VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK 15.1: Documentation for .NET developer
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Advanced functionality for image encoding
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SDK allows to edit an image, which is divided into tiles, without reencoding the whole image. This allows to edit very large images of unlimited size, which are consist from tiles and physically can not be loaded entirely into memory. Editing is implemented by changing the image tiles sequentially using an object, which implements the IRasterGridEditor interface.

Objects implementing IRasterGridEditor interface support the following methods:
IRasterGridEditor interface is implemented for TIFF (TiffFile) and JPEG2000 (Jpeg2000File) files.

The DecoderBase class allows to get an instance that implements the IRasterGridEditor interface using the DecoderBase.GetRasterGridEditor method.


Here is C#/VB.NET code that demonstrates how to get an image tile, change it and save back to the file:
/// <summary>
/// Gets an image of first tile of TIFF page,
/// rotates the tile image 180 degrees,
/// sets changed tile image as new image of first tile,
/// saves changes to the source TIFF file.
/// </summary>
public static void ChangeTileOfTiffPage(string tiffFilename, int pageIndex)
{
    using (System.IO.Stream stream = new System.IO.FileStream(
        tiffFilename, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite))
    {
        using (Vintasoft.Imaging.Codecs.Decoders.TiffDecoder decoder =
            new Vintasoft.Imaging.Codecs.Decoders.TiffDecoder(stream))
        {
            // get raster grid editor
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Codecs.ImageFiles.IRasterGridEditor rasterGridEditor = decoder.GetRasterGridEditor();
            // get grid of raster regions
            System.Drawing.Rectangle[] grid = rasterGridEditor.GetRasterEditorGrid(pageIndex);
            if (grid == null || grid.Length == 0)
                throw new System.Exception("Image tiles cannot be changed.");

            // index of the region to change
            int rectIndex = 0;
            // get region to change
            System.Drawing.Rectangle region = grid[rectIndex];
            // image of changing region
            Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage regionImage;
            // create image renderer
            using (Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderer renderer =
                new Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderer(decoder, pageIndex))
            {
                // create region rendering task
                Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderingTask renderingTask =
                    Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderingTask.CreateImageRegion(region);
                // set to convert to the source format
                renderingTask.ConvertDestImageToSourceFormat = true;
                // get an image of first tile
                regionImage = renderer.ExecuteRendering(renderingTask);
            }

            // rotate the tile image 180 degrees
            regionImage.Flip(Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Transforms.ImageRotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone);

            // set the tile image as new image of first tile
            rasterGridEditor.SetImageRect(pageIndex, rectIndex, regionImage, null);
            regionImage.Dispose();

            // save changes to the source TIFF file
            rasterGridEditor.SaveChanges(null);
        }
    }
''' <summary>
''' Gets an image of first tile of TIFF page,
''' rotates the tile image 180 degrees,
''' sets changed tile image as new image of first tile,
''' saves changes to the source TIFF file.
''' </summary>
Public Shared Sub ChangeTileOfTiffPage(tiffFilename As String, pageIndex As Integer)
    Using stream As System.IO.Stream = New System.IO.FileStream(tiffFilename, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite)
        Using decoder As New Vintasoft.Imaging.Codecs.Decoders.TiffDecoder(stream)
            ' get raster grid editor
            Dim rasterGridEditor As Vintasoft.Imaging.Codecs.ImageFiles.IRasterGridEditor = decoder.GetRasterGridEditor()
            ' get grid of raster regions
            Dim grid As System.Drawing.Rectangle() = rasterGridEditor.GetRasterEditorGrid(pageIndex)
            If grid Is Nothing OrElse grid.Length = 0 Then
                Throw New System.Exception("Image tiles cannot be changed.")
            End If

            ' index of the region to change
            Dim rectIndex As Integer = 0
            ' get region to change
            Dim region As System.Drawing.Rectangle = grid(rectIndex)
            ' image of changing region
            Dim regionImage As Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage
            ' create image renderer
            Using renderer As New Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderer(decoder, pageIndex)
                ' create region rendering task
                Dim renderingTask As Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderingTask = Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageRendering.ImageRenderingTask.CreateImageRegion(region)
                ' set to convert to the source format
                renderingTask.ConvertDestImageToSourceFormat = True
                ' get an image of first tile
                regionImage = renderer.ExecuteRendering(renderingTask)
            End Using

            ' rotate the tile image 180 degrees
            regionImage.Flip(Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Transforms.ImageRotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone)

            ' set the tile image as new image of first tile
            rasterGridEditor.SetImageRect(pageIndex, rectIndex, regionImage, Nothing)
            regionImage.