DotNetImage Library

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Dave Quigley

Hello Everyone,

Due to the lack of odd image format support in .NET I started a
project workspace on www.gotdotnet.com The project is open to anyone who
wants to hack some code for encoding and decoding image types. The library
will also include a set of image filters that can be applied to Bitmap
objects. If anyone is interested in the project it can be found at

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/Workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=826deeb2-19ad-437a-b648-e7e1772f9cc8

Please be patient with it considering I just started it Today and I hope to
keep the project moving over the course of the next few months. I will be
providing the documents for the image format specifications in the source
repository so anyone willing to work on the project will have the
specifications to work from.

Dave Quigley
 
Last I checked GDI+ didn't allow pluggable encoders/decoders into it's system.
Support
for this was cut pretty early on. What kind of encoding/decoding are you doing?
Just between
files? So a sample encoding to an unsupported type would be: Write out to Jpeg,
run converter
to {x}?
 
Basically It seems like .NET uses either a metafile or a Bitmap object for
all of its image objects internally... So the encoders and decoders take
these file types say a targa and then will return a bitmap object or will
take a bitmap and convert it into the appropriate format to write to a
file.... Since the bitmap object allows you access to the pixels including
the alpha channel you can then manipulate it however you like.
 
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