Learn how to save a Windows region to a file with GetRegionData and how to load and re-create it with ExtCreateRegion the Win32 API way.
How to Save and Load a Windows Region with the Win32 API
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ImageStone
Published 09/13/2006
ImageStone is a powerful C++ class library for image manipulation. It is written in pure C++ and is easily portable. Its features include load/save (supports BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, ICO, TGA, PCX, PSD...), display, histogram, undo/redo, and image transformation with over 100 predefined effects.
Extracting the Thumbnails and EXIF Information of JPEG Files
Published 09/11/2006
Digital cameras add material to the JPEG files they create, containing information that is easy to extract: thumbnails and information EXIF.
Using a Camera with Windows Mobile 5
Published 07/21/2006
Learn how to access a camera and capture video by using a Windows Mobile 5.0 API called DirectShow.
Using Windows Vista Icons
Published 05/18/2006
Learn about the changes in the .ico format in Windows Vista and how to compile Vista icons into your applications.
Anti-Aliased Image Transformation (Aaform)
Published 12/19/2005
Given an image and a quadralateral, Aaform will fit the image onto the quadraleteral passed using geometry.
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