What is the ImagXpress Component?

The ImagXpress® Component is the flagship of the ImagXpress Product Family, offering the core imaging functionality of compression, decompression, viewing, and processing.

If you are upgrading from a previous version, see Upgrading from ImagXpress 12 to ImagXpress 13, which provides more detailed information about the new features introduced in ImagXpress Version 13.

New Features in Version 13

ImagXpress Version 13 Service Pack 6:

Introduced the option for short-term licenses that expire after a year.
Improved stability and performance.

ImagXpress Version 13 Service Pack 5 has improved stability and performance.

ImagXpress Version 13 Service Pack 1 introduces the following new features:

Added the ability to compress a PNG image to its optimal size while maintaining lossless fidelity to the input with the ImageReduce.PngReduce() method. Reduce a PNG Image provides additional information about this feature.
Added the ability to specify the Transform Mode of the JPEG Reduce operation with a new optional parameter of the ImageReduce.JpegReduce() methods and the new TransformMode enumeration. Reduce a JPEG Image provides additional information about this feature.

ImagXpress Version 13 introduced the following new feature:

Added the ImageReduce class to optimize compressed file formats. Use its JpegReduce method to recompress 8-bit grayscale and 24-bit color sequential JPEG using a quality factor that requantizes luminance and chrominance. This operation can substantially reduce the size of the source JPEG. This feature is available in ImagXpress Professional.

Please also refer to the Accusoft.ImagXpress13.Net.Changes.txt file for a description of the bug fixes and enhancements in this release.