   Images (Input ,Best Types)
  I am doing a opengl project of my course work. and i need to write all the code myself. I am looking to find out what is the best images to import to use as textures i.e BMP or GIF or PNG.Also what ways are there to manipulate images like the way IPicture does it .but i can use that so were can i get information on writing my own.Any help would be greatfulthanks in advance 
  the format of the image that you load DOES NOT MATTERas long as you know how to open the image and read the datait is all the same once it gets loaded and turned into a texturedont understand what you are saying for the second part\   "A soldier is a part of the 1% of the population that keeps the other 99% free"  - Lt. Colonel Todd, 1/38th Infantry, Ft. Benning, GA 