AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO

[FEATURE REQUEST]Add PCX support.

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bug feature request file formats help wanted
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Description

This is an older format, but it would be nice to support for the sake of completeness. I still have these files on my harddisk.

[CELTIC.zip](https://github.com/OpenImageIO/oiio/files/6215021/CELTIC.zip)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCX

https://github.com/trapd00r/uberpaint/blob/master/src/fileio/pcx/pcx.c

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by reading the PCX format description on Wikipedia and the referenced pcx.c implementation, then inspect CELTIC.zip as a sample input. Done means OpenImageIO can read and process the supplied PCX files with appropriate format support and validation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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