GDPICTURE V. 5 Releases [Updated]

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GDPICTURE V. 5 Releases [Updated]

Post by Loïc » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:24 pm

Hi,

The new GdPicture V5 releases are now available !



These new major releases based on GdPicture V5 technologies should be considered as new products. Therefore, there is no project compatibility between old & new editions.



Major improvements

- Easier and faster usage of the SDK.
- Support for new image formats: XPM, XBM, WBMP, TGA, SGI, Sun RAS, PSD, MNG, Kodak PhotoCD files, KOALA files, JP2, J2K, JNG, IFF, HDR, Raw Fax G3, EXR, DDS and Dr. Halo.
- Support for IPTC tags (Read only).
- Increase speed of image decoding: 30% faster to load image files.
- Better support for large image.
- Easier edition of multipage tiff image. Can now swap, delete and insert frames easily.
- Better support for various TIFF formats (16-bits grayscale...)
- Better PDF support.
- Include a new automatic document recognition engine (GdPicture ADR).
- Better ICC profil support.
- Better TWAIN support based on the new gdtwain.dll 4.0.0.6 Release.
- New ICC Profile & Color Remap functions.
- New Histogram functions.


New methods of the Imaging class

Class Imaging: new method ADRAddImageToTemplate()
Class Imaging: new method ADRCreateTemplateFromFile()
Class Imaging: new method ADRCreateTemplateFromFileICM()
Class Imaging: new method ADRCreateTemplateFromGdPictureImage()
Class Imaging: new method ADRDeleteTemplate()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetCloserTemplateForFile()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetCloserTemplateForFileICM()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetCloserTemplateForGdPictureImage()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetLastRelevance()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetTemplateCount()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetTemplateID()
Class Imaging: new method ADRGetTemplateTag()
Class Imaging: new method ADRLoadTemplateConfig()
Class Imaging: new method ADRSaveTemplateConfig()
Class Imaging: new method ADRSetTemplateTag()
Class Imaging: new method ColorPaletteGetEntrie()
Class Imaging: new method ColorPaletteSwapEntries()
Class Imaging: new method CreateImageFromStringICM()
Class Imaging: new method CreateImageFromStreamICM()
Class Imaging: new method CreateImageFromByteArrayICM()
Class Imaging: new method CreateImageFromGdiPlusImage()
Class Imaging: new method DisableGdimgplugCodecs()
Class Imaging: new method DrawImageOP()
Class Imaging: new method DrawImageOPRect()
Class Imaging: new method ExifTagSetValueBytes()
Class Imaging: new method ExifTagDeleteAll()
Class Imaging: new method GetGdiplusImage()
Class Imaging: new method GetImageColorSpace()
Class Imaging: new method GetPixelFormat()
Class Imaging: new method GetResizedImage()
Class Imaging: new method HistogramGet8Bpp()
Class Imaging: new method HistogramGetARGB()
Class Imaging: new method HistogramGetAlpha()
Class Imaging: new method HistogramGetRed()
Class Imaging: new method HistogramGetGreen()
Class Imaging: new method HistogramGetBlue()
Class Imaging: new method ICCAddFromFile()
Class Imaging: new method ICCAddProfileToFile()
Class Imaging: new method ICCExportToFile()
Class Imaging: new method ICCImageHasProfile()
Class Imaging: new method ICCRemove()
Class Imaging: new method ICCRemoveProfileToFile()
Class Imaging: new method IPTCTagCount()
Class Imaging: new method IPTCTagGetValueString()
Class Imaging: new method IPTCTagGetValueBytes()
Class Imaging: new method IPTCTagGetID()
Class Imaging: new method IPTCTagGetType()
Class Imaging: new method IPTCTagGetLength()
Class Imaging: new method IsBitonal()
Class Imaging: new method IsCMYKFile()
Class Imaging: new method IsPixelFormatHasAlpha()
Class Imaging: new method SaveAsJ2K()
Class Imaging: new method SaveAsTGA()
Class Imaging: new method SaveAsWBMP()
Class Imaging: new method SaveAsXPM()
Class Imaging: new method SetColorRemap()
Class Imaging: new method TiffAppendPageFromFile()
Class Imaging: new method TiffAppendPageFromGdPictureImage()
Class Imaging: new method TiffCreateMultiPageFromFile()
Class Imaging: new method TiffCreateMultiPageFromFileICM()
Class Imaging: new method TiffCreateMultiPageFromGdPictureImage()
Class Imaging: new method TiffDeletePage()
Class Imaging: new method TiffInsertPageFromFile()
Class Imaging: new method TiffInsertPageFromGdPictureImage()
Class Imaging: new method TiffIsMultiPage()
Class Imaging: new method TiffMergeFileList()
Class Imaging: new method TiffSaveMultiPageToFile()
Class Imaging: new method TiffSwapPages()
Class Imaging: new method GetTextHeight()
Class Imaging: new method GetTextWidth()
Class Imaging: new method TwainAddGdPictureImagetoPdf()
Class Imaging: new method TwainPdfStart()
Class Imaging: new method TwainPdfStop()


