LEADTOOLS WIC Image Codecs

LEADTOOLS imaging SDKs include WIC-Enabled Codecs with over 40 image encoders and decoders that integrate seamlessly with the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) framework. By registering the LEADTOOLS WIC codecs, applications that support WIC and WPF such as Vista Photo Explorer will automatically have access to over 40 image formats. And, when using the Windows Explorer thumbnail view, users will see an actual thumbnail image for all of these file formats instead of a generic icon.

Overview of LEADTOOLS WIC Codecs

List of LEADTOOLS WIC Codecs

LEADTOOLS includes WIC encoders and decoders of the following formats. Some formats support multiple sub-formats. For example, the TIFF codec supports more than 26 different types of TIFF.

ABC

ANI

BMP

CALS

CLP

CMP

CMW

DICOM

EMF

EPS

FLC

GIF

HDP

ICO

IFF

IMG

IOCA

ITG

JBIG2

J2K

JPEG

MAC

MNG

MRC

MSP

NITF

PBM

PCX

PGM

PNG

PPM

PSD

RAWICA

RAS

SGI

SMP

TIFF

TGA

WFX

WMF

WPG

XBM

XPM

XPS

XWD

WIC Defined

The Windows Imaging Component (WIC) framework, included with Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3, provides a single, common set of APIs to create applications to load, save, convert and process images, with no prior knowledge of specific image formats required. Once an image format codec is written for WIC and installed on a machine that supports WIC, there is system-wide support for that format in all applications that use WIC or WPF. This means that any application using WIC can access, display, process, save and print images using a consistent development interface for all image file formats.