Leadtools.Windows.Media.Effects Introduction

Use Pixel Shaders to add visual interest to rendered Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) / Silverlight content. For example, increase or decrease the sharpness of a button with the SharpenEffect or invert controls with the InvertEffect.

Key Features:

Image Processing:

• Sharpen.
• Apply an embossed effect, specifying the lighting direction.
• Invert colors.
• Change contrast, intensity or brightness.
• Change saturation.
• Detect the edges of the image.

Shutters:

• Apply rectangular or elliptical shutter to only view part of the image.

Magnify Glass:

• Creates an effect that can be used to zoom in on a portion of an image with options to specify size, shape and color of the magnify glass and crosshairs.

Window Leveling:

• Fills and applies window leveling on the specified image. Window leveling is used in medical application to view grayscale images using a window center and width.

Supported Environments

The toolkit comes in Win32 and x64 editions that can support development of software applications for any of the following environments:

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000 and newer
• Windows 2000 Server and newer
  

Note:

• Windows Phone 7 not supported

Note that in order for a WPF application to run, Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0 must be installed on the client. Internet Explorer 7 can auto-detect whether Framework is installed under certain conditions. For more information, refer to Deploying a WPF Application (WPF).