C语言的体系，大量使用指针运算速度可以保证，内含先进的多种插值算法。

另外独有的支持meta exif信息的读取。该库最大的特点就是比较简练，只把重点放在对各种格式图像的读取写入支持上，没有显示部分，实际编程的时候还是需要调用API函数进行显示。

-FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today s multimedia applications. FreeImage is easy to use, fast, multithreading safe, compatible with all 32-bit versions of Windows, and cross-platform (works both with Linux and Mac OS X).