LEAD Still Image Writer

The LEAD Still Image Writer filter allows any DirectShow application (such as Windows Media Player) to save the video stream The portion of the file holding the video data. The video data might be compressed to save disk space. The data has to be decompressed using a video decompressor before you can play (see) it. to a variety of different still image file formats, including:

• Windows BMP

• Compuserve GIF

• TIFF Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) is a file format for storing images. TIFF is a popular format for high color depth images, along with JPEG

• PNG

• JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group- commonly used method of compression for photographic images

• Exif

• LEAD CMP

• Kodak PCD

• Macintosh PICT

The filter is capable of saving any file format supported by LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro toolkit. You need to unlock raster still image support using the DirectShow Kernel before you can save the extra file formats not listed in the above list.

The Still Image Writer filter requires the LEAD raster DLLs to be present in the filter folder, or any folder in the Windows system-defined path. The filter will use the DLLs from the newest toolkit version (v17) if it finds them. Otherwise, it will use DLLs from previous versions (v16 or v15) if the latest toolkit DLLs are not found.

The following DLLs are required:  

• v17/16: LTFILU.DLL, LTKRNU.DLL, LTDISU.DLL and the file filters required for the particular file format you wish to support

• v15: LTFILL15U.DLL, LTKRN15U.DLL, LTDIS15U.DLL and the file filters required for the particular file format you wish to support

You will need a LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro license to use this filter.

Platforms

Win32, x64

LEAD Still Image Writer User Interface