Formats
Can load and save many image file formats (raster, vector and camera raw).
Can load from/save to disk, memory, stream, URL and cloud (Microsoft Azure Blob and Amazon S3).
Fluent
Provides a fluent interface for easily chaining image manipulation commands.
Strongly-typed API for web, no need to learn and memorize messy url querystring parameters, just chain commands with the help of intellisense.
Fast
Vastly faster (10x) than System.Drawing namespace and optimized specifically for web use. Minimal memory usage and the ability to process very large images in a fast manner.
Metadata
Provides detailed information about an image file like format, size, DPI, pixel format and metadata like EXIF and IPTC.
Thumbnails
Fast thumbnail generation, smartly looks for a EXIF thumbnail, removes black stripes above and below it and resizes it down further if needed.
Transforms
Provides these image transforms: Resize, LiquidResize (seam carving), Crop, TrimBorders, Rotate, Flip.
Corrections
Provides these image color/tone corrections and filters: Brightness, Contrast, Enhance, Blur, Sharpen.
Cache
Caches generated images both on server and browser with a smart versioning algorithm. A unique and browser-cacheable url is generated according to the chained commands and whenever you change these commands (or modify the source image externally), the url will vary and this will cause browser to automatically detect changes (no need to press F5).
Friendly URLs
Generates SEO friendly URLs. By default the file name of the source image is used but it's possible to override this file name for SEO purposes.
Easy Deployment
Single managed DLL (works both on 32-bit and 64-bit) for easy deployment and no external dependencies. No messy Web.config settings. Just drop it in your bin folder and you are ready to go.
Supported Formats
Format | Extensions | Load | Save | |
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Raster Image Formats: | ||||
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) | .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jif, .jfif, .jfi, .exif | |||
JPEG 2000 (JP2) | .jp2, .jpf, .jpx, .j2k, .j2c, .jpc | |||
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) | .png | |||
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) | .gif | |||
WebP Image | .webp | |||
Bitmap Picture (BMP) | .bmp | |||
Windows Metafile (WMF) | .wmf | |||
Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) | .dib | |||
Windows Icon (ICO) | .ico | |||
Truevision Graphics Adapter (TARGA) | .tga | |||
Adobe Photoshop Document (PSD) | .psd, .psb | |||
Scanner Image Formats: | ||||
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) | .tif, .tiff, .tff | |||
Vector Image Formats: | ||||
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) | .svg | |||
Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) | .emf | |||
Camera Image Formats: | ||||
Adobe Digital Negative (Leica) | .dng | |||
Sony Alpha Raw Image Format | .arw | |||
Sony Raw Format | .sr2, .srf | |||
Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format | .cr2, .crw | |||
Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File | .nef, .nrw | |||
Fuji CCD-RAW Graphic File | .raf | |||
Olympus Digital Camera Raw Image File | .orf | |||
Pentax Electronic File | .pef | |||
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image Format | .kdc | |||
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image Format | .dcr | |||
Minolta/Konica Minolta Raw Image File | .mrw | |||
Epson RAW Format | .erf | |||
Panasonic Lumix Raw Image | .rw2 | |||
Samsung Raw Format | .srw | |||
Sigma Camera RAW Picture File | .x3f | |||
Mamiya Raw Image File | .mef | |||
Camera Raw Image File | .raw | |||
Totals: | ||||
31 | 48 | 31 | 12 |