Bitmap Effects Use 200+ Bitmap effects and Image Processing functions to add visual interest to WPF content

Bitmap effects allow developers and designers to apply visual effects to WPF content, such as adding a shadow behind a button or creating a halo around colors or objects. Microsoft provides five native Bitmap effects: Blur, DropShadow, OuterGlow, Bevel and Emboss. LEADTOOLS builds on those effects by adding support for over 200 Bitmap effects including edge, noise, texture, spatial, color adjustments and 3D.

These LEADTOOLS BitmapEffects can be separated into four categories: Transforms, Colors/Intensities, Conversions and Filters.

Transform the image in a bitmap

• Rotate the image (angles can be precisely specified to 100th of a degree).
• Shear the image in the fashion of a parallelogram.
• Change the orientation by flipping the image horizontally or vertically.

Adjust Colors and Intensities

• Change the brightness using a flat scale.
• Change the brightness using a gamma correction.
• Change contrast using a flat scale.
• Change contrast using a multi-scale.
• Stretch the range of intensities.
• Remap intensities using a lookup table.
• Invert colors.
• Change hue of the entire image or just a range of colors.
• Change saturation.
• Perform histogram equalize and histogram contrast operations.
• Fill with a specified color.
• Perform color balancing.

Apply Conversions to...

• Sharpen or blur.
• Posterize, specifying the number of color planes.
• Apply a mosaic effect, specifying the tile size.
• Apply an embossed effect, specifying the lighting direction.
• Soften an image using an average filter.
• Reduce noise using a median or Gaussian filter.
• Add noise in any or all color planes.

Apply Filters to...

• Detect ranges of intensity.
• Detect ranges of colors using different color spaces.
• Detect edges using gradient or Laplacian edge detection.
• Detect lines using Sobel, Prewitt, shift and difference, or line segment detection.
• Apply morphological (binary) filters to erode or dilate black objects.
• Combine images using Boolean and arithmetic operators and color masking useful for combining filtered images with originals.
• Apply a sepia or "old photo" look to the image.
• Apply an oil painting effect.
• Apply 3D effects: tunnel, plane, plane bend, etc.
• Apply many other effects, including swirl, ripple, radial blur, impressionist, wave, shear, cubism, glow, age, etc.

Supported Environments

LEADTOOLS Bitmaps Effects come in Win32 and x64 editions that can support development of software applications for any of the following environments:

• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Windows Server 2003

The above feature is included in the following products

Pricing Structure

Product	Price	Purchase	Try
LEADTOOLS WPF Module	$295		Free Trial
LEADTOOLS for WPF Express	$295
LEADTOOLS for WPF Standard	$495		Free Trial

†Marked toolkits require runtime licensing based on the deployment of the application you develop. Several purchase options are available. For more information, please contact oemsales@leadtools.com or call a LEAD sales representative.