Version 14.5 of the LEADTOOLS API has changed from Version 14.0 as follows:

• RasterImage now implements ISerializable.
• RasterImage now supports Image Overlays.
• LEADTOOLS now supports GeoKeys (GeoTIFF tags).
• New file formats and compressions, including
  • ABIC - ABIC Format
  • ABC – Advanced Bitonal Compression Format
  • JB2 - JBIG2 Format
  • AFP - AFP Format
  • AWD - Microsoft FAX Format
  • CRW - Canon RAW Format
  • DCR - Kodak Professional Digital
  • DCS - Kodak Professional Digital Camera System Format
  • ECW - Enhanced Compressed Wavelet Format
  • KDC - Kodak Digital Camera Format
  • PCD - Kodak Format
  • PSD - PhotoShop 3.0 Format
  • TXT - TEXT Format
• For JBIG2, you can use the CodecsJbig2Options class.
• For PSD, you can load and save PSD layers.
• The RasterCodecs.CompactFile method allows you to compact multipage TIFF files.
• For ABIC, you can encode and decode RAW ABIC data.
• You can now enumerate all tags in a TIFF file using RasterCodecs.EnumTags.
• RasterCodecs.LoadStatus can be used to detect sucessful loads of corrupted image files.
• LEADTOOLS now supports loading CMYK images and keeping the data in memory as CMYK (no CMYK => RGB conversion). The following new methods allow working with CMYK data as separate planes to avoid the conversion:
• RasterCodecs.LoadCmykPlanes
• RasterCodecs.SaveCmykPlanes
• RasterImage.PaintCmykPlanes
• Advanced colorspace conversion functionality is provided in the Leadtools.ColorConversion namespace.
• The new ImageOptimizer class provides functionality for optimizing a supported image or a directory full of supported images.
• The Mrc namespace provides classes for working with Mixed Raster Content images.
• The Pdf namespace provides advanced PDF compression functionality.
• New features have been added to the LEADTOOLS TWAIN support including:
• TWAIN JPEG Compression options
• TWAIN File System options
• New image processing features have been added, including:
  • GammaCorrectExtendedCommand
  • MinimumToZeroCommand
  • ZeroToNegativeCommand
  • BricksTextureCommand
  • CanvasCommand
  • CloudsCommand
  • ColoredBallsCommand
  • ColoredPencilCommand
  • CorrelationListCommand
  • DeskewExtendedCommand
  • DiffuseGlowCommand
  • DisplacementCommand
  • FragmentCommand
  • HalfTonePatternCommand
  • HighPassCommand
  • KaufmannRegionCommand
  • MaskConvolutionCommand
  • MosaicTilesCommand
  • OffsetCommand
  • PerlinCommand
  • PerspectiveCommand
  • PlasmaCommand
  • PointillistCommand
  • RomanMosaicCommand
  • VignnetCommand
  • ZigZagCommand
• You can now save LEADTOOLS Annotation data as XML.
• New features have been added to the LEADTOOLS Annotation support. For more details see New Annotation Features of Version 14.5.
• LEADTOOLS now provides a RasterImageList Control for displaying a collection of images.
• For automatic generation of thumbnails from files stored on your computer, use the new RasterThumbnailBrowser class.
• LEADTOOLS now provides File Open and File Save common dialog boxes.
• LEADTOOLS now provides a built-in Window Level dialog box.