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.
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Extracting the Thumbnails and EXIF Information of JPEG Files
Digital cameras add material to the JPEG files they create, containing information that is easy to extract: thumbnails and information EXIF.
Anti-Aliased Image Transformation (Aaform)
Given an image and a quadralateral, Aaform will fit the image onto the quadraleteral passed using geometry.
Anti-Aliased Image Rotation (Aarot)
Rotate images using geometry.
Puzzle, a Game with the MFC Doc/View Architecture (SDI/MDI)
Learn how to display a menu with thumbnails and several other windows, move and manage the pieces of a puzzle with a linked list, and then show them without flicker.
Managed C++: Loading and Displaying Images
For years, one of the biggest complaints about MFC was its lack of imaging support. Tom Archer shows how Managed C++, the .NET Image class, and the PictureBox control make loading, displaying, and dynamically sizing an image a snap.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

Building a Picture Preview Pane into an OpenFileDialog with VB.NET 2010 - Part 2
Hannes du Preeze shows you how to add a preview of a selected picture to an OpenFileDialog. Part 2 of this article focuses on the user interface and user interaction with the preview pane.

Top 7 Eye-Catchers of Visual Studio 2012
With the RTW of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE in August, Microsoft included some new features and nice enhancements. Read on to learn the top 7 items that caught one developer's eye.


