This paper demonstrates the integration of a high-level development tool in a fast and easy-to-use prototyping process, called AVSynDEx. This process is dedicated to the implementation of real-time image processing applications on parallel and mixed platforms. The integration of this final environment, which is a high-level development tool for the generation of IP cores, completes the prototyping process. The designer of image-processing algorithms can finally develop and supervise the whole implementation process without any pre-requirement and within a short development time.