be > 0 height (`int`) – Height of the image in pixels, must be > 0 rowstride (`int`) – Distance in bytes between row starts
Returns:	A newly-created `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` structure with a reference count of 1.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf out of in-memory readonly image data. Currently only RGB images with 8 bits per sample are supported. This is the GLib.Bytes variant of GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_data().

New in version 2.32.

classmethod new_from_data(data, colorspace, has_alpha, bits_per_sample, width, height, rowstride, destroy_fn, *destroy_fn_data)[source]¶

Parameters:	data (`bytes`) – Image data in 8-bit/sample packed format colorspace (`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`) – Colorspace for the image data has_alpha (`bool`) – Whether the data has an opacity channel bits_per_sample (`int`) – Number of bits per sample width (`int`) – Width of the image in pixels, must be > 0 height (`int`) – Height of the image in pixels, must be > 0 rowstride (`int`) – Distance in bytes between row starts destroy_fn (`GdkPixbuf.PixbufDestroyNotify` or `None`) – Function used to free the data when the pixbuf’s reference count drops to zero, or `None` if the data should not be freed destroy_fn_data (`object` or `None`) – Closure data to pass to the destroy notification function
Returns:	A newly-created `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` structure with a reference count of 1.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf out of in-memory image data. Currently only RGB images with 8 bits per sample are supported.

Since you are providing a pre-allocated pixel buffer, you must also specify a way to free that data. This is done with a function of type GdkPixbuf.PixbufDestroyNotify. When a pixbuf created with is finalized, your destroy notification function will be called, and it is its responsibility to free the pixel array.

classmethod new_from_file(filename)[source]¶

Parameters:	filename (`str`) – Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, there was no loader for the file’s format, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, or the image file contained invalid data.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from a file. The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set. Possible errors are in the #GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and #G_FILE_ERROR domains.

classmethod new_from_file_at_scale(filename, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio)[source]¶

Parameters:	filename (`str`) – Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding width (`int`) – The width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width height (`int`) – The height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height preserve_aspect_ratio (`bool`) – `True` to preserve the image’s aspect ratio
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, there was no loader for the file’s format, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, or the image file contained invalid data.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from a file. The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set. Possible errors are in the #GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and #G_FILE_ERROR domains. The image will be scaled to fit in the requested size, optionally preserving the image’s aspect ratio.

When preserving the aspect ratio, a width of -1 will cause the image to be scaled to the exact given height, and a height of -1 will cause the image to be scaled to the exact given width. When not preserving aspect ratio, a width or height of -1 means to not scale the image at all in that dimension. Negative values for width and height are allowed since 2.8.

New in version 2.6.

classmethod new_from_file_at_size(filename, width, height)[source]¶

Parameters:	filename (`str`) – Name of file to load, in the GLib file name encoding width (`int`) – The width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width height (`int`) – The height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, there was no loader for the file’s format, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, or the image file contained invalid data.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from a file. The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set. Possible errors are in the #GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and #G_FILE_ERROR domains.

The image will be scaled to fit in the requested size, preserving the image’s aspect ratio. Note that the returned pixbuf may be smaller than width x height, if the aspect ratio requires it. To load and image at the requested size, regardless of aspect ratio, use GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_file_at_scale().

New in version 2.4.

classmethod new_from_inline(data, copy_pixels)[source]¶

Parameters:	data (`bytes`) – Byte data containing a serialized #GdkPixdata structure copy_pixels (`bool`) – Whether to copy the pixel data, or use direct pointers data for the resulting pixbuf
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` structure with a reference, count of 1, or `None` if an error occurred.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Create a GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf from a flat representation that is suitable for storing as inline data in a program. This is useful if you want to ship a program with images, but don’t want to depend on any external files.

gdk-pixbuf ships with a program called gdk-pixbuf-csource, which allows for conversion of GdkPixbuf.Pixbufs into such a inline representation. In almost all cases, you should pass the --raw option to gdk-pixbuf-csource. A sample invocation would be:

gdk-pixbuf-csource --raw --name=myimage_inline myimage.png

For the typical case where the inline pixbuf is read-only static data, you don’t need to copy the pixel data unless you intend to write to it, so you can pass False for copy_pixels. (If you pass --rle to gdk-pixbuf-csource, a copy will be made even if copy_pixels is False, so using this option is generally a bad idea.)

