Fast Image Acquisition and Robust Scanning

Acquire your images quickly and reliably through file loading and saving, the internet or scanning through TWAIN and ISIS interfaces.

File Loading and Saving

ImageGear SDKs feature highly flexible support for the reading and writing of image files and offer many functions for complete program control.

Access to each line of an image while loading and saving
A call-back mechanism for adding your own algorithms during load and save
Ability to replace I/O functions (read, write, seek, etc.) with your own functions
Read from memory, path, URL, FTP, port, etc.
Read any sub-region of an image
Reduce the size of an image while loading
Reduce the bit-depth of an image while loading
Access all tags and other non-image data while loading
Modify all optional tags while saving images
Access to all pages of any multi-page file
Setting save options for various formats

Load images from file with any offset, save images to files at specified offsets (data binding), load images from and save images to a database, decode images using various compression algorithms without specific format headers and import/export images from/to various types of memory formats. Learn more about the AccuSoft Image Guarantee™.

ImageGear has the fastest TIFF, JPEG, GIF, MO:DCA, and Group IV processing available. Our algorithms are continuously tested against all industry benchmarks with constant efforts being made to improve performance and stay abreast of new and emerging technologies. Learn more about the ImageGear Performance Guarantee™.

Access Files via Internet Sources

Our imaging SDKs feature built-in Web page support, making it the toolkit of choice for Web-enabled applications. Both the DLL and ActiveX versions provide the ability to load a file from a URL, FTP or GOPHER. Two APIs handle image loading task seperately.

Simple URL Loading

Regular image loading APIs (LoadImage property for ActiveX and IG_load_file function for DLL) check if file name starts with http:// and recognize that the file should be loaded from a URL.

Advanced Loading

Includes a special API to load a file from URL, FTP or GOPHER - the Web site and file name of the site can be set along with the user name and password, TCP/IP port and service type (HTTP, FTP or GOPHER).

ImageGear ActiveX can be used in ASP pages to create dynamic image content for the Web. An ASP script that demonstrates this capability is included with ImageGear. Additionally, the ActiveX product can be packaged into a CAB file, signed and then used on a Web page via VBScript or JavaScript.

TWAIN and ISIS Scanning

Our imaging SDKs provide full support of the Captiva (formerly Pixel Translations) Image and Scanner Interface Specification (ISIS®). ISIS is the industry standard, enterprise-level interface that unites a universe of scanners and applications, supporting every feature of leading document scanners - learn more about ISIS scanning support.

ImageGear provides comprehensive support for the latest TWAIN devices including scanners, digital cameras, and video capture boards. High-level functions provide quick implementation of superior TWAIN support without a steep learning curve. A single function call initiates the scanning process.

ImageGear TWAIN support allows developers to:

Easily work with TWAIN v1.6, v1.7, v1.8, and v1.9
Quickly define the TWAIN transfer mode
Interface with TWAIN device listing
Indicate the brighness and contrast during acquisition
Define the dpi resolution for aquisition
Programatically control the display of the TWAIN UI
Set a callback function to gain control during a scan opeartion
Easily interface with the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) for multi-page scanning capabilities
Control all scanner capabilities within your program