ImageMan - DLL

What's new in ImageMan DLL V8.72? - This is a maintenance release that fixes the following issues:

• Tif DIL round up error on resolution
• IncreaseTo method changes X & Y resolution of image
• Cant write multi-page PDFs to memory using ImgxWriteMem
• Exception when loading images larger than memory
• Licensing change to eliminate calls to display trial dialog from IsLicenseValid
• Check for license file in the Common Files\DTI\Licenses directory
• MousePointer property now updates cursor when its set

What's new in ImageMan DLL V8.71? - This is a maintenance release that fixes the following issues:

• Memory Access Exception can occur when calling ImgReduceColors with OCTREE palette
• ImgCopy fails with single row images
• Increased Read Buffer size in EPS DIL to speed up image loading
• PNG DIL cant read some files written by older PNG DEL
• ImgMergeImage doesn't handle inverted 1 bit images.

What's new in ImageMan DLL V8?

• JPEG 2000 Image format Read/Write
• Deskew Function
• Image Attribute Support
• 16/32 bit Image Support
• Full Transparency & Alpha channel Support
• Merge Function
• Screen Capture Support
• Read/Write standard and custom TIFF Tags
• Access to image format specific data such as GIF data blocks and PNG data
• Support for reading/writing and displaying Animated GIF images
• Speed enhancements for faster loading and processing

ImageMan DLL Suite is a set of 32 bit toolkits for adding sophisticated image processing and scanner support to your Windows applications. The libraries are optimized for Windows and include high performance support for loading, saving, displaying, printing, converting and processing images in the most common raster and vector formats. The ImageMan API provides a compact yet powerful set of properties, methods and events. While the ImageMan high level functions make it easy to create 'image enabled' applications in minutes, the low level functions give you total control over image processing. ImageMan's modular architecture also allows you to ship only the import/export filters that you need with your application, allowing you to save disk space. Also, you can create your own import/export filters for proprietary formats.

ImageMan Features Include:

• New and Improved image format support. Now supports reading Kodak Flashpix images and support has been added for Interlaced, Multipage, and animated GIF files
• Data Binding Support for Visual Basic makes creating Image Enabled Database apps a snap
• Enhanced Image Display support including new Octree Color reduction and faster dithering
• Interpolated scaling for the ultimate in image quality when scaling images
• Images can now be rotated in hundredth of degree increments
• Built-in filters including Emboss, Sharpen, Blue, Edge Detection and more plus the ability to specify your own filter kernels
• 50+ Special Transitional effects with complete control over speed, granularity and more in the lightweight Special Effects control
• Enhanced File Save dialog allows users to specify the image save options
• Enhanced Image Open dialog with configurable thumbnail preview and image information
• Support for reading and writing CMYK color TIFF files
• New Image Contrast adjustment support
• Improved AntiAliasing support for 1 bit image display
• Support for 35+ raster and vector formats
• Includes support for FlashPix, Photo CD, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, RLE, DIB, EPS, GIF, PNG, TGA, IMG, DXF, PCX, DCX

ImageMan Finely Crafted API

• Not only is Imageman easier to use but it's much smaller. In fact ImageMan is less than half the size of some competing libraries

Royalty Free

• Unlike other toolkits that require royalties for their advanced versions, you can distribute your ImageMan applications royalty free

ImageMan Sophisticated Image Processing

• Image Filters like embossing, edge detection, blur, sharpen, and more. Adjust Brightness, Contrast and Gamma. Interpolated Scaling for the best image quality. Rotate images by hundredths of degrees. Mirror, flip and invert. Automatic Thumbail generation

ImageMan Color Image Support

• ImageMan includes several features that make it ideal for Color image processing and display. The new Interpolated scaling support assures you the best image quality when scaling images up or down and it's fast. The new Color reduction algorithms allow you to reduce the number of colors in an image with excellent image quality. While you're reducing your image you can also specify one of several supported dithering methods be used to further improve the image quality. Images can be reduced to an optimized palette or a fixed palette for displaying multiple images on a palettized system, Images can even be reduced/dithered to a user specified palette
• Document Processing Support AntiAliasing support make displaying scaled high quality black and white images a snap. Automatic thumbnail generation is just a function call away. Support for reading and writing multi page tiff/DCX files including support for Group compression assures compatibility with document management standards

ImageMan Scanning

• ImageMan includes support for TWAIN compatible scanners, frame grabbers and digital cameras. It only takes a few lines of code to acquire an image from any supported device and ImageMan also has lower level functions that allow you to scan from an Automatic Document Feeder(ADF) and control image attributes such as resolution, color depth, scan area and more. Includes support for 32 bit TWAIN Sources

ImageMan Printing

• ImageMan's printing support gives you complete control over the printing process. You can mix graphics and text on any Windows supported printers

ImageMan Database Support

• ImageMan's API includes functions for writing and reading image data from memory blocks making it ideal for use with databases. Functions are also included to read image data embedded in other file and with our low level functions you can even write your own low level I/O handlers

ImageMan Compression - 50+ Special Transitional effects with complete control over speed, granularity and more in our new lightweight Special Effects control supports the most common compression schemes including:

• Packbits
• Group 3
• Group 4
• Modified Huffman
• JPEG
• RLE
• LZW

ImageMan Special Effects

• ImageMan includes over 50 special image transitional effects for creating cool multimedia applications