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Version 8.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.


Version 8.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
  • Image viewing in WEB:
    • Added the ability to pan, magnify, zoom image when viewed in ASP.NET application.
    • Added the ability to select and zoom selected region on image when viewed in ASP.NET application.
  • Codecs:
    • Implemented the decoder of DICOM images in new VintaSoft DICOM .NET Plug-in.
    • Implemented the decoder of JPEG-LS images.
    • Implemented the decoder and encoder of PCX images.
    • Improved the codec of JPEG images:
      • Implemented the mode that optimizes the size of encoded JPEG images (choosing of optimal Huffman table).
      • Added the ability to decode JPEG images, encoded in progressive mode.
      • Added the ability to smooth images while decoding those of them, which use Subsampling mode. This increases the visual quality of JPEG images with text data.
      • Added the ability to decode 8- and 12-bit files encoded in SOF1 mode.
      • Added the support for working with metadata of JFIF segment.
      • Accelerated the decoding of grey images up to 30% on the average.
      • Accelerated the encoding of images up to 9% on the average.
      • Improved the visual quality of image encoded at high compression levels.
      • Improved the decoding quality of 8-bit grey images.
    • Improved the TIFF image codec:
      • Added the ability to decode grey images with the following color depths: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, ..., 32, 64.
      • Added the ability to decode palette images with the following color depths: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, ..., 16.
      • Added the ability to decode RGB images with the following color depths: 3, 6, ..., 21, 27, 30, ..., 45, 51, 54, ..., 96, 192.
      • Added the ability to decode CMYK images with the following color depths: 40 and 64.
      • Added the ability to decode YCbCr images with the following color depths: 24.
      • Some minor fixes.
    • Improved the PNG image codec:
      • PNG decoder was complemented with the ability to load large images progressively, that visually accelerates the process of image loading.
      • Accelerated the decoding of PNG images.
    • Improved the RAW image codec:
      • Accelerated the decoding of RAW images in which data was encoded using Bayer grid and Ahd interpolation algorithm.
    • Some minor fixes.
  • Work with image metadata:
    • Added the ability to extract clipping paths from Adobe segment of JPEG and TIFF files.
  • Image viewing in WinForms:
    • Image viewer was complemented with the ability to select an image area, which was defined via graphics path CustomSelectionTool class.
  • Image viewing in WPF:
    • Image viewer was complemented with the ability to select an image area, which was defined via graphics path WpfCustomSelectionTool class.
  • Image processing:
    • Added the ability to parallelize the image processing to defined count of threads.
    • Added new image processing commands:
      • IsImageBlackWhiteCommand - determines whether the image is black-white.
      • IsImageGrayscaleCommand - determines whether the image is grey.
      • GetImageColorDepthCommand - determines the actual image color depth.
      • GetBorderRectCommand - determines the bounding rectangle of content location on the image.
    • Improvements in image processing commands:
      • GetColorCountCommand was complemented with the ability to specify the maximum amount of colors and the accuracy of color comparison.
      • ResizeCommand was complemented with the ability to define the interpolation algorithm.
      • GetBorderColorCommand and BorderRemovalCommand were added with new settings parameters.
    • Added the ability to perform the binarization of images using Halftone algorithm.
    • All image processing commands are implementing ICloneable interface from now.
  • Image capturing from camera:
    • Improved the algorithm of image capturing from camera for better compatibility with modern cameras.
  • Demo applications:
    • Created new Web Annotation Demo which shows how to annotate images and PDF documents in ASP.NET.
    • Added and example of real-time processing of images captured from camera (rotation, inversion, inversion of channels).
    • MultiPageTiffDemo was complemented with the support for color management.
    • ImagingDemo, WpfImagingDemo and ImageProcessingDemo were complemented with the ability to execute image processing commands in multiple threads.
    • Many minor fixes.
  • Many minor improvements.
  • Information about API changes is available here:
    https://www.vintasoft.com/docs/vsimaging ... aging.html



What's new in related version 8.1 of VintaSoft Annotation .NET Plug-in:
  • Added the ability to annotate images in ASP.NET applications:
    • WebAnnotationViewer class
      • a WebForms control that allows to annotate images and view annotated images.
    • WebAnnotatedThumbnailViewer class
      • a WebForms control that allows to view annotated thumbnails.
    • There are the following annotation types supported by the time:
      • Rectangle Annotation
      • Ellipse Annotation
      • Arrow Annotation
      • Line Annotation
      • Polyline annotation
      • Text Annotation
      • Rubber Stamp Annotation (StampAnnotation)
  • Created new ArrowAnnotation.
  • Improved the work of WANG annotation algorithm codec. Now it can save:
    • rotated RectangleAnnotation
    • EllipseAnnotation
    • rotated LineAnnotation, PolylineAnnotation and PolygonAnnotation
    • smoothed (UseInterpolation == true) PolylineAnnotation and PolygonAnnotationData.
  • Added the ability to define the default size of rectangular annotations.
  • Demo applications:
    • Created new Web Annotation Demo which shows how to annotate images and PDFs in an ASP.NET web application.
    • AnnotationDemo was added with ability to create ArrowAnnotation.
  • Information about API changes is available here:
    https://www.vintasoft.com/docs/vsimaging ... ation.html



