Description

ImageEn is the most powerful native image library available for Delphi and C++ Builder, and also available for .NET. The library includes a complete suite of components to handle all aspects of image and editing, analysis and display. Join thousands of other developers who rely on ImageEn to add professional multimedia functionality to their software.

File Operations

Support for all common image formats

Lossless JPEG rotation and cropping

Loading and saving of digital camera (EXIF) fields in JPEG, TIFF, RAW and HD Photo files (without modifying the original image)

Loading and saving of EXIF GPS fields

Loading and saving of Adobe XMP fields from JPEG, TIFF, HD Photo and PSD files

Raw camera support including access to internal thumbnails and other data fields

Loading and saving of IPTC data (most commonly used by Photoshop) from JPEG and TIFF files (without modifying the original image)

Quick reading of image properties (dimensions, color depth, etc) without loading image

Image load and save dialogs which include a preview and relevant save settings

Support for alpha channel in GIF, TIFF, PNG, ICO, CUR, TGA, PSD files

Asynchronous loading and saving

Support for Color Management Systems to process ICC profiles

Load images directly from the internet (using http/ftp protocol)

Encryption and decryption using a 128 bit key

Support for other formats such as PDF, PS, JBIG, etc, via plug-ins

Image Display

Images can be automatically displayed "To-Fit" or with real time zoom. Sixteen quality settings are available to enhance its display (from fastest to best quality)

Images from digital cameras can be automatically displayed with the correct orientation

180 stunning image transition and Pan-Zoom effects

Display and navigate images using Coverflow-style animation

Measurement of lines, angles, perimeters and areas

Layer and Vector Support

Image, text, angle, shape and poly-line layer editing

Many options including curves, rotation, grouping, transparency, soft-shadow, anti-alias and gradients

Over 100 built-in vector shapes

Component to preview layers of image

Image Editing and Processing

Many selection types: rectangle, ellipse, polygon and "magic wand" (to instantly select a colored area) and other options (including selection intensity and feathering)

Other mouse interaction options include cropping, mouse wheel support and click-dragging to rotate, navigate and zoom the image

Interactive adjustment of perspective distortion

Clone tool to remove unwanted areas the image

Painting tool with many brush styles and options

Retouch tools to fix images using smudge, blur, inpaint, sharpen, etc.

Multilevel undo and redo

Easily manipulate and edit single and multi-page images in code using TIEBitmap and TIEMultiBitmap classes

Image resizing with sixteen quality filters including Triangle, Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Lanczos3, Mitchell, FastLinear, Bilinear and Bicubic

Many color adjustment facilities including contrast, HSL, HSV channel separation, RGB, histogram equalization, Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT), gamma correction, temperature and noise removal (using code or the built-in dialog)

Image effects including custom filters, bump map, lens, wave, morphing, Gaussian and motion blurring and sharpening (using code or the built-in dialog)

Image cropping, auto-cropping, flipping, rotation and resizing (using code or the built-in dialog)

Image and Video Acquisition

Acquire images from Twain and WIA compatible scanners and cameras, and connected portable devices

Video capture and saving of multimedia using DirectShow and Microsoft Media Foundation. Supports all installed codecs and video capture cards

Thumbnails

Powerful thumbnail components that displays a grid of images, videos and other files (e.g. read from a folder or database table):

Many style and other customizations, including wallpaper

Supports multiple selection and/or checkboxes

Display all frames/pages of: AVI, GIF, TIFF or video files (using DirectShow)

Very memory efficient and fast with multi-threading background image loading, caching and optional use of embedded thumbnails

Other Features

Over 400 actions for all common ImageEn functions, allowing you to build applications with minimal code

Fully customizable toolbar components and popup menus

Windows Explorer style Folder Tree component

Printing of single images and sheets of multiple images, including print preview support

Data-aware versions of image and thumbnail components to automatically display files stored as blob or path references in a database table

One-click selection of languages for all dialogs with support for: English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Japanese, Czech, Finnish, Farsi, Chinese, Arabic, Danish, Turkish, Hungarian, Korean, Serbian and Norwegian

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