ImageMan - DLL

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Add sophisticated image processing and scanner support to your application. ImageMan components are optimized for Windows and include support for loading, saving, displaying, printing, converting, and processing images in more than 35 of the most common raster and vector formats. It also includes built-in database support for writing and reading image data from memory. Available as ActiveX OCX and DLL for maximum compatibility with your environment.

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ImageMan DLL Suite V8.2

ImageMan DLL Suite V8.6

ImageMan DLL Suite V8.2

ImageMan DLL Suite V8.6

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New Features in V8.0

• 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

The 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.

While some library vendors think more functions are better, Data Techniques API, which has evolved over the last 8 years, provides a compact yet powerful set of functions. While the high level functions make it easy to create 'image enabled' applications in minutes, the low level functions give you total control over image processing. The 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. Data Techniques continuing commitment to ImageMan assures you of future releases including increased performance and support for new image formats.

ImageMan products are currently being used in thousands of market leading applications including products from Corel, Lotus, Approach Software, Zylab, MySoftware, Parsons Technologies, Ace Software, Traffic Software, Kidasa Software, DataEase International and many others. If these leading software developers have chosen ImageMan, isn't it worthwhile for you to check us out?

ImageMan Features Include:

• New and Improved image format support. We now support reading Kodak Flashpix images and support has been added for Interlaced, Multipage, and animated GIF files
• Support for Adobe PhotoShop Plug-In Filters in our new Plugins ActiveX control. Now your users have can access to thousands of cool image filters designed for PhotoShop
• 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 our new 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

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

Adobe PhotoShop Plugin Support

• ImageMan is the only imaging toolkit that allows you to add support for hosting thousands of Adobe Photoshop plugins. Visit out PlugIn Effects Gallery for sample effects and links to other filter resources

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

Color Image Support

• ImageMan includes several features that make it ideal for Color image processing and display. Our new Interpolated scaling support assures you the best image quality when scaling images up or down and it's fast. Our 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

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

Printing

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

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

Compression

ImageMan supports the most common compression schemes including:

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

Special Effects

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