### Function

# Gimp ColorProfile get_lcms_format

since: 2.10

#### Declaration [src]

    const Babl*
    gimp_color_profile_get_lcms_format (
      const Babl* format,
      guint32* lcms_format
    )

#### Description [src]

This function takes a `Babl` format and returns the lcms format to be used with that `format`. It also returns a `Babl` format to be used instead of the passed `format`, which usually is the same as `format`, unless lcms doesn’t support `format`.

Note that this function currently only supports RGB, RGBA, R’G’B’, R’G’B’A, Y, YA, Y’, Y’A and the cairo-RGB24 and cairo-ARGB32 formats.

Available since: 2.10

#### Parameters

`format`

  Type: `Babl`

  A `Babl` format.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

`lcms_format`

  Type: `guint32*`

  Return location for an lcms format.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

#### Return value

Type: `Babl`

The `Babl` format to be used instead of `format`, or `NULL` if the passed `format` is not supported at all.

The data is owned by the called function.
The return value can be `NULL`.