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                        GREYC's Magic Image Converter

                       ( http://gmic.sourceforge.net/ )

                                 v.1.3.0

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# Summary
#---------

  G'MIC is an interpreter of image processing macros whose goal is to convert,
  manipulate and visualize generic 1D/2D/3D multi-spectral image files.
  This includes classical color images, but also more complex data
  as image sequences or 3D volumetric images. It has been designed with
  portability in mind, and thus should run on a wide variety of different
  plateforms. It has been developed in the IMAGE Team of the GREYC
  laboratory, in Caen/France.

  In the distributed package, a command line tool as well as a plug-in for Gimp
  (http://www.gimp.org) are provided to be able to use G'MIC
  functionnalities.

# Author
#--------

  David Tschumperle  ( http://www.greyc.ensicaen.fr/~dtschump/ ) (source code)

# Contributors
#-------------

  Claude Bulin       ( http://www.xcfa.tuxfamily.org/ )          (packaging)
  Angelo Lama        ( historical developper of EKD : http://ekd.tuxfamily.org,
                       post-prod software for videos and images) (testing)
  Stephane de la Linuxerie (http://linuxerie.midiblogs.com and http://polariscorp.free.fr) (design & gimp plug-in)
  Jrme Ferrari     (testing)

# Institution
#-------------

 GREYC Image / CNRS UMR 6072 / FRANCE

 Team web page : http://www.greyc.ensicaen.fr/EquipeImage/

# Licenses
#----------

 The source code of G'MIC and the G'MIC Toolbox for Gimp is distributed under
 the CECILL v.2.0 license (file 'Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt').
 This License is a Free-Software license, compatible with the GPL license
 (using those files in a distributed closed-source project is then forbidden).

 The CeCiLL v.2.0 license ( http://www.cecill.info/index.en.html ) have been
 created under the supervision of the three biggest research institutions on
 computer sciences in France :

   - CNRS  ( http://www.cnrs.fr/ )
   - CEA   ( http://www.cea.fr/ )
   - INRIA ( http://www.inria.fr/ )

# How to build G'MIC ?
#----------------------

 To build the full G'MIC version (including command line and plug-in versions), just
 type 'configure' in the main G'MIC directory. Then, go for a coffee, because the compilation
 time for the command line version is quite long. If you are interested by the G'MIC plug-in
 only, go to the 'src/' directory, and type 'make gmic4gimp'. You need the gimptools as well
 as the libfftw3 developpement files installed on your system to be able to compile G'MIC.

# How to install the G'MIC plug-in for GIMP ?
#---------------------------------------------

 Once you have your 'gmic4gimp' file available for your system, just copy it in your
 GIMP plug-in directory. On Unix, this is usually in '$HOME/.gimp-2.x/plug-ins/'.
 On Windows, this is usually in 'C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.x\lib\gimp\2.0\plugins\'.
 Run GIMP, and the 'G'MIC Toolbox' entry should appear in your 'Filters' menu.

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