Hello, I want to develop an application similar to Photoshop. Can I use C++ and Fortran together, and would Fortran help me with graphics processing tasks?
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I don’t know about C++ specifically, but there are FORTRAN bindings for SDL2 and Raylib
I don’t know how well these could work for your needs, though, but it’s just a suggestion. This sounds like a really neat project, do you have a GitHub repo for it?
I have written also a (not fully complete) Fortran binding for the libGD library for manipulating pixel- based images. It is, however, not nearly as powerful as Photoshop or GIMP. For example, there is no support for images with more than 8 bit per channel and no genetative KI functions at all.
It is just a thin compatibility layer around GDlib, so you still need some C knowledge. The advantage is that you can basically use the documentation of the C library.
I do this purely on a hobby basis so there is no professional or semi-professional support.
Maybe it would be an interesting project for some graphics enthousiast to create a Fortran binding for the GEGL library of GIMP.
I think Fortran is a great option for array-based image transformations. Yes, it can be used with C++ easily. I recommend having a nice well-designed Fortran library for image transformations, and C++ for the overall code structure / GUI.