If you create a pixbuf from const inline data compiled into your program, it’s probably safe to ignore errors and disable length checks, since things will always succeed:

pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_inline (-1, myimage_inline, FALSE, NULL);

For non-const inline data, you could get out of memory. For untrusted inline data located at runtime, you could have corrupt inline data in addition.

Deprecated since version 2.32: Use Gio.Resource instead.

classmethod new_from_resource(resource_path)[source]¶

Parameters:	resource_path (`str`) – the path of the resource file
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, the image format is not supported, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, the stream contained invalid data, or the operation was cancelled.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from an resource.

The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set.

New in version 2.26.

classmethod new_from_resource_at_scale(resource_path, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio)[source]¶

Parameters:	resource_path (`str`) – the path of the resource file width (`int`) – The width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width height (`int`) – The height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height preserve_aspect_ratio (`bool`) – `True` to preserve the image’s aspect ratio
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, the image format is not supported, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, the stream contained invalid data, or the operation was cancelled.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from an resource.

The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set.

The image will be scaled to fit in the requested size, optionally preserving the image’s aspect ratio. When preserving the aspect ratio, a width of -1 will cause the image to be scaled to the exact given height, and a height of -1 will cause the image to be scaled to the exact given width. When not preserving aspect ratio, a width or height of -1 means to not scale the image at all in that dimension.

The stream is not closed.

New in version 2.26.

classmethod new_from_stream(stream, cancellable)[source]¶

Parameters:	stream (`Gio.InputStream`) – a `Gio.InputStream` to load the pixbuf from cancellable (`Gio.Cancellable` or `None`) – optional `Gio.Cancellable` object, `None` to ignore
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, the image format is not supported, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, the stream contained invalid data, or the operation was cancelled.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from an input stream.

The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set. The cancellable can be used to abort the operation from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. Other possible errors are in the #GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and %G_IO_ERROR domains.

The stream is not closed.

New in version 2.14.

classmethod new_from_stream_async(stream, cancellable, callback, *user_data)[source]¶

Parameters:	stream (`Gio.InputStream`) – a `Gio.InputStream` from which to load the pixbuf cancellable (`Gio.Cancellable` or `None`) – optional `Gio.Cancellable` object, `None` to ignore callback (`Gio.AsyncReadyCallback` or `None`) – a `Gio.AsyncReadyCallback` to call when the pixbuf is loaded user_data (`object` or `None`) – the data to pass to the callback function

Creates a new pixbuf by asynchronously loading an image from an input stream.

For more details see GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_stream(), which is the synchronous version of this function.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called in the main thread. You can then call GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_stream_finish() to get the result of the operation.

New in version 2.24.

classmethod new_from_stream_at_scale(stream, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio, cancellable)[source]¶

Parameters:	stream (`Gio.InputStream`) – a `Gio.InputStream` to load the pixbuf from width (`int`) – The width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width height (`int`) – The height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height preserve_aspect_ratio (`bool`) – `True` to preserve the image’s aspect ratio cancellable (`Gio.Cancellable` or `None`) – optional `Gio.Cancellable` object, `None` to ignore
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf, or `None` if any of several error conditions occurred: the file could not be opened, the image format is not supported, there was not enough memory to allocate the image buffer, the stream contained invalid data, or the operation was cancelled.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by loading an image from an input stream.

The file format is detected automatically. If None is returned, then error will be set. The cancellable can be used to abort the operation from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. Other possible errors are in the #GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR and %G_IO_ERROR domains.

The image will be scaled to fit in the requested size, optionally preserving the image’s aspect ratio.

When preserving the aspect ratio, a width of -1 will cause the image to be scaled to the exact given height, and a height of -1 will cause the image to be scaled to the exact given width. If both width and height are given, this function will behave as if the smaller of the two values is passed as -1.

When not preserving aspect ratio, a width or height of -1 means to not scale the image at all in that dimension.

The stream is not closed.

