ImageDraw for ASP.NET - Version History

Version 5.0

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  • New! Callouts (a.k.a. Speech Bubbles) including rectangle, rounded rectangle and oval shapes
  • New! Path lines/curves with the new PathShapeElement class
  • New! Rich Text rendering with the new RichTextElement class including kerning, line spacing, etc.
  • New! Added RTL text rendering to for languages like Hebrew
  • New! Added sizing features to TextElement including "Fit To Width", "Fit To Height" and "Stretch"
  • New! Added multi-stroke feature to TextElement
  • New! Added Visible property to all elements
  • New! Added a new fitting feature called "FitIfMax" to Resize action
  • New! Added scanning direction support for RemovePixel and MakeTransparent actions
  • New! Added irregular path cropping to Crop action
  • New! ImageElement object can be instructed to not maintain EXIF metadata
  • New! EXIF metadata reader utility

Version 4.0

  • New! Actions:
    • Red-Eye Removal
    • Feather
    • Glow
    • Fade
    • BitmapMask
    • RemovePixel
    • ColorSubstitution
    • Tint
    • Emboss
    • Solarize
    • Pixelate
    • FocalGrayscale
    • FocalPixelate
    • FocalSoften
    • FocalTint
    • MuseumMatteFrame
    • ConvertToBlackWhite
    • Sharpen
  • Improved! Actions:
    • RoundCorners: Now you can specify what of the four corners should be rounded given you more flexibility for generating great looking effects.
    • Polaroid: Added border width setting as well as selection on what corners should be rounded.
  • New! WordArtElement object featuring text fills as well as warping shapes like Fade, Slant, Cascade, Circle Path, Custom Quadrilateral, etc.
  • New! Added other gradient fills to Fill class allowing to create advanced gradients fitting paths as well as blending support.
  • New! Output Composite Image resolution (DPI) support. A feature for high quality printing scenarios.
  • New! Elements now features the ability for generating output bitmap images including DPI support without the need of creating a composite ImageDraw object.
  • New! Multipage TIFF support. Added MultipageIndex property to ImageElement class to easily handle multipage image formats.
  • New! ASP.NET Mobile Support by including Wireless Bitmap (WBMP) output image generation.
  • New! Added flexible roundness to Rounded Rectangle Shapes so you can specify what of the four corners should be rounded.
  • New! Added support for saving output images Wireless Bitmap (WBMP) format.
  • New! Added support for saving output images in Monochrome or Black & White 1bpp format.
  • New! Added Actions/Effects support to the output image generated by ImageDraw controls.
  • New! Added OutputImageSize property to ImageDraw objects which lets you to get the size of the output image in pixel unit.
  • New! Added GetSize() method to Element-derived classes which returns the element's size without applying any actions onto it.
  • New! ImageElement objects now preserve source image metadata such as EXIF tags.
  • New! Shape Elements' Stroke antialiasing can be disabled.
  • Fixed! Removed the "Border Bug" when using Resize or Scale actions is applied.

Version 3.0

  • New! Actions:
    • Skew
    • PerspectiveView
    • CameraView
    • GaussianBlur
    • DistortCorners
    • RemoveTransparency
    • PerspectiveReflection
    • AdjustHSL
  • Improved! Actions:
    • PerspectiveShadow (Softnees, Opacity, more realistic shadow)
    • MakeTransparent (Color Tolerance)
    • Crop (Center cropping)
    • Resize (Fit)
    • Polaroid (custom fonts support)
  • New! TextElement improvements including Multiline text, text alignment, text quality, font unit, custom font files (TTF) support
  • New! Auto Shapes including Polygons, Stars, Lines, Rectangles, Ovals, etc
  • New! XML Template support
  • New! Caching options including Disk and SQL Server Database
  • New! Data Binding Model. Now all elements are available for data binding!
  • New! Lightweight assemblies for deployment
  • New! 64-bit support (x64 and IA64 Platforms)
  • New! Name property added for identifying Element objects. All elements in the Elements Collection property of ImageDraw controls can be accessed by specifying its name identifier.
  • New! Width and Height properties added to Element objects. When you set up those properties for an ImageElement object, the source image will be resized automatically.
  • New! NullImageUrl property added for ImageElement objects.
  • Note This version does no longer support ASP.NET 1.x

Version 2.0

  • New! Architecture and Object Model
  • New! Dynamic Image Composition Concept
  • New! 25 Imaging Effects out-of-the-box: Adjust Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Hue, Saturation, Opacity; Convert To Grayscale, Negative, Sepia; Crop, Drop REAL Shadow, Flip, Make Transparent, Perspective Shadow, Resize, Scale, Rotate, Round Corners, Silhouette, Stretch, Decorative Border, Glass Table, Mail Stamp, Polaroid, and Filmstrip
  • New! 3 (three) ASP.NET Image Server Controls - ImageDraw, ImageDrawButton, ImageDrawMap
  • New! Input Image Formats support including GIF, JPG/JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, ICO, WMF, and EMF
  • New! Support for any version of ASP.NET
  • New! Design-time support for Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, 2005, Visual Web Developer Express, Borland Developer Studio including C# Builder and Delphi for .NET
  • New! GIF & PNG Transparency support
  • New! Built-in PNG Transparency support for Internet Explorer 5.x & 6.x
  • New! Renders images embedded into ASP.NET Resources files (RESX) using ASP.NET Expressions
  • New! SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) Images Data Binding support
  • New! XML Base64 String Images Data Binding support
  • New! Save the Output Composite Image on disk and IO Streams
  • New! Improve the appearance of your Visual Studio 2005 Local Reports (RDLC)
  • New! Cross-browser support including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, FireFox, Opera, Safari and so on
  • New! Visual Image Editor included
  • New! Visual HotSpots Map Editor included
  • New! Two Rendering Mechanisms
  • New! Image Caching capabilities

Version 1.1

  • New! Support for ASP.NET 2.0
  • New! Support for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Web Developer Express
  • New! License registration mechanism
  • Fixed! When using in a web user control that is in a different folder level of the output ASP.NET webform, the image won’t be showed.

Version 1.0

  • Initial release