ImageGear is implemented as safe and managed code and offers the hierarchy of classes, structures, interfaces, and enumerations. It is structured into several namespaces, providing APIs in the following categories: Core Functionality and PDF processing.

This section provides information about the following:

• 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