This section provides information on how to use the API:

• File Formats and Compressions
• File Formats
• What's the Best Format for...?
• Format Bit Depths
• File Formats Reference
• BMP
• CLP
• CUR
• DIB
• DNG
• GIF
• JPEG
• PDF
• PNG
• PS
• RAW
• TIFF
• Metadata Structures
• Metadata Structure
• CIFF Metadata Structure
• EXIF Metadata Structure
• GIF Metadata Structure
• IPTC Metadata Structure
• JPEG Metadata Structure
• PNG Metadata Structure
• TIFF Metadata Structure
• XMP Metadata Structure
• Compressions
• ASCII Compression
• CCITT Group 3 Compression
• CCITT Group 3 2D Compression
• CCITT Group 4 Compression
• Deflate Compression
• Huffman Compression
• JPEG Compressions
• Lossy JPEG Compression
• Lossless JPEG Compression
• Progressive JPEG Compression
• LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) Compression
• Packbits Compression
• RAW Compression
• RLE Compression
• How to Work with ...
• Initializing Assemblies
• Common Operations
• Loading and Saving
• Loading
• Saving
• Compressing and Converting Images
• Manipulating Image Data
• Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) and Region of Interest (ROI)
• Metadata
• General Metadata API
• Use the Metadata Dictionary
• Update File Metadata without Updating Pixel Data
• Access XMP Tags via General Metadata
• Simplified Metadata API
• Use Metadata Structures
• Create New Metadata Structures
• Use Arrays and Structures
• Access XMP Tags via Simplified Metadata
• PDF
• Getting Started with ImageGear PDF
• How to...
• Load and Save a PDF
• Convert...
• PDF to Image
• PDF to Multi-Page Image
• Image to PDF
• Merge Multiple PDFs
• Split a PDF Document
• Compress a PDF Document
• Add Image to PDF
• Use PDF Security
• Manage PDF Content
• Manage PDF Metadata
• Edit PDF Content and Fonts
• Extract Text from a PDF
• Watermarks in a PDF
• Containers, Dictionaries, and Layers
• Work with PDF Forms
• Traverse Form Fields
• Read and Write Form Field Values
• Add a New Form Field
• Modify Field Appearance
• Widget Annotations in Form Fields
• Flatten Form Fields
• XFA Support
• Image Processing and Cleanup
• Use Processing Methods
• Process Using Region of Interest (ROI)
• Advanced Image Processing and Correction
• Background Correction
• Bi-Linear and Bi-Cubic Interpolation
• Image Enhancement
• Mathematical Morphology
• Erosion
• Dilation
• Opening
• Closing
• Red-Eye Removal
• Speckle Removal
• Image Effects
• Gaussian Blur Effect
• Color
• Color Profiles
• Use Native CMYK Support
• Specify Color Profiles
• Save Images with Embedded Color Profiles
• Color Channels
• Color Transparency
• Licensing and Distributing
• Unlicensed Evaluation
• License Manager
• Toolkit Licensing
• How to Register a Toolkit License
• Command Line Mode
• Runtime Licensing
• How to Register an Automatically Reported Runtime License (Node-Locked)
• Server Licensing Utility (SLU)
• Command Line Mode
• How to Register a Manually Reported Runtime License (Non-Node-Locked)
• Distributing Applications and Deployment
• Distributing ImageGear
• Assembly Dependencies
• Licensing Glossary