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File Formats: JPEG XR / Microsoft HD Photo File Format (HDP)

JPEG XR is the name selected by the JPEG committee for standardization of the HD Photo file format. HD Photo can be considered to be an implementation of the JPEG XR specification. The HD Photo file format is a raster file format developed by Microsoft and it is supported by the Microsoft Photo Info application. This file format is mainly used for cross-platform image exchange, especially with handhelds, PDAs and limited-capability devices. The support for JPEG XR available in Windows Imaging Component, .NET Framework (3.0 or newer), Windows Vista/Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9, and a number of other products.

LEADTOOLS supports version 1.0 of this format.

This file format supports lossless as well as lossy compressions with a quality factor for the lossy compression, QFactor that ranges from 1 to 255.

This file format support progressive loads and saves JPEG XR compression.

This file format support progressive loads and saves JPEG XR lossy and lossless compressions.

The file format does not support multi-page files.

The default extension for JPEG-XR format is: JXR.

The default extension for HDP format is: HDP.

You can read and write 16-bit grayscale. (Document/Medical only).

For more information, please refer to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/wmphoto/.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
Hdp 1, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP 1, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP HD Photo - RGB
HdpGray 16 BPP (Grayscale) 16 BPP (Grayscale) HD Photo - Grayscale
HdpCmyk 32 BPP 32 BPP HD Photo - CMYK
Jxr 1, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP 1, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 BPP JPEG-XR - RGB
JxrGray 16 BPP (Grayscale) 16 BPP (Grayscale) JPEG-XR - Grayscale
JxrCmyk 32 BPP 32 BPP JPEG-XR - CMYK

Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Hdp.dll for HD Photo or Leadtools.Codecs.Jxr.dll for JPEG-XR. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

For loading or saving CMYK files or LAB color space files, you will also need Leadtools.ColorConversion.dll.

Related Formats: JPG - JPEG Compressed, JP2, J2K - JPEG 2000 Compressed, TIFF - Tagged Image File Format.

Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4