Image processing made easy!
List of major functionality ImageKit7
ActiveX		 ImageKit8
ActiveX		 ImageKit9
ActiveX		 ImageKit10
ActiveX		 ImageKit
.NET		 ImageKit
.NET2		 ImageKit
.NET3		 ImageKit
.NET X		 ImageKit
WPF		 ImageKit
WPF X
Application Development Environment
Supports 64 bit Application Development (64 bit scannnig supported with 64 bit scan driver)      
Supports 64 bit Application Development (but not scanning or plug-in functions)                  
Supports Visual Studio 2003 (100% .NET Component)                  
Supports Visual Studio 2005/2008 (100% .NET Component)              
Supports Visual Studio 2010 (100% .NET Component)                
Supports Visual Studio 2012 / 2013 (100% .NET Component)              
Supports Visual Studio 2015 / 2017 / 2019 (100% .NET Component)                
Supports Visual Studio 2022 (100% .NET Component)            
Supports Visual Studio 6.0 (ActiveX Component)            
Supports Visual Studio 2002 / 2003 (COM Wrapper)                
Supports Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 / 2010 (COM Wrapper)            
Supports Visual Studio 2012 / 2013 (COM Wrapper)              
Supports Visual Studio 2015 / 2017 / 2019 (COM Wrapper)                
Supports Visual Studio 2022 (COM Wrapper)                  
Supports ASP.NET              
Supports Classic ASP            
Visual Studio 2003 Windows Form Control, Web Form Control                  
Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 Windows Form Control, Web Form Control              
Visual Studio 2010 / 2012 / 2013 Windows Form Control, Web Form Control                
Visual Studio 2015 / 2017 / 2019 Windows Form Control, Web Form Control                  
Visual Studio 2012 / 2013 / 2015 / 2017 / 2019 WPF Control, Web Form Control                  
Visual Studio 2022 Windows Form Control                
Visual Studio 2022 WPF Form Control                
Visual Studio 2022 Web Form Control                
Visual Studio 2002 / 2003 Windows Form Control (COM Wrapper)              
Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 / 2010 Windows Form Control (COM Wrapper)            
Visual Studio 2012 / 2013 Windows Form Control (COM Wrapper)              
Visual Studio 2015 / 2017 Windows Form Control (COM Wrapper)                
Includes .NET Class Library        
Supports "Click Once" deployment        
Supports "No Touch" deployment                  
Supports CAB file download to web browser            
Backward Compatibility Controls  
Separate controls provided for compatibility with earlier versions: Common Control, Display Control, Effect Control, File Control, Print Control, Scan Control                  
Web Form ImageKit Control   Web Form  
Display images in the ImageKit Control and Pan Window            
Load and save various types of images            
Image thumbnail selection and display            
Image Display Functions   Windows Form WPF
Display raster and vector images simultaneously in separate display layers
Display mouse coordinates in tool tip
Scroll using mouse drag
Display 1-bit color images in high quality
Display images in high quality when reduced in size    
Scale, stretch, actual size, fit to height, and fit to width display modes
Set initial display location
Pan window functions for both raster and vector images
ImageKit Control can be used as a pan window                
Scroll bar control
Select an area on the image for processing
Display a graduated scale  
Display a grid  
Raster image editing toolbar            
Vector image editing toolbar            
Annotation Functions   Windows Form WPF
Can draw Line, Polyline, Polygon, Rectangle, Ellipse, Pen, Text, and Image annotation objects on the base image.          
Can draw Rounded Rectangle and Stamp annotation objects on the base image.          
Can set opacity level for an annotation object's colors.            
Can fill object's background with hatch patterns, gradients, or images.                
Supports style settings for line objects including arrows, dash style, line join style, and cap style.            
Supports custom style settings for dashed lines.                
Line object coordinates can be individually edited            
Insert, add, or delete coordinates of lines                
Can add text frame / shawdow / gradient to Text and Stamp objects                
Can add, move, rotate, delete, copy, paste, and change shape of annotation objects          
Can cut and paste annotation objects            
Can change annotation object's Z-order          
Annotation information can be saved into and loaded from external file (XML format)          
Annotation objects can be rasterized and embedded into the image          
General toolbars for annotation setting, drawing, and editing                  
Function-specific toolbars for annotation setting, drawing, and editing            
Touch Screen Functions   Windows Form WPF
Pinch in and pinch out capability        
Scroll ImageKit control by touch        
Scroll Thumbnail control by touch        
Flick / Swipe slide functions  
Has a Thumbnail Control                
Thumbnail Functions   Windows Form WPF
Has a Thumbnail Control
Can change the order that thumbnail image are displayed
Can delete specifed thumbnail images
Can customize the thumbnail dialog
Provides a wide range of options for displaying thumbnails
Load file event available
Supports the display of custom pattern    
Can select multiple thumbnails at the same time
Supports drag and drop
Thumbnail file saves thumbnail information for fast loading
Can set list of filenames and display thumbnails              
Exif format thumbnail images rotated and displayed according to direction of main image          
Effect Functions  
Embed and retrieve digital watermark
Create new images            
Select and process regions on the image
Layer and paste images together
Create panorama images
Deskew image data          
Duplicate images, copy and paste images to the clipboard, adjusted sharpness, noise reduction, blur, mosaic, outline, emboss, antialias, custom filter, adjust chromance, adjust RGB and YCrCb gamma, level, reverse, spline, increase color, decrease color, enlarge, reduce, rotate, affine adjustment and more
Supports variety of filters including: Oil Paint, Canvas, Glasstile, Lens, Ripple, Wave, Whirlpinch, Motion Blur
