GraphicsFormats

What is new in this release:

• Added RawWebPExporter class.
• Added RawWebPImporter class.
• Added RawBMPExporter class.
• Added RawBmpImporter class.
• Added WebP ImportExport example project.
• Added BMP ImportExport example project.

What is new in version 6.6.2:

• Added support in the RawJpegImporter class for importing Jpeg images with CMYK color space.
• Added support in the RawJpegExporter class for exporting Jpeg images with CMYK color space.
• awJpegImporter and RawJpegExporter should now be slightly faster than before.
• Fixed critical problems with the RawJpexExporter.

What is new in version 5.6.4:

All formats have the following features:

• Importing from a file.
• Importing from a string.
• Importing from a IBinaryStreamReader.
• Exporting to a file.
• Exporting to a string.
• Exporting to a IBinaryStreamWriter.
• Import and export to RGB color space.

The following features are unique to the PNG format:

• Importing with Alpha channels for all import types (file,string,stream).
• Exporting with Alpha channels for all export types (file,string,stream).
• Import and export without using Xojo Picture Object.
• Querying meta data without reading the whole image (file,string,stream).

The following features are unique to the Jpeg format:

• Import and export to Grayscale color space.
• Setting Quality.
• Setting Baseline parameter.
• Setting Progressive parameter.
• Setting Smoothing factor.
• Import and export horizonatal and vertical resolution values.
• Import and export without using Xojo Picture Object.

The following features are unique to the Jpeg2000 format:

• Import and export to Grayscale color space.
• Setting Quality.
• Selection of j2k or jp2 codecs.
• Importing with Alpha channels for all import types (file,string,stream).
• Exporting with Alpha channels for all export types (file,string,stream).

The following features are unique to the Tga format:

• Importing with Alpha channels for all import types (file,string,stream).
• Exporting with Alpha channels for all export types (file,string,stream).
• Optional RLE compression.

What is new in version 5.0:

- Updated the RawBitmap PNG and RawBitmap JPEG classes to support the redesigned RawBitmap class in TypeLib 7.
- Added ScreenGamma property to the RawPngExporter.
- Added ScreenGamma property to the RawPngImporter.
- Added ScreenGamma property to the PngExporter.
- Added ScreenGamma property to the PngImporter.
- Added ScreenGamma property to the PngExporterConsole.
- Added ScreenGamma property to the PngImporterConsole.
- Greatly reduced compile linker dependencies the RawBitmap classes on Linux systems make it easier to run on Linux servers.
- Replaced and removed more deprecated API's.

What is new in version 4.6:

- PngExporter class can now export Xojo images that have new style alpha channel.
- PngImporter class can now optional import images that have alpha channels into Xojo image object that has new style alpha channel.
- Added CompressionLevel property to the PngExporter and RawPngExporter class.
- Updated the libraries under the hood for the PNG classes to much newer versions.
- PngImporter: Made reading a image into a string much faster and it will now consume less memory.
- RawPngImporter: Made reading a image into a string much faster and it will now consume less memory.
- Added Author metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Copyright metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Title metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Description metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Disclaimer metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Software metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Source metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Warning metadata property to the PngExporter class.
- Added Author metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Copyright metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Title metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Description metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Disclaimer metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Software metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Source metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added Warning metadata property to the PngImporter class.
- Added MaskInAlphaChannel property to the PngImporter class.
- Added GetInfoFromFile function to the PngImporter class.
- Added GetInfoFromString function to the PngImporter class.
- Added GetInfoFromStream function to the PngImporter class.
- JPEG2000Exporter can now export Xojo images that have new style alpha channel.
- JPEG2000Importer class can now optional import images that have alpha channels into Xojo image object that has new style alpha channel.
- Added MaskInAlphaChannel property to the JPEG2000Importer class.
- TGAExporter can now export Xojo images that have new style alpha channel.
- TGAImporter class can now optional import images that have alpha channels into Xojo image object that has new style alpha channel.
- Added MaskInAlphaChannel property to the TGAImporter class.

What is new in version 4.5:

• Now also ships with a Xojo plugin. The Xojo plugin comes in the new Xojo format and is compiled with newer SDK.
• Linux compiles have been ported to use Cairo.
• Fixed cross compile issue when compiling from one platform to another.
• Fixed issues on Linux where there were two JPEG segments and no TGA segment.
• Plugin segments come code signed on MacOS X systems.
• Plugin now ships with TypeLib 6.5.1
• Documentation now also ships as docset for the awesome Dash viewer from http://kapeli.com/dash.

Requirements:

Limitations:

Posts demo message in compiled application.