New in version 2.14.

classmethod new_from_stream_at_scale_async(stream, width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio, cancellable, callback, *user_data)[source]¶

Parameters:

stream (Gio.InputStream) – a Gio.InputStream from which to load the pixbuf
width (int) – the width the image should have or -1 to not constrain the width
height (int) – the height the image should have or -1 to not constrain the height
preserve_aspect_ratio (bool) – True to preserve the image’s aspect ratio
cancellable (Gio.Cancellable or None) – optional Gio.Cancellable object, None to ignore
callback (Gio.AsyncReadyCallback or None) – a Gio.AsyncReadyCallback to call when the pixbuf is loaded
user_data (object or None) – the data to pass to the callback function

Creates a new pixbuf by asynchronously loading an image from an input stream.

For more details see GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_stream_at_scale(), which is the synchronous version of this function.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called in the main thread. You can then call GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_stream_finish() to get the result of the operation.

New in version 2.24.

classmethod new_from_stream_finish(async_result)[source]¶

Parameters:	async_result (`Gio.AsyncResult`) – a `Gio.AsyncResult`
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	a `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None` on error. Free the returned object with `GObject.Object.unref`().
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Finishes an asynchronous pixbuf creation operation started with GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_stream_async().

New in version 2.24.

classmethod new_from_xpm_data(data)[source]¶

Parameters:	data ([`str`]) – Pointer to inline XPM data.
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf by parsing XPM data in memory. This data is commonly the result of including an XPM file into a program’s C source.

classmethod save_to_stream_finish(async_result)[source]¶

Parameters:	async_result (`Gio.AsyncResult`) – a `Gio.AsyncResult`
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	`True` if the pixbuf was saved successfully, `False` if an error was set.
Return type:	`bool`

Finishes an asynchronous pixbuf save operation started with gdk_pixbuf_save_to_stream_async().

New in version 2.24.

add_alpha(substitute_color, r, g, b)[source]¶

Parameters:	substitute_color (`bool`) – Whether to set a color to zero opacity. If this is `False`, then the (r, g, b) arguments will be ignored. r (`int`) – Red value to substitute. g (`int`) – Green value to substitute. b (`int`) – Blue value to substitute.
Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Takes an existing pixbuf and adds an alpha channel to it. If the existing pixbuf already had an alpha channel, the channel values are copied from the original; otherwise, the alpha channel is initialized to 255 (full opacity).

If substitute_color is True, then the color specified by (r, g, b) will be assigned zero opacity. That is, if you pass (255, 255, 255) for the substitute color, all white pixels will become fully transparent.

apply_embedded_orientation()[source]¶

Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf, `None` if not enough memory could be allocated for it, or a reference to the input pixbuf (with an increased reference count).
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Takes an existing pixbuf and checks for the presence of an associated “orientation” option, which may be provided by the jpeg loader (which reads the exif orientation tag) or the tiff loader (which reads the tiff orientation tag, and compensates it for the partial transforms performed by libtiff). If an orientation option/tag is present, the appropriate transform will be performed so that the pixbuf is oriented correctly.

New in version 2.12.

composite(dest, dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height, offset_x, offset_y, scale_x, scale_y, interp_type, overall_alpha)[source]¶

Parameters:

dest (GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf) – the GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf into which to render the results
dest_x (int) – the left coordinate for region to render
dest_y (int) – the top coordinate for region to render
dest_width (int) – the width of the region to render
dest_height (int) – the height of the region to render
offset_x (float) – the offset in the X direction (currently rounded to an integer)
offset_y (float) – the offset in the Y direction (currently rounded to an integer)
scale_x (float) – the scale factor in the X direction
scale_y (float) – the scale factor in the Y direction
interp_type (GdkPixbuf.InterpType) – the interpolation type for the transformation.
overall_alpha (int) – overall alpha for source image (0..255)

Creates a transformation of the source image self by scaling by scale_x and scale_y then translating by offset_x and offset_y. This gives an image in the coordinates of the destination pixbuf. The rectangle (dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height) is then alpha blended onto the corresponding rectangle of the original destination image.

