Add a simple PNG image encoder with Lua API (#11485)

* Add a simple PNG image encoder with Lua API
Add ColorSpec to RGBA converter
Make a safety wrapper for the encoder
Create devtest examples

Co-authored-by: hecktest <>
Co-authored-by: sfan5 <sfan5@live.de>

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/png.h b/src/util/png.h
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+/*
+Minetest
+Copyright (C) 2021 hecks
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include "irrlichttypes.h"
+
+/*	Simple PNG encoder. Encodes an RGBA image with no predictors.
+	Returns a binary string. */
+std::string encodePNG(const u8 *data, u32 width, u32 height, s32 compression);