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  • SKU: IMAGEAR


Design, build and deploy applications with imaging functionality. It is available in Professional, .NET Compact Framework, Medical, .NET 2.x and 3.x and Silverlight Editions with support for more than one hundred image types.

ImageGear tools give you everything you need to handle images in your programs. With support for over 100 image types, you can rely on us to provide powerful imaging features, so you can concentrate on building better applications. Add our imaging experts to your team by downloading ImageGear today.

ImageGear is available in the following editions:

  • ImageGear for .NET: Fully-managed code for Winforms, ASP.NET and WPF application development. Add OCR, barcode, PDF support, image viewing, annotations, image processing and more to your applications.
  • ImageGear Professional: Speed optimised imaging toolkit for Windows and Unix/Linux development. Develop applications using Windows DLL, ActiveX or Unix/Linux shared libraries. Add OCR support for over 100 languages, including several Asian languages, to your applications.
  • ImageGear for Silverlight: Our complete development approach to supporting Silverlight allows Rich Internet Applications to use the processing power of the client system.
  • ImageGear for Java: Iintegrate image processing and file conversion into Your Java applications
  • ImageGear Medical: ImageGear add-on that provides support for DICOM image files (read, write, edit).

Key Features

  • Scanning and compression.
  • Barcode and OCR Recognition.
  • Viewing, annotation and printing.
  • Image editing and processing.
  • Plus PDF and vector support.
  • Extensive File Format Support.
  • Document and Photo Image Editing and Processing.
  • Interactive Annotations for Image Mark-up.
  • TWAIN Scanning Components.
  • Comprehensive Print controls.
  • Image Editing and Cleanup.
  • Comprehensive Raster Image Compression.
  • Color Image Processing and Conversion.
  • Annotations and Markup Capabilities.
  • Create and view DICOM files.
  • Support both still image and video files.
  • Convert PDF documents to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files.
  • Vector (SVG) rendering for PDF documents to ASP.NET controls.

ImageGear - Features

Features


Build high-quality ActiveX and DLL imaging applications faster using your existing development environment.
  • Provide guaranteed support for over 100 image formats
  • Work with nearly 200 digital camera RAW formats, plus new photo enhancement effects
  • Leverage robust image processing API for images and documents
  • Control all facets of display, annotation, and printing
  • Full support for ISIS and TWAIN scanning
  • Industry-leading CAD/Vector and 3D PDF/PS support

Load, Save, and Convert Imaging Formats

  • Easily work with a wide variety of supported file formats across many bit depths in your applications
  • Abstract the details of each image format with an easy to use high-level API
  • Use powerful control parameters to control the creation of your file
  • Count on support for nearly 200 digital camera RAW formats

Powerful Image Processing and Photo Enhancement Capabilities

  • Work with advanced filtering including sharpen, smooth, convolution, and edge detection
  • Built-in photo image enhancements such as redeye removal and contrast adjustment
  • Use time-saving special effects including mosaic, perspective, and solarize effects
  • Flexible color reduction methods
  • Easy to use ImageClean enhances documents for readability and better OCR results

Comprehensive Display, Annotation, and Printing

  • Quickly add scrolling and zooming
  • Work with anti-aliasing and smoothing on color and black and white images
  • Use a wide array of layout controls and options
  • Easy to implement UI elements with XML-based annotation for images and medical data

Robust Scanning

  • Easy acquisition with full TWAIN and ISIS support
  • Work with multi-page and single page scanning with configurable parameters

Extensive CAD/Vector and PDF/PS Support

  • Easily work with PDF 3D content in Universal 3D (U3D) format
  • Read, write, display, and edit PDF, PS, EPS, DWF, DWG, DXF, CGM, HPGL, SVG, and more
  • Comprehensive PDF API for native PDF annotations, searchable text, and more

Additional SDKs Available for Reliable Recognition

  • Quickly run full page OCR, ICR, and OMR
  • Work with a variety of 1D and 2D barcodes

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ImageGear v17 for .NET (ASP.NET, WPF), Silverlight & Medical (.NET)

What's New in ImageGear for .NET v17

New ASP.NET Support
Zero Footprint Deployments and Fast Image Display!

A new ASP.NET client-server solution provides a "zero footprint" web-based viewer that requires no client installation. It harnesses the client CPU to deliver a faster, crisper viewing experience than competing AJAX offerings. The result is image viewing support for 100 file formats including TIFF and PDF, and improved operator efficiency.

New WPF Features
Enriched User Experience through Image Display, Annotation, and Printing!

Create rich viewing experiences with advanced user interface features while promoting document collaboration between users through powerful annotation capabilities. Documents can be marked up and shared by viewers, enabling new workflow solutions within and between enterprises.

New Assembly Structure
Enablement of Smaller Application Size upon Deployment!

Deploy using smaller assemblies that only include those major features required by your application. This reduces the overall size of applications built with ImageGear, saving time and disk space as they are distributed and installed by end users.

What's New in ImageGear for Silverlight v17

New Annotation Support
Enriched User Experience through Image Display and Annotation!

Create rich viewing experiences with advanced user interface features while promoting document collaboration between users through powerful annotation capabilities. Documents can be marked up and shared by viewers, enabling new workflow solutions within and between enterprises.

New Assembly Structure
Enablement of Smaller Application Size upon Deployment!

Deploy using smaller assemblies that only include those major features required by your application. This reduces the overall size of applications built with ImageGear, saving time and disk space as they are distributed and installed by end users.

