PNG file loading

[topnik1]

How to load png files and extract their rgb pixels?
Library recomendations?
And some tips...

[Duthomhas]

libpng

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

[Lowest0ne]

And before you start writing a wrapper: libpng++

http://www.nongnu.org/pngpp/