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DESCRIPTION

    gd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images
    complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from
    other images, and flood fills, and write out the result as a .PNG file.
    This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where .PNG
    is the format used for inline images. 

    gd is not a paint program. If you are looking for a paint program, you
    are looking in the wrong place. If you are not a programmer, you are
    looking in the wrong place.

    gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics operation.
    It is not necessary or desirable for gd to become a kitchen-sink
    graphics package, but version 1.7.3 incorporates most of the commonly
    requested features for an 8-bit 2D package. Support for truecolor
    images, JPEG and truecolor PNG is planned for version 2.0.

AUTHOR
    gd was written by Thomas Boutell and is currently distributed by 
    boutell.com, Inc. 

WWW: http://www.boutell.com/gd/