New Features in ImageGear Medical (.NET)

Enriched User Interface Experience through WPF Display and Printing Support
  • Simplify image display when developing XML-based applications
  • Control annotations on a displayed image within a WPF application
  • Print images within a WPF application

Zero Footprint Deployments and Fast Image Display for ASP.NET Web Apps

  • Support image viewing in a Web browser
  • Control client-side image display through a simple API
  • Display thumbnails on Web pages
  • Automatically load and display images from a file or database

Facilitation of Enterprise Collaboration through WPF Annotation Support

  • Create and edit annotations through WPF display

Enablement of Smaller Application Size upon Deployment and Printing Support

  • The ImageGear SDK been has been broken into multiple smaller assemblies (groups of bundled feature functions called Multi-File Assemblies, or MFA)
  • Distribute only the assemblies required by your application
  • Deploy smaller application package sizes to clients (when only a subset of features is needed)

New Features in Version 16

Imagegear medical
  • Work with 3D PDF content using the latest PDF v1.6 standard
  • New PDF/X and PDF/A verifiers for preflighting printing press
  • Optimzed PDF display offers performace improvements
  • Quickly work with vector data in Universal 3D (U3D) format
  • Integrate AutoDesk Design Web Format (DWF) files for vector-based drawings
  • Easily use new linear and radial gradient fills
  • Expanded support of nearly 200 digital camera RAW formats
  • New interactive GUI for digital camera RAW color reconstruction
  • Easily integrate XMP - Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform into your applications
  • New support of the XPS document format
  • Work with large 2GB+ files in Adobe's PSB large document format
  • New API for full layer support for Photoshop PSD and PSB formats
  • Easily use Adobe Color books and extra channel spot colors
  • Add time-saving ImageClean functions for line removal and hole punch removal on scanned images
  • Powerful new mathematical morphology functions such as edge detection, noise removal, etc. Work with new and improved image processing special effects such as red eye removal, lens flare, mosaic, perspective, and more
  • Add more options when resizing with new bilinear and bicubic interpolation support
  • Easily use and learn from new Visual Studio 2008 samples
  • Implemented support for non-compliant TGA RGBA images
Imagegear for .net compact framework
  • Work with 3D PDF content using the latest PDF v1.6 standard
  • New PDF/X and PDF/A verifiers for preflighting printing press
  • Optimized PDF display offers performance improvements
  • Quickly work with vector data in Universal 3D (U3D) format
  • Integrate AutoDesk Design Web Format (DWF) files for vector-based drawings
  • Easily use new linear and radial gradient fills
  • Expanded support of nearly 200 digital camera RAW formats
  • New interactive GUI for digital camera RAW color reconstruction
  • Work with large 2GB+ files in Adobe's PSB large document format
  • New API for full layer support for Photoshop PSD and PSB formats
  • Easily use Adobe Color books and extra channel spot colors
  • Add time-saving ImageClean functions for line removal and hole punch removal on scanned images
  • Powerful new mathematical morphology functions such as edge detection, noise removal, etc.
  • Work with new and improved image processing special effects such as red eye removal, lens flare, mosaic, perspective, and more
  • Easily use and learn from new Visual Studio 2008 samples
  • New support of the XPS document format
  • Implement WPF hand-panning in your .NET application

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ImageGear - System Requirements

System Requirements

Windows

  • Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, Server 2003, XP, Vista

Macintosh

  • PowerPC G4 or G5 processor
  • Mac OS X v10.2.8 through v10.4 (10.3.4 through 10.4 recommended)
  • 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  • 150MB of available hard-disk space
  • Color monitor with 16-bit video card
  • 1,024x768 monitor resolution
  • CD-ROM drive

Unix

IBM AIX System Requirements

  • POWER, POWER2 or PowerPC hardware platform
  • AIX 5.3 operating system
  • IBM xlC compiler v7.0
  • X11R6 include files & libraries
  • Motif 1.2 optional (to compile the samples)

HP-UX System Requirements

  • HP 9000/785 series platform
  • HP-UX 11.x operating system
  • HP aC++/ANSI C HP-UX Version 11 compiler
  • X11R6 include files & libraries
  • Motif 1.2 optional (to compile the samples)

HP-UX Itanium 64 (32-bit or 64-bit) System Requirements

  • HP IA64 series platform
  • HP-UX 11.x operating system
  • HP aC++/ANSI C HP-UX Version 11 compiler
  • X11R6 include files & libraries
  • Motif 1.2 optional (to compile the samples)

Linux (i386) System Requirements

  • Intel based platform running one of the following distributions:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Ubuntu 6.0
  • X11R6 include files & libraries (openmotif-devel package under RHEL) required to build GUI samples

Detailed requirements:

  • 2.4 or 2.6 kernel

Following libraries built with thread local storage enabled:

  • libstdc++.so.5
  • libX11.so.6
  • libc.so.6
  • libm.so.6
  • libgcc s.so.1
  • libXau.so.6
  • GCC 3.3 compiler
  • Motif 1.2 optional (to compile the samples)

Linux (PowerPC) System Requirements

  • PowerPC 64 based platform
  • Red Hat Enterprise 3
  • GCC 3.2 compiler
  • X11R6 include files & libraries
  • Motif 1.2 optional (to compile the samples)

Sun Solaris (32-bit or 64-bit) System Requirements

  • Sun SPARC platform
  • Solaris 5.9 operating system
  • SUN Work Shop Pro C/C++ 5.6
  • X11R6 include files & libraries
  • Motif 1.2 optional (to compile the samples)