] LibTarga is a library for reading and writing images in
] the TARGA image file format. It was written by Alex Mohr
] for use by students in CS559, and for other graphics
] projects. This document is meant to give you a basic idea
] of how to use libtarga within the CS environment at UW.
] For more complete documentation Refer to the code.

A nice, simple library for reading and writing all varities of Targa Files. Targa is a VERY simple image format, so it is convenient for storing your shit when doing image/video analysis. Also, I use targa because 3DSMax can output animations to a series of Targas, one for each output frame. I use these as test input for my video analysis code.

Source at:

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/graphics/Gallery/LibTarga/libtarga.c
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/graphics/Gallery/LibTarga/libtarga.h

Using the LibTarga Files