Full Name	DIB (Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap)
Format ID	IG_FORMAT_DIB = 9
File Extension(s)	*.dib
Data Type	Raster image
Data Encoding	Binary
ImageGear Multipage Support	No
ImageGear Alpha Channel Support	No
ImageGear Platforms Support	WIN32, WIN64, .NET, .NET64

ImageGear Supported Versions:

See BMP format description.

ImageGear Supported Features:

• IG_FLTR_DETECTSUPPORT - autodetection
• IG_FLTR_PAGEREADSUPPORT - single page file reading
• IG_FLTR_PAGEINSERTSUPPORT - single-page file writing

ImageGear Read Support:

• IG_COMPRESSION_NONE:
  • Indexed RGB: 1, 4, 8 bpp;
  • RGB: 15, 16, 24 bpp;
  • RGB + Alpha: 32 bpp.
• IG_COMPRESSION_RLE:
  • Indexed RGB: 4, 8 bpp

ImageGear Write Support:

• IG_COMPRESSION_NONE:
  • Indexed RGB: 1, 4, 8 bpp;
  • RGB: 15, 24 bpp
• IG_COMPRESSION_RLE:
  • Indexed RGB: 4, 8 bpp

ImageGear Filter Control Parameters:

Filter Control Parameter	Type	Default Value	Available Values	Description
UPSIDE_DOWN	AT_BOOL	FALSE	FALSE, TRUE	If TRUE then the images will be saved upside-down
TYPE	UINT	BMP_TYPE_BMI	BMP_TYPE_BMC, BMP_TYPE_BMI, BMP_TYPE_BMI2	Type of BMP, see BMP_TYPE_... constants
COMPRESSION	DWORD	BMP_COMP_RGB	BMP_COMP_RLE4, BMP_COMP_RLE8, BMP_COMP_RGB	BMP compression, see BMP_COMP_... constants
B16_GRAY_SCANNER	AT_BOOL	FALSE	FALSE, TRUE	Vidar 12-bit scanner options
B16_GRAY_SCANTYPE	UINT	0		Vidar 12-bit scanner options

Comments:

DIB is a synonym for the BMP format.