.TH IM_REPLICATE 3 "6 October 2003"
.SH NAME
im_replicate \- replicate an image horizontally and vertically
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <vips/vips.h>

int 
.br
im_replicate( IMAGE *in, IMAGE *out, 
.br
  int across, int down )
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B im_replicate(3)
repeats image 
.B in 
across and down a fixed number of times to make a new larger image.

The current implementation is optimised for the case where image
.B in
is small and 
.B across
and 
.B down
are large.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The function returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
.SH SEE ALSO
im_extract_area(3), im_zoom(3)
.SH COPYRIGHT
National Gallery 2003