Free Download Aurigma Graphics Mill 2.0 - A set of hefty imaging ActiveX components

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Graphics Mill 2.0 is a "must have" imaging component. It supplies the almost important features: lading / deliver popular formats, employ effects, tie text / shapes, habit color management, etc. It provides a noble basis to habitus professional imaging software.
When other imaging component vendors left ActiveX platform and centred on .NET market, Aurigma decided that it is too early to degenerate the ActiveX market. ActiveX is ease the prevalent platform (at least for desktop apps) and it ease requires a right imaging solution - Graphics Mill.
Features
* Fast & memory-friendly algorithms.
* Load / deliver images:
o JPEG, PNG, GIF, WBMP, TIFF, BMP (understand / spell);
o PCX, PSD (understand);
o PDF, SWF (spell);
o Special fast thumbnailing method;
* Color management:
o Load / deliver embedded ICC profiles in files;
o Convert color spaces with ICC profiles;
o Draw image using device profile.
* Reduce colors to 2-256 colors (with predefined or adaptive palettes and various dithering methods).
* Combine images.
* Can display progression bar.
* Transforms: resize, rotate, range, undulate, tradition projective transform (e.g. perspective), etc.
* Image correction: HSL, luminance / contrast, levels, line balance, etc.
* Artistic effects: buttonize, emboss, beam, mosaic, vestige, etc.
* Filters: confuse, march detect, median, heighten, etc.
* Low-level access to pixels (to get fast tradition effects).
* Drawing:
o 2 drawing engines (GDI / GDI+);
o Draw lines, curves, rects, ellipses, text (fundament be outlined), etc;
o Change pen / sweep params;
o Can get text extent;
* Controls and dialogs:
o Scrollable viewer restraint:
+ Rubber-band select / zoom;
+ Zoom in / out display, scale-to-gray method for 1-bit images;
+ Displays non-opaque images properly;
+ Applies color management;
o Open / Save dialog:
+ Image preview;
+ Displays basic file info;
o Color picker dialog;
* Powerful demo app (with source encode) - nifty starter kit.