New methods of the GdViewer class

Class GdViewer: new method DisplayFromByteArrayICM()
Class GdViewer: new method DisplayFromStreamICM()
Class GdViewer: new method ExifTagGetID()
Class GdViewer: new method GetLicenseMode()
Class GdViewer: new method GetStat()
Class GdViewer: new method IPTCTagCount()
Class GdViewer: new method IPTCTagGetID()
Class GdViewer: new method IPTCTagGetValueString()
Class GdViewer: new method SetItemMenuEnable()
Class GdViewer: new method SetMouseIcon()
Class GdViewer: new method ZoomArea()

New Event of the GdViewer class

Class GdViewer: new Event PaintControl

New properties of the GdViewer class

Class GdViewer: new property ForceScrollBars
Class GdViewer: new property ImagePosition
Class GdViewer: new property MousePointer
Class GdViewer: new property PdfDisplayFormField




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Loïc

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GDPICTURE V. 5.2 Releases

Post by Loïc » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:18 am

GdPicture V 5.2 Releases are available.

Major improvements

- Twain scanning: Better compatibility with Kofax Virtual-Rescan (VRS) software
- Twain scanning: The 3 transfert mode are now supported (Native, Disk File, Buffered Memory)
- Twain scanning: Better compatibility with Kofax Virtual-Rescan (VRS) software
- Twain scanning: New function to provide simpler management of some device capabilities
- Improvement of the JPEG 2000 and TARGA encoding
- Improvement of the printing functions using dialog box
- Improvement of the multipage tiff handling
- And new other coll functions (see below)



New methods of the Imaging class

ADRGetLastRelevanceFromTemplate()
CountColor()
CreateImageFromRawBits()
DrawFillPie()
DrawFillRoundedRectangle()
DrawImageTransparencyColorEx()
DrawPie()
DrawRoundedRectangle()
GetDistance()
GetGdPictureImageDC()
GetImageBits()
GetImageStride()
PrintImageDialogBySizeHWND()
PrintImageDialogFitHWND()
PrintImageDialogHWND()
ReleaseGdPictureImageDC()
SaveAsJP2()
SaveAsPBM()
SaveAsTIFFjpg()
SetTransparencyColorEx()
SwapColorEx()
TiffIsEditableMultiPage()
TiffOpenMultiPageAsReadOnly()
TwainAcquireToFile()
TwainGetAvailableCompression()
TwainGetAvailableCompressionCount()
TwainGetAvailableCompressionNo()
TwainGetAvailableImageFileFormat()
TwainGetAvailableImageFileFormatCount()
TwainGetAvailableImageFileFormatNo()
TwainGetCurrentCompression()
TwainGetCurrentImageFileFormat()
TwainIsAutoBrightnessAvailable()
TwainIsAutoBrightnessEnabled()
TwainIsAutoFeedAvailable()
TwainIsAutoFeedEnabled()
TwainIsAutomaticBorderDetectionEnabled()
TwainIsAutomaticDeskewEnabled()
TwainIsAutomaticDiscardBlankPagesAvailable()
TwainIsAutomaticDiscardBlankPagesEnabled()
TwainIsAutomaticRotationEnabled()
TwainIsAutoScanAvailable()
TwainIsAutoScanEnabled()
TwainIsFileTransferModeAvailable()
TwainLogStart()
TwainLogStop()
TwainSetAutomaticDiscardBlankPages()
TwainSetCurrentCompression()
TwainSetCurrentImageFileFormat()


New properties of the GdViewer class


PdfEnablePageCash

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GDPICTURE V. 5.3 Releases

Post by Loïc » Sat May 03, 2008 3:31 pm

GdPicture V 5.3 Releases are available.


Major improvements

- New Bitonal Image enhancement functions.
- New Despeckle filters.
- Speed improvement of some filters.
- Better Metafile image rendering support.
- Improvement of the PDF rendering: Best performances and better compatibility with invalid PDF files.

WARNING: GdPicture dones't need the IsedQuickPDF.dll anymore. Now, the PDF rendering function are included into the gdpdfplug.dll library.

New methods of the Imaging class

CreateImageFromMetaFile()
FxDespeckle()
FxDespeckleMore()
FxDilate4()
FxDilateV()
FxErode4()
FxErode8()
FxFillHoleH()
FxFillHoleV()
FxParasite4()
ResetROI()
SaveAsTIFFjpgEx()
SetROI()
TwainAcquireToGdPictureImage()


New method of the GdViewer class

DisplayFromMetaFile()


New property of the GdViewer class

PdfRenderingMode property can take the RenderingModeNATIVE value.