Scan Functions   Windows Form WPF
Select Scan Device
Can use scanner manufacturer's user interface
Can build your own custom user interface
Continuous scanning support through auto document feeder or digital camera
Set scan conditions in custom-built scan interface
Retrieve scanning information
Hook into various scanning events for each scan
Supports file transfer
Supports memory transfer (JPEG, PNG)
Set dropout color
Noise filter
Image filter
Automatic paper detection
Deskew (Tilt Correction)
ADF duplex support
Retrieve digital camera thumbnail images
Set and retrieve monochrome halftone
Set scan scale
Set and retrieve paper size
Retrieve valid range of property values for a particular scanner
Moire filter (Epson scanners)
Unsharp mask (Epson scanners)
Dynamic Threshold (Panasonic scanners)
Deskew smoothing (Panasonic scanners)
Multi-stream support (Panasonic scanners)  
Character orientation detection (Canon DR scanners)  
Skip blank page    
Punch hole removal (Canon DR Scanners, Epson Scanners, Panasonic Scanners)    
Overscan    
Gamma Correction (Epson Scanners)    
Focus position adjustment (Epson scanners)    
Edge enhancement / sharpness (Canon DR scanners)    
Text enhancement (Canon DR scanners)      
B & W / color ratio detection, focus position (Epson scanners)    
Reflective scanning of positive file (custom UI), character distinction (Epson scanners)      
Document orientation adjustment, multistream (Panasonic scanners)    
B & W / color ratio detection, multistream (PFU scanners)    
Save scan information to the TWAIN scan driver and use that information to scan      
Image File Functions   Windows Form WPF
Supports Unicode file naming  
Possible to load from and save to HTTP and FTP servers via URL              
Save Exif information (*Does not support all Exif tags)              
Select file dialog with preview and file information            
Save BMP and JPEG images to PDF Documents        
Load BLOB data from and save BLOB data to database
Load and save each color plane separately
Load and save image data directly from memory
Progress event when loading or saving images
Supported image formats  
JPEG2000 / JPEG2000Stream (.NET versions require plug-in files)      
SVG            
SXF(p21/sfc)            
DIB (WindowsBMP): 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 bit
DIB (WindowsBMP): RLE4, RLE8, 4, 8 bit (.NET versions require plug-in files)          
DIB (WindowsBMP): RLE4, RLE8, 4, 8 bit (Load only. Saved as uncompressed BMP. Requires plug-in files.)                  
JPEG: Standard DCT/Exif (JPEG compression, main and thumbnail images can be loaded only) 8-bit grayscale (loaded only), 24 bit color
JPEG: Progressive DCT. 8-bit grayscale, 24 bit color (.NET versions require plug-in files)      
JPEG: Progressive DCT. (Read only). 8-bit grayscale, 24 bit color (Requires plug-in files)                  
GIF: 1, 4, 8 bit. Supports transparency, interlace. Load multipage files. Save gif animation            
GIF: 1, 4, 8 bit. Supports transparency, interlace. Animation: Load and save individual pages only. Gif animation not supported            
GIF: 1, 4, 8 bit. Supports transparency, interlace. Animations: Load and display animation. Save individual pages only.                
TIFF 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 bit. Compression formats supported: Uncompressed Tiff, CCITTRLE, FAX3 (1D and 2D compressed), FAX4, PACKBITS, LZW. Color Mode: Palette, RGB, CMYK. Multipage tiff files can be loaded and saved            
TIFF 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 bit. Compression formats supported: Uncompressed Tiff, CCITTRLE (load only), FAX3 (1D. 2D compressed supports load only), FAX4, PACKBITS, LZW. Color Mode: Palette, RGB, CMYK. Multipage tiff files can be loaded and saved. Tiff compession formats listed here as load only may be saved in other compressions.        
TIFF: JPEG Compression (Partial support). 8, 24, 32 bit              
TIFF: JPEG Compression (Partial support. Read only.) 8, 24, 32 bit            
PNG: 1, 4, 8, and 24 bit. Supports transparency and interlace            
PNG: 1, 4, 8, 24 bit / 32 bit transparency        
FPX (Flashpix): 8 bit grayscale, 24 bit color. Supported compression: Uncompressed, Jpeg compression, single color compression (.NET versions require plug-in files)      
PCX: 1, 4, 8, 24 bit            
WMF            
WMF (load only). Can save as raster image        
EMF            
EMF (load only). Can save as raster image        
DXF (2D)            
PDF (Save only)        
Drawing functions  
Draw bezier curves            
Draw rectangles using different brush            
Draw rectangle border with focus            
Draw text using GDI+ (Solid, Hatch, Texture, Gradiation)            
Draw image in window handle (hWnd), set and retrieve color info from specified pixel, retrieve image from device context (Hdc), draw to screen, printer or image handle, fill specified area with specified color, draw image to device context (Hdc), draw line, rectanges, ellipses, polygons, polylines, arcs, chords, pies, rounded rectangles, filled rectangles, text, and others            
Printing functions  
Enumerate ports, retrieve list of paper sizes, retrieve list of paper trays, list printer resolutions, set default printer            
Save printer information into a printer file            
Start print job, start print page, end print page, end print job, retrieve height and width of valid print area, list printer names            
Slideshow functions  
Sort by date, set slideshow border, retreive and set currently displayed slide, loop slideshow, set file types that can be loaded, set folders that can be loaded, reference image folder during execution of slideshow, set slide interval, retrieve total number of slides, set scroll step and direction, set file sort method, clear slide, first, last, next, previous, open, close, start, stop, etc.                  
Web Camera functions   Windows Form WPF
Capture web camera images (supports AVI format only)                  
Capture web camera images (supports AVI and WMV formats, can change output size with method call)        
Preview available                  
Preview available (can change preview size with method call)        
Play web camera movies