Imagero Reader is in Java written library for reading of image files.

Supported file types are:

- BMP (1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bit uncompressed; 4 and 8 bit RLE compressed )
- TIFF (1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 48 and 64 bit per pixel; bilevel, grayscale,
palette, RGB, CMYC, Cie Lab, YCrCb color spaces; CCIT1D, G3, G4, ZIP, JPEG,
LZW and PackBits compression)
- GIF
- PNG
- JNG
- MNG
- JPEG inclusive CMYC and 12-bit grey images
- PSD
- PBM
- PGM
- PPM

Support for following RAW files:

- MRW, CRW*, NEF* ,DCR*, DNG*
* Full resolution image can't be yet read, but thumbnail, preview and
metadata can be read.

Features:
- read thumbnails
- read metadata
- edit metadata (any metadata contained in ImageResourceBlock (PSD, JPEG,
TIFF) and ImageFileDirectrory entry (TIFF, NEF, DNG, DCR) can be edited)
- get image width and height
- get number of images, contained in file
- define an area to read
- add a ProgressListener
- get JPEG quality
- read an image channel
- set a scale factor
- set subsampling (JPEG only)
- read an image (or channel) directly into an array
- easy IPTC handling with IPTCParser and IPTCEditor

Imagero Reader works with java1.1 and later.
Imagero Reader is free for non-commercial use. Commercial licenses are
available.

What's new in version 1.75

- Added support for RLE4 and RLE8 compression in BMP files
- A minor bug in TiffReader has been fixed.
- Also fixed bug in Bug in TiFFTeST.

Download Imagero Reader at  http://reader.imagero.com/download/

Future improvements (in next major version):

Edit JPEG files without quality loss:
- rotate
- mirror
- crop
- change color
- watermark
- brightness
- contrast
- invert and much more.

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