LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro SDK 17.0 released

Latest release features faster image handling and processing, enhanced WPF viewer controls and .NET 4.0 binaries.

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Adding effects to a photograph with LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro SDK.

LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro SDK provides developers with the tools to create powerful imaging applications. Become an imaging expert instantly using LEADTOOLS components. Why waste months coding when you can take advantage of LEAD's 18 years of imaging experience in a comprehensive SDK and cut your programming time in half. LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro provides basic and advanced color imaging features for file format import/export, image compression, image display and effects, color conversion, image processing, TWAIN scanning, imaging common dialogs, database integration, printing and Internet with support for over 150 raster file formats and over 2000 effects.

The following products are available:

• LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro SDK
• LEADTOOLS Raster PDF Plug In

Updates in V17.0

LEADTOOLS V17.0 has an extensive offering of new imaging technology and enhancements. A substantial portion of LEADTOOLS functionality including image format load and save, image processing, compression, display, effects and annotation is optimized to support 100% pure Silverlight development and can be used in Silverlight without external dependencies or server calls. LEAD also now offers a .NET class library solution and x64 bit OS support for all functionality across the Document, Medical, Multimedia, and Raster imaging engines.

What's new in the LEADTOOLS 17 Raster Engine

• Optimized internal core functions to dramatically increase the speed of image handling and processing.
• .NET 4.0 binaries
• New Visual Studio 2010 projects from all .NET and Silverlight sample applications
• Enhanced WPF viewer controls
• WPF Pixel Shaders
• Added multi-monitor support to screen capture
• Load PowerPoint files as an image
• Word Doc files as an image
• Excel XLS files as an image
• Added folder watch feature to the LEADTOOLS Thumbnail Browser so that the Thumbnail Browser can automatically update when files are modified, added or deleted to the folder.

About LEAD Technologies

LEAD Technologies, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 1990 by Moe Daher and Rich Little. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, LEAD was established to commercialize Mr. Daher's inventions in the field of digital imaging and compression technology. Over the course of LEAD's more than 20 year life span, LEAD has become the established global leader in the digital imaging development tool sector, with a leading market position in all major countries throughout the world. LEAD is the developer and publisher of LEADTOOLS, the award winning development toolkit.