What's new in related version 5.1 of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Loading PDF document
    • Improved the work with damaged PDF documents.
    • Improved the algorithm of XREF table recovery.
    • Fixed several bugs in parser of PDF document fonts.
  • Rendering PDF page
    • Accelerated the rendering of PDF pages.
    • Improved the quality and fixed few bugs in rendering of patterns.
    • Added the decoding support for 1-, 2-, 4-bit CMYK and RGB images.
    • Fixed some minor bugs in rendering of PDF pages.
  • Editing PDF page content
    • Added the ability to change image of PDF resource.
    • Added the ability to compress image of PDF resource.
    • Added the ability to obtain access to a list of PDF page annotations.
    • Added a few new abilities to PdfGraphics class for working with content.
  • Saving PDF document
    • Added the ability to divide the encoded image on tiles while encoding using PdfEncoder and PdfMrcEncoder classes. This significantly decreases the memory usage while encoding large images.
  • Demo applications
    • Created new demo application - PDF Compressor Demo, which allows to compress any PDF document.
      The demo exposes the abilities to:
      • optimize images of PDF document to necessary resolution
      • determine the actual color depth of image resources
      • re-compress images using other selected filters and settings
      • change LZW to Flate(ZIP)
      • compress not compressed resources using Flate(ZIP)
      • re-compress Flate(ZIP) with highest compression level
      • remove broken bookmarks
      • remove bookmarks
      • remove embedded thumbnails
      • remove file attachments
      • remove information about document
      • use compressed XREF table
      • remove unused objects
      • remove broken links
      • remove annotations and links.
  • Information about API changes is available here:
    https://www.vintasoft.com/docs/vsimaging ... 1_Pdf.html



What's new in related version 4.1 of VintaSoft JPEG2000 .NET Plug-in:
  • Accelerated the image decoding.
  • Reduced the memory usage while encoding images with tiles.
  • Reduced the memory usage while encoding images in lossy mode.
  • Added the ability to decode 4-bit images.
  • Information about API changes is available here:
    https://www.vintasoft.com/docs/vsimaging ... g2000.html



What's new in related version 3.1 of VintaSoft Document Cleanup .NET Plug-in:


What's included in the release of new VintaSoft DICOM .NET Plug-in:
  • Created VintaSoftDICOM.NET Plug-in - the new plug-in for VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK, with the following abilities:
    • Decoding DICOM file:
      • Support for DICOM files (ACR/NEMA of version 3) and ACR/NEMA files of version 1 and 2.
      • Support for multi-frame DICOM files.
      • Support for DICOM directories.
    • Obtaining DICOM image:
      • Supported color spaces: Monochrome1, Monochrome2, PaletteColor, RGB Рё YBR.
      • Supported bit depths: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24 and 48-bit per pixel.
      • Supported compressions: None, RLE, JpegLossless, JpegLossy, JpegLsLossless, JpegLsLossy, Jpeg2000.
      • Obtaining DICOM images with specified window width and level for DICOM images with a VOI LUT (Value Of Interest Look Up Table).
      • Obtaining DICOM images with overlaid images.
    • Work with DICOM file metadata:
      • Obtaining DICOM file metadata (data about study, doctor, patient, etc).
      • Support for ANSI and Unicode symbols.
    • Viewing DICOM images in WinForms, WPF and ASP.NET applications using controls of VintaSoftImaging.NET SDK.
  • Created new demo application - Dicom Viewer Demo, with the following abilities:
    • Viewing single- and multi-page DICOM files.
    • Viewing DICOM directories.
    • Viewing DICOM images with ability to change dynamically the level and width of DICOM window.
    • Using animation when viewing multipage DICOM files.
    • Viewing DICOM file metadata.

Version 8.1.1.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.1.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
  • Improved the parser of ICC-profiles.
  • Some minor fixes in web annotations.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Fixed the critical bug in PDF document optimizer.

Version 8.1.2.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.2.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
  • Fixed the bug in parser of CRW file metadata.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Improved the text extraction algorithm.
  • Fixed the bug in usage of the Tiling pattern when rendering text on PDF page.

Version 8.1.3.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.3.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Improved the text selection in PDF documents.
  • Improved rendering of corrupted PDF documents.

Version 8.1.5.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.5.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
  • Added the ability to control DirectShow webcam properties from the user code.
  • Added an example of user dialog that allows to control properties of DirectShow webcam.

Version 8.1.6.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.6.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
  • Created new visual tools for web image viewer: WebCompositeVisualTool and WebHighlightTool.
  • Some minor improvements and bug fixes in web visual tools.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Added the ability to create PDF MRC documents based on OCR results.
  • Improved the parser of PDF documents.
  • Some minor fixes.

Version 8.1.7.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.7.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Added the ability to change the annotation flags (invisible, hidden, print, no zoom, no rotate, read only, locked, etc).
  • Fixed a minor bug in algorithm that manages the user access permissions to a PDF document.

Version 8.1.10.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.10.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK:
  • The ThumbnailApperance class now allows to change the background brush for thumbnail. This change affects the thumbnail viewer with default settings because since this version the gradient brush is used by default for drawing the background of not ready thumbnails, previously the solid brush was used by default for drawing the background of not ready thumbnails. Solid brush can be restored using user code.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Improved performance of PDF document packing.
  • Added the ability to remove not used pages and not used names from PDF document.
  • Added the ability to specify the PDF document packing mode in PDF encoder.
  • Added the ability to draw the PDF annotations on a PDF page.
  • Fixed minor bug in PDF page renderer.
  • Fixed minor bug in parser of TrueType fonts.
  • Fixed minor bug in the PdfDocument.EmbeddedFiles property.

Version 8.1.12.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

Post by Alex »

Version 8.1.12.1 of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK has been released.

What's new in this version of VintaSoft PDF .NET Plug-in:
  • Improved the algorithm that extracts text from PDF page.
  • Fixed the bug in parser of embedded TTF fonts.


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