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GDPICTURE V. 5.4 Releases

Post by Loïc » Sun May 11, 2008 8:19 pm

GdPicture V 5.4 Releases are available.


New methods of the Imaging class

CreateThumbnailHQEx()
GetDib()
RemoveDib()
TransformJPEG()


New method of the GdViewer class

PdfGetAuthor()
PdfGetCreationDate()
PdfGetCreator()
PdfGetKeywords()
PdfGetModificationDate()
PdfGetProducer()
PdfGetSubject()
PdfGetTitle()
PdfGetVersion()

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GDPICTURE V. 5.5 Releases

Post by Loïc » Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:59 pm

GdPicture V 5.5 Releases are available.

Major improvements

- Some filter algorithms has been improved
- Improvement of the Twain scanning
- Improvement of some image plugins: best encoding / decoding speed
- Improvement of the PDF viewer plugin
- Improvement of the PDF generator
- Support for write PDF/A format
- Automatic Deskew features has been added



New methods of the Imaging class

ADRCreateTemplateEmpty()
ADRGetTemplateImageCount()
ADRStartNewTemplateConfig()
AutoDeskew()
GetSkewAngle()
PdfACreateFromMultipageTIFF()
PdfSetLineCap()
PdfSetLineDash()
PdfSetLineJoin()
SaveAsPDFA()
SetColorKey()


New method of the GdViewer class & ImageBox class

DisplayFromString()


New properties of the GdViewer class & ImageBox class

ImageMaskColor
Gamma

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GDPICTURE V. 5.6 Releases

Post by Loïc » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:42 am

GdPicture V 5.6 Releases are available.


Major improvements

- Added support for JBIG compression
- Added support for animated gif creation
- Added support for base 64 encoding algorithm
- Added TWAIN functions
- Added RGB ICC profile applying function
- The rectangle of selection of the GdViewer & ImageBox controls can now be moved and resized


New methods of the Imaging class

CropBlackBordersEx()
DeleteHICON()
Decode64String() Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
Encode64String() Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
GetPixelArray8bpp1D()
GifAppendPageFromFile()
GifAppendPageFromGdPictureImage()
GifCreateMultiPageFromFile()
GifCreateMultiPageFromGdPictureImage()
GifDeletePage()
GifGetFrameCount()
GifGetPageTime()
GifInsertPageFromFile()
GifInsertPageFromGdPictureImage()
GifIsEditableMultiPage()
GifIsMultiPage()
GifOpenMultiPageAsReadOnly()
GifSaveMultiPageToFile()
GifSelectPage()
GifSetLoopCount()
GifSetPageTime()
GifSwapPages()
ICCSetRGBProfile()
PdfSetJpegQuality()
PdfGetJpegQuality()
SetPixelArray8bpp1D()
TwainGetImageLayout() Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
TwainIsDeviceOnline() Also included in GdTwain [Pro]



New property of the GdViewer class & ImageBox class

RectIsEditable


New event of the GdViewer class & ImageBox class

ClickMenu()

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GDPICTURE V. 5.7 Releases [Now include OCR engine]

Post by Loïc » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:24 pm

GdPicture V 5.7 Releases are available.


Major improvements

- Many PDF rendering problems has been fixed
- OCR features has been added through the GdPicture Tesseract OCR Plugin. *
- Better PDF compression for GrayScale images
- Added support for polygons and closed curves drawing
- Added continuous view mode into GdViewer & ImageBox controls


* Need an optional license. More details here: https://www.gdpicture.com/products/plugi ... engine.php


New methods of the Imaging class

BarCodeGetWidth128()
BarCodeGetWidth25i()
BarCodeGetWidth39()
BarCodeGetWidthEAN13()
DrawClosedCurves()
DrawFillClosedCurves()
DrawFillPolygon()
DrawPolygon()
GetAverageColor()
GifGetCurrentPage()
GifSetPageDisposal()
PdfOCRCreateFromMultipageTIFF()
PdfSetTextMode()
PrintGetOrientation()
TiffGetCurrentPage()

OCRTesseractClear() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractDoOCR() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharBottom() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharCode() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharConfidence() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharCount() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharLeft() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharLine() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharRight() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharSpaces() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
OCRTesseractGetCharTop() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
SaveAsPDFOCR() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
SetLicenseNumberOCRTesseract() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
TwainHasFlatBed() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
TwainPdfOCRStart() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
TwainPdfOCRStop() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]
TwainAddGdPictureImageToPdfOCR() - Also included in GdTwain [Pro]


New methods of the GdViewer class

PrintGetOrientation()
PdfGetMetadata()


New properties of the GdViewer class & ImageBox class

ContinuousViewMode
ViewerMouseWheelMode can take ViewerMousePageChange value


New event of the GdViewer class & ImageBox class

BeforeZoomChange

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