When the destination rectangle contains parts not in the source image, the data at the edges of the source image is replicated to infinity.

composite_color(dest, dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height, offset_x, offset_y, scale_x, scale_y, interp_type, overall_alpha, check_x, check_y, check_size, color1, color2)[source]¶

Parameters:

dest (GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf) – the GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf into which to render the results
dest_x (int) – the left coordinate for region to render
dest_y (int) – the top coordinate for region to render
dest_width (int) – the width of the region to render
dest_height (int) – the height of the region to render
offset_x (float) – the offset in the X direction (currently rounded to an integer)
offset_y (float) – the offset in the Y direction (currently rounded to an integer)
scale_x (float) – the scale factor in the X direction
scale_y (float) – the scale factor in the Y direction
interp_type (GdkPixbuf.InterpType) – the interpolation type for the transformation.
overall_alpha (int) – overall alpha for source image (0..255)
check_x (int) – the X offset for the checkboard (origin of checkboard is at -check_x, -check_y)
check_y (int) – the Y offset for the checkboard
check_size (int) – the size of checks in the checkboard (must be a power of two)
color1 (int) – the color of check at upper left
color2 (int) – the color of the other check

Creates a transformation of the source image self by scaling by scale_x and scale_y then translating by offset_x and offset_y, then alpha blends the rectangle (dest_x ,`dest_y`, dest_width, dest_height) of the resulting image with a checkboard of the colors color1 and color2 and renders it onto the destination image.

If the source image has no alpha channel, and overall_alpha is 255, a fast path is used which omits the alpha blending and just performs the scaling.

See GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.composite_color_simple() for a simpler variant of this function suitable for many tasks.

composite_color_simple(dest_width, dest_height, interp_type, overall_alpha, check_size, color1, color2)[source]¶

Parameters:	dest_width (`int`) – the width of destination image dest_height (`int`) – the height of destination image interp_type (`GdkPixbuf.InterpType`) – the interpolation type for the transformation. overall_alpha (`int`) – overall alpha for source image (0..255) check_size (`int`) – the size of checks in the checkboard (must be a power of two) color1 (`int`) – the color of check at upper left color2 (`int`) – the color of the other check
Returns:	the new `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`, or `None` if not enough memory could be allocated for it.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None`

Creates a new GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf by scaling self to dest_width x dest_height and alpha blending the result with a checkboard of colors color1 and color2.

copy()[source]¶

Returns:	A newly-created pixbuf with a reference count of 1, or `None` if not enough memory could be allocated.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None`

Creates a new GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf with a copy of the information in the specified self. Note that this does not copy the options set on the original GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf, use GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.copy_options() for this.

copy_area(src_x, src_y, width, height, dest_pixbuf, dest_x, dest_y)[source]¶

Parameters:	src_x (`int`) – Source X coordinate within self. src_y (`int`) – Source Y coordinate within self. width (`int`) – Width of the area to copy. height (`int`) – Height of the area to copy. dest_pixbuf (`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`) – Destination pixbuf. dest_x (`int`) – X coordinate within dest_pixbuf. dest_y (`int`) – Y coordinate within dest_pixbuf.

Copies a rectangular area from self to dest_pixbuf. Conversion of pixbuf formats is done automatically.

If the source rectangle overlaps the destination rectangle on the same pixbuf, it will be overwritten during the copy operation. Therefore, you can not use this function to scroll a pixbuf.

copy_options(dest_pixbuf)[source]¶

Parameters:	dest_pixbuf (`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`) – the `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` to copy options to
Returns:	`True` on success.
Return type:	`bool`

Copy the key/value pair options attached to a GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf to another. This is useful to keep original metadata after having manipulated a file. However be careful to remove metadata which you’ve already applied, such as the “orientation” option after rotating the image.

New in version 2.36.

fill(pixel)[source]¶

Parameters:	pixel (`int`) – RGBA pixel to clear to (0xffffffff is opaque white, 0x00000000 transparent black)

Clears a pixbuf to the given RGBA value, converting the RGBA value into the pixbuf’s pixel format. The alpha will be ignored if the pixbuf doesn’t have an alpha channel.

flip(horizontal)[source]¶

Parameters:	horizontal (`bool`) – `True` to flip horizontally, `False` to flip vertically
Returns:	the new `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`, or `None` if not enough memory could be allocated for it.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None`

Flips a pixbuf horizontally or vertically and returns the result in a new pixbuf.

