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 # ImageProcessor
-### Build Status
+**This branch contains the highly experimental cross platform version of ImageProcessor**.
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+This is a complete rewrite from the ground up to allow the processing of images without the use of `System.Drawing` using a portable class library (PCL).
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-### Latest Releases
+###Why am I writing this?
 |Library           |Version           |Downloads         |
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 |**ImageProcessor**|[![Nuget count](http://img.shields.io/nuget/v/ImageProcessor.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ImageProcessor/)|[![Nuget downloads](http://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/ImageProcessor.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ImageProcessor/)|
 |**ImageProcessor.Web**|[![Nuget count](http://img.shields.io/nuget/v/ImageProcessor.Web.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ImageProcessor.Web/)|[![Nuget downloads](http://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/ImageProcessor.Web.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ImageProcessor.Web/)|
-[![Issues open](http://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/JimBobSquarePants/imageprocessor.svg)](https://huboard.com/JimBobSquarePants/ImageProcessor/)
+With NETCore there is currently no version of `System.Drawing` to allow continued progress of the existing ImageProcessor library. Progress developing a crossplatform update are restricted to the [CoreFXLab repo](https://github.com/dotnet/corefxlab/tree/master/src/System.Drawing.Graphics) where progress seems to be very slow.
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-Imageprocessor is a lightweight, extensible library written in C# that allows you to manipulate images on-the-fly using .NET 4.5+
+###Am I mad?
-It's fast, extensible, easy to use, comes bundled with some great features and is fully open source.
+Honestly... I don't know. I could be writing code that may be suddenly obsolete. There has been little [feedback](https://github.com/dotnet/corefxlab/issues/86#issuecomment-139930600) on questions I've asked but it's a nice learning process if anything.
-For full documentation please see [http://imageprocessor.org/](http://imageprocessor.org/)
+###What works so far?
-## Contributing to ImageProcessor
+- Encoding/decoding of jpeg, bmp, png, and gif formats (Needs expansion for indexed pngs, more bmp formats)
-Contribution is most welcome! I mean, that's what this is all about isn't it?
+- Basic color structs (Needs support for HDR colors etc). 
 - Basic shape primitives (Unfinished and could possible be updated by using Vector2, Vector3 etc)
 - Bicubic resampling. (Needs more algorithms & performance tweaks)
-Things I would :heart: people to help me out with:
+###How can you help?
- - Unit tests. I need to get some going for all the regular expressions within the ImageProcessor core plus anywhere else we can think of. If that's your bag please contribute.
+Spread the word, contribute algorithms, performance improvements, unit tests. Help me setup the solution properly for NETCore etc (I dunno if I have my setup correct) 
 - Documentation. Nobody likes doing docs, I've written a lot but my prose is clumsy and verbose. If you think you can make things clearer or you spot any mistakes please submit a pull request (Guide to how the docs work below).
-**Just remember to StyleCop all things! :oncoming_police_car:**
+There's a lot of people out there who could write this stuff a lot better and faster than I and would love to get a little more sleep once in a while.
 ## RoadMap
 I want the next version of ImageProcessor to run on all devices. Sadly it looks like using `System.Drawing` will not allow me to do that so I need to have a look at using an alternative. This is a lot of work so any help that could be offered would be greatly appreciated.
 ## Documentation
 ImageProcessor's documentation, included in this repo in the gh-pages branch, is built with [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) and publicly hosted on GitHub Pages at <http://imageprocessor.org>. The docs may also be run locally.
 ### Running documentation locally
 1. If necessary, [install Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation) (requires v2.2.x).
  - **Windows users:** Read [this unofficial guide](https://github.com/juthilo/run-jekyll-on-windows/) to get Jekyll up and running without problems. 
 2. From the root `/ImageProcessor` directory, run `jekyll serve` in the command line.
 3. Open <http://localhost:4000> in your browser to navigate to your site.
 Learn more about using Jekyll by reading its [documentation](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/home/).