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adventures with the Windows Imaging Component
New blog home!
Since Windows 7 shipped, I am no longer working on the team delivering the Windows Imaging...
Date: 09/14/2010
A few updates and links
Some folks have been inquiring about the sampel code that I had on my blog. Since my web host was...
Date: 11/02/2009
Moving to other blogs...
Just last week, the DirectX blog has gone live! From now on, any posts about WIC will be placed on...
Date: 04/30/2009
Metadata Working Group 1.01 Spec Published
Just today the Metadata Working Group posted the version 1.01 of their guidance. There are a few...
Date: 03/02/2009
WIC in Windows 7 Pre-Beta
With this morning's keynote on Windows 7, I can finally share details about what's changed in WIC in...
Date: 10/28/2008
Metadata Working Group
At Photokina this year, the Metadata Working Group standard was announced. This is an industry wide...
Date: 10/12/2008
WIC Tools now available!
The following WIC Tools are now available from the Microsoft Download Center... with source code!...
Date: 11/26/2007
WIC Forum
Well, it's finally happened... we've created a WIC Forum on the MSDN Forums page. So, if you have...
Date: 10/22/2007
Using WPF's InPlaceBitmapMetadataWriter
Many folks have tried to use the WPF Imaging InPlaceBitmapMetadataWriter class without much success....
Date: 07/18/2007
Microsoft Pro Photo Summit 2007
Last week was the Microsoft Pro Photo Summit. Below are links to some coverage from the event:...
Date: 07/17/2007
Metadata Conference
At the recent Photo Metadata Conference, Josh Weisberg from Microsoft represented WIC there. Here's...
Date: 07/11/2007
Wikipedia now knows about WIC
It's great to see that now Wikipedia knows something about WIC. :)
Date: 04/18/2007
HD Photo Beta Plugin for Adobe Photoshop
Have you been eye-ing the new HD Photo format? Are you an avid user of Adobe's Photoshop? Well, now...
Date: 03/08/2007
HDView from MSR
Just announced at MSR Techfest yesterday... Ever wonder how you view gigapixel images? Or how do you...
Date: 03/08/2007
CMYK Color Profile Posted
For those of you using CMYK images in your workflow using WIC, you'll want to download the CMYK...
Date: 03/06/2007
DJ Tiësto & Windows Vista
Some of you who know me better know that I'm a huge DJ Tiësto fan... even before he was vote #1 DJ...
Date: 03/04/2007
PhotoInfo FAQ
Today the FAQ about PhotoInfo was posted. Check it out here. Of interest it talks about how to read...
Date: 02/01/2007
Microsoft PhotoInfo Released
If you're looking to add IPTC and other pieces of metadata from Windows Explorer, Microsoft...
Date: 01/23/2007
WPF BitmapSource and GDI+ Bitmap Interop
Many folks in the forums (most recent post) have been asking how to interop BitmapSources (from WPF)...
Date: 01/03/2007
WIC 1.0 is released!
The WIC package installer is now available on MSDN: x86:...
Date: 11/13/2006
Want to give PhotoSynth a try?
There's a tech preview of PhotoSynth available! Go check it out!
Date: 11/09/2006
WICGrinder Updated
After the initial release of WICGrinder almost 2 weeks ago, we have added metadata tests in. Also,...
Date: 11/08/2006
.NET Fx 3.0 RTM is out!
.NET Framework 3.0 RTM'd! Go download it! If you want the SDK, here it is.
Date: 11/08/2006
App Verifier & WICGrinder
In the previous post about WICGrinder, this tool for verifying WIC CODEC behavior was introduced. As...
Date: 11/03/2006
So you wrote a WIC enabled CODEC... Does it work?
After reading this blog, Peggi's whitepaper, and the MSDN Documentation, you decided to write a...
Date: 10/27/2006
WIC RC1 Download!
For those who have been waiting for a standalong download of the WIC redistributable, here it is:...
Date: 10/05/2006
MSDN Article on how to write a WIC CODEC
Peggi, Lead PM on WIC, put together a most excellent write up for all of the things that go into...
Date: 09/27/2006
PhotoSynth
If you havne't already checked out PhotoSynth, head over to Channel 9 or Channel 10 and check it...
Date: 07/31/2006
Interested in Windows Media Photo?
Bill Crow has a really great blog about Windows Media Photo. Interested in finding out more about...
Date: 07/17/2006
Cool Traffic Map Demo
Lorin on the WPF SDK team put together a really nice sample for the Seattle area traffic map. You...
Date: 06/23/2006
Can't view images with WinFx Beta 2?
Some folks are hitting an issue where they cannot view images after installing WinFx Beta 2 on...
Date: 05/25/2006
Updated WICExplorer, AIT CODEC, RGB Effect...
WICExplorer, AIT CODEC, and RGB Effect are now updated for Beta 2. AIT CODEC Code (Beta 2):...
Date: 05/25/2006
Updated AIT CODEC
We've noticed that there was a bug in the AIT CODEC around ColorContexts. When trying to view AIT...
Date: 05/02/2006
First Sample BitmapEffect
We've announced a while ago that the BitmapEffects pipeline within WinFx (particularly in Windows...
Date: 04/14/2006
Official MSDN Documentation (for WIC and BitmapEffects)
Some folks have asked where the official documentation is for WindowsCodecs. It's there in MSDN, but...
Date: 04/11/2006
Background on Metadata Query Language
During the design phase of WIC (Windows Imaging Component), we took a holistic view of the issues...
Date: 03/30/2006
Photo Demo Used in Channel9 Video
In the Channel9 video, Peggi showed off a WPF application using the managed Imaging classes. As...
Date: 03/11/2006
WICExplorer Features Updated
Since the original version of WICExplorer, there have been a few updates that we've done to it....
Date: 03/10/2006
Updated WICExplorer and AIT CODEC
A while ago I posted a sample AIT CODEC and WICExplorer. I've (finally) updated these for the latest...
Date: 03/10/2006
WPF Imaging (WIC) on Channel9
We're on Channel9! If you have some time, check out the interview! Coming soon to this blog......
Date: 03/09/2006
Signing CODEC binary
There have been quite a few folks developing CODECs that work with WindowsCodecs CODEC...
Date: 02/27/2006
WindowsCodecs Image & Metadata Viewer
Some of you out there have already been taking a look at the WindowsCodecs APIs and have begun...
Date: 09/21/2005
The North Face Demo (& Whitepaper)
Karsten and Darren (of Fluid) posted a whitepaper on how the "The North Face" In-Store Explorer....
Date: 09/18/2005
Windows 2003 Server Compute Cluster Edition
Back before I joined Microsoft a little over 2 years ago, I began working on a project at my...
Date: 09/14/2005
WPF Halos demo
It's now showcased on WinSuperSite! (In particular this and this.) This is demo of using a listbox...
Date: 09/13/2005
Microsoft Max
Microsoft Max, built on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) was just announced at the PDC!...
Date: 09/13/2005
See you at the PDC
I'm heading off to LA tomorrow for the PDC. Can't wait... BTW, I'll be at the "Hands On Labs"...
Date: 09/10/2005
Implementing a Custom CODEC for the WindowsCodecs Extensibility System
As the name implies, a CODEC is a enCOder and DECoder. In the case of WindowsCodecs, Microsoft...
Date: 08/10/2005
Working on implementing a CODEC
As I mentioned last week, I would be sharing a test implementation of a CODEC built for the...
Date: 08/10/2005
Introducing WindowsCodecs!
Last night, Pablo made a post to the Avalon newsgroups about WindowsCodecs... To quote him directly:...
Date: 08/04/2005