New in version 2.6.

get_bits_per_sample()[source]¶

Returns:	Number of bits per color sample.
Return type:	`int`

Queries the number of bits per color sample in a pixbuf.

get_byte_length()[source]¶

Returns:	The length of the pixel data.
Return type:	`int`

Returns the length of the pixel data, in bytes.

New in version 2.26.

get_colorspace()[source]¶

Returns:	Color space.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`

Queries the color space of a pixbuf.

get_has_alpha()[source]¶

Returns:	`True` if it has an alpha channel, `False` otherwise.
Return type:	`bool`

Queries whether a pixbuf has an alpha channel (opacity information).

get_height()[source]¶

Returns:	Height in pixels.
Return type:	`int`

Queries the height of a pixbuf.

get_n_channels()[source]¶

Returns:	Number of channels.
Return type:	`int`

Queries the number of channels of a pixbuf.

get_option(key)[source]¶

Parameters:	key (`str`) – a nul-terminated string.
Returns:	the value associated with key. This is a nul-terminated string that should not be freed or `None` if key was not found.
Return type:	`str`

Looks up key in the list of options that may have been attached to the self when it was loaded, or that may have been attached by another function using GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.set_option().

For instance, the ANI loader provides “Title” and “Artist” options. The ICO, XBM, and XPM loaders provide “x_hot” and “y_hot” hot-spot options for cursor definitions. The PNG loader provides the tEXt ancillary chunk key/value pairs as options. Since 2.12, the TIFF and JPEG loaders return an “orientation” option string that corresponds to the embedded TIFF/Exif orientation tag (if present). Since 2.32, the TIFF loader sets the “multipage” option string to “yes” when a multi-page TIFF is loaded. Since 2.32 the JPEG and PNG loaders set “x-dpi” and “y-dpi” if the file contains image density information in dots per inch. Since 2.36.6, the JPEG loader sets the “comment” option with the comment EXIF tag.

get_options()[source]¶

Returns:	a `GLib.HashTable` of key/values
Return type:	{`str`: `str`}

Returns a GLib.HashTable with a list of all the options that may have been attached to the self when it was loaded, or that may have been attached by another function using GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.set_option().

See GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_option() for more details.

New in version 2.32.

get_pixels()[source]¶

Returns:	A pointer to the pixbuf’s pixel data. Please see the section on image data for information about how the pixel data is stored in memory. This function will cause an implicit copy of the pixbuf data if the pixbuf was created from read-only data.
Return type:	`bytes`

Queries a pointer to the pixel data of a pixbuf.

New in version 2.26.

get_rowstride()[source]¶

Returns:	Distance between row starts.
Return type:	`int`

Queries the rowstride of a pixbuf, which is the number of bytes between the start of a row and the start of the next row.

get_width()[source]¶

Returns:	Width in pixels.
Return type:	`int`

Queries the width of a pixbuf.

new_subpixbuf(src_x, src_y, width, height)[source]¶

Parameters:	src_x (`int`) – X coord in self src_y (`int`) – Y coord in self width (`int`) – width of region in self height (`int`) – height of region in self
Returns:	a new pixbuf
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`

Creates a new pixbuf which represents a sub-region of self. The new pixbuf shares its pixels with the original pixbuf, so writing to one affects both. The new pixbuf holds a reference to self, so self will not be finalized until the new pixbuf is finalized.

Note that if self is read-only, this function will force it to be mutable.

read_pixel_bytes()[source]¶

Returns:	A new reference to a read-only copy of the pixel data. Note that for mutable pixbufs, this function will incur a one-time copy of the pixel data for conversion into the returned `GLib.Bytes`.
Return type:	`GLib.Bytes`

Provides a GLib.Bytes buffer containing the raw pixel data; the data must not be modified. This function allows skipping the implicit copy that must be made if GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_pixels() is called on a read-only pixbuf.

New in version 2.32.

read_pixels()[source]¶

Returns:	a read-only pointer to the raw pixel data
Return type:	`int`

Provides a read-only pointer to the raw pixel data; must not be modified. This function allows skipping the implicit copy that must be made if GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.get_pixels() is called on a read-only pixbuf.

