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WELCOME!

What's New:
First Imaging Specific WPF SDK

Code Tip: Adding Bitmap Effects Using Expression Blend
Opportunities for Success Stories
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Welcome to LEAD's Developer Newsletter!


Welcome! We hope you enjoy this edition of LEADTOOLS resource. In each issue, we will feature new and upgraded products, share useful software tips and announce upcoming events. In addition, we will make you aware of any product specials that may be in effect.


What's New: First Imaging Specific WPF SDK

WPF is pre-installed in Windows Vista, and is also available for installation on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. WPF supports robust imaging capabilities, interface automation, data-driven user interfaces and visualization, as well as Windows shell integration. WPF can natively access Windows Imaging Component (WIC) codecs and APIs, allowing developers to write image codecs for their specific image file formats. LEADTOOLS for WPF takes full advantage of this capability, to provide you with out-of-the-box support for displaying, loading, saving, converting or processing all image formats supported by the Microsoft Windows BitmapSource class in the WPF environment, as well as the 150+ formats supported by LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging toolkits.

LEAD is committed to staying ahead of the curve of new technologies and standards, ensuring that your product is ready for the future.

New Features and Updates:

LEADTOOLS for WPF Express - Includes everything you need to start adding imaging functions to your WPF applications, including a WPF Image Viewer that supports the Microsoft .NET BitmapSource class.

LEADTOOLS for WPF Standard - Contains full featured versions of the WPF Image Viewer and ImageList controls, Bitmap Effects, and 40+ WIC Codecs.

LEADTOOLS WPF Module (for Raster Pro and up) - Leverages features and functionality in LEADTOOLS 15. Using LEAD's WPF interface, you can add LEADTOOLS OCR, TWAIN scanning, document pre-processing, medical imaging, and much more to any WPF application. Expression Blend-compatible XAML controls offer complete interoperation support between LEADTOOLS and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) images.

Developers can harness the robust power of LEADTOOLS extensive file format support and image processing features, while taking advantage of the newest UI development features provided by WPF.

LEADTOOLS includes WPF source code examples making the integration of many years of LEADTOOLS imaging expertise into the latest Microsoft WPF technology a simple task.

LEADTOOLS Code Tip: Adding Bitmap Effects using Expression Blend

Use Bitmap Effects to add visual interest to rendered Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) content. For example, dress up buttons with a shadow (DropShadowBitmapEffect) or soften images with a blur effect. Take the following steps to create and run a program in Microsoft Expression Blend to add a bitmap effect using LEADTOOLS SpecialEffects. Click here to view the entire code tip demo.

LensFlare effect

Opportunities for Success Stories

If you have used a LEADTOOLS product to develop an application and want to share your story, then let us know! If you're not a developer and just want to share your experience with one of our end-user utilites, we'd love to hear from you too! Not only will your story be posted on our website, but we will feature it in the newsletter.

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