New in version 2.32.

remove_option(key)[source]¶

Parameters:	key (`str`) – a nul-terminated string representing the key to remove.
Returns:	`True` if an option was removed, `False` if not.
Return type:	`bool`

Remove the key/value pair option attached to a GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.

New in version 2.36.

rotate_simple(angle)[source]¶

Parameters:	angle (`GdkPixbuf.PixbufRotation`) – the angle to rotate by
Returns:	the new `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`, or `None` if not enough memory could be allocated for it.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None`

Rotates a pixbuf by a multiple of 90 degrees, and returns the result in a new pixbuf.

If angle is 0, a copy of self is returned, avoiding any rotation.

New in version 2.6.

saturate_and_pixelate(dest, saturation, pixelate)[source]¶

Parameters:	dest (`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`) – place to write modified version of self saturation (`float`) – saturation factor pixelate (`bool`) – whether to pixelate

Modifies saturation and optionally pixelates self, placing the result in dest. self and dest may be the same pixbuf with no ill effects. If saturation is 1.0 then saturation is not changed. If it’s less than 1.0, saturation is reduced (the image turns toward grayscale); if greater than 1.0, saturation is increased (the image gets more vivid colors). If pixelate is True, then pixels are faded in a checkerboard pattern to create a pixelated image. self and dest must have the same image format, size, and rowstride.

save_to_bufferv(type, option_keys, option_values)[source]¶

Parameters:

type (str) – name of file format.
option_keys ([str]) – name of options to set, None-terminated
option_values ([str]) – values for named options

Raises:

GLib.Error

Returns:

whether an error was set

buffer:	location to receive a pointer to the new buffer.

Return type:

(bool, buffer: bytes)

Saves pixbuf to a new buffer in format type, which is currently “jpeg”, “tiff”, “png”, “ico” or “bmp”. See gdk_pixbuf_save_to_buffer() for more details.

New in version 2.4.

save_to_callbackv(save_func, user_data, type, option_keys, option_values)[source]¶

Parameters:	save_func (`GdkPixbuf.PixbufSaveFunc`) – a function that is called to save each block of data that the save routine generates. user_data (`object` or `None`) – user data to pass to the save function. type (`str`) – name of file format. option_keys ([`str`]) – name of options to set, `None`-terminated option_values ([`str`]) – values for named options
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	whether an error was set
Return type:	`bool`

Saves pixbuf to a callback in format type, which is currently “jpeg”, “png”, “tiff”, “ico” or “bmp”. If error is set, False will be returned. See gdk_pixbuf_save_to_callback () for more details.

New in version 2.4.

save_to_streamv(stream, type, option_keys, option_values, cancellable)[source]¶

Parameters:	stream (`Gio.OutputStream`) – a `Gio.OutputStream` to save the pixbuf to type (`str`) – name of file format option_keys ([`str`]) – name of options to set, `None`-terminated option_values ([`str`]) – values for named options cancellable (`Gio.Cancellable` or `None`) – optional `Gio.Cancellable` object, `None` to ignore
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	`True` if the pixbuf was saved successfully, `False` if an error was set.
Return type:	`bool`

Saves self to an output stream.

Supported file formats are currently “jpeg”, “tiff”, “png”, “ico” or “bmp”. See gdk_pixbuf_save_to_stream() for more details.

New in version 2.36.

save_to_streamv_async(stream, type, option_keys, option_values, cancellable, callback, *user_data)[source]¶

Parameters:

stream (Gio.OutputStream) – a Gio.OutputStream to which to save the pixbuf
type (str) – name of file format
option_keys ([str]) – name of options to set, None-terminated
option_values ([str]) – values for named options
cancellable (Gio.Cancellable or None) – optional Gio.Cancellable object, None to ignore
callback (Gio.AsyncReadyCallback or None) – a Gio.AsyncReadyCallback to call when the pixbuf is saved
user_data (object or None) – the data to pass to the callback function

Saves self to an output stream asynchronously.

For more details see GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.save_to_streamv(), which is the synchronous version of this function.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called in the main thread. You can then call GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.save_to_stream_finish() to get the result of the operation.

New in version 2.36.

savev(filename, type, option_keys, option_values)[source]¶

Parameters:	filename (`str`) – name of file to save. type (`str`) – name of file format. option_keys ([`str`]) – name of options to set, `None`-terminated option_values ([`str`]) – values for named options
Raises:	`GLib.Error`
Returns:	whether an error was set
Return type:	`bool`

Saves pixbuf to a file in type, which is currently “jpeg”, “png”, “tiff”, “ico” or “bmp”. If error is set, False will be returned. See gdk_pixbuf_save () for more details.

scale(dest, dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height, offset_x, offset_y, scale_x, scale_y, interp_type)[source]¶

Parameters:

dest (GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf) – the GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf into which to render the results
dest_x (int) – the left coordinate for region to render
dest_y (int) – the top coordinate for region to render
dest_width (int) – the width of the region to render
dest_height (int) – the height of the region to render
offset_x (float) – the offset in the X direction (currently rounded to an integer)
offset_y (float) – the offset in the Y direction (currently rounded to an integer)
scale_x (float) – the scale factor in the X direction
scale_y (float) – the scale factor in the Y direction
interp_type (GdkPixbuf.InterpType) – the interpolation type for the transformation.

Creates a transformation of the source image self by scaling by scale_x and scale_y then translating by offset_x and offset_y, then renders the rectangle (dest_x, dest_y, dest_width, dest_height) of the resulting image onto the destination image replacing the previous contents.

Try to use GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.scale_simple() first, this function is the industrial-strength power tool you can fall back to if GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.scale_simple() isn’t powerful enough.

If the source rectangle overlaps the destination rectangle on the same pixbuf, it will be overwritten during the scaling which results in rendering artifacts.

scale_simple(dest_width, dest_height, interp_type)[source]¶

Parameters:	dest_width (`int`) – the width of destination image dest_height (`int`) – the height of destination image interp_type (`GdkPixbuf.InterpType`) – the interpolation type for the transformation.
Returns:	the new `GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf`, or `None` if not enough memory could be allocated for it.
Return type:	`GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf` or `None`

Create a new GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf containing a copy of self scaled to dest_width x dest_height. Leaves self unaffected. interp_type should be GdkPixbuf.InterpType.NEAREST if you want maximum speed (but when scaling down GdkPixbuf.InterpType.NEAREST is usually unusably ugly). The default interp_type should be GdkPixbuf.InterpType.BILINEAR which offers reasonable quality and speed.

You can scale a sub-portion of self by creating a sub-pixbuf pointing into self; see GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_subpixbuf().

If dest_width and dest_height are equal to the self width and height, a copy of self is returned, avoiding any scaling.

For more complicated scaling/alpha blending see GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.scale() and GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.composite().

set_option(key, value)[source]¶

Parameters:	key (`str`) – a nul-terminated string. value (`str`) – a nul-terminated string.
Returns:	`True` on success.
Return type:	`bool`

Attaches a key/value pair as an option to a GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf. If key already exists in the list of options attached to self, the new value is ignored and False is returned.

New in version 2.2.

Property Details¶

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.bits_per_sample¶

Name:	`bits-per-sample`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`8`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The number of bits per sample. Currently only 8 bit per sample are supported.

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.colorspace¶

Name:	`colorspace`
Type:	`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace`
Default Value:	`GdkPixbuf.Colorspace.RGB`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The colorspace in which the samples are interpreted

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.has_alpha¶

Name:	`has-alpha`
Type:	`bool`
Default Value:	`False`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

Whether the pixbuf has an alpha channel

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.height¶

Name:	`height`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`1`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The number of rows of the pixbuf

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.n_channels¶

Name:	`n-channels`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`3`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The number of samples per pixel. Currently, only 3 or 4 samples per pixel are supported.

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.pixel_bytes¶

Name:	`pixel-bytes`
Type:	`GLib.Bytes`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

Readonly pixel data

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.pixels¶

Name:	`pixels`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`None`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

A pointer to the pixel data of the pixbuf

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.rowstride¶

Name:	`rowstride`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`1`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The number of bytes between the start of a row and the start of the next row. This number must (obviously) be at least as large as the width of the pixbuf.

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.props.width¶

Name:	`width`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`1`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `CONSTRUCT_ONLY`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The number of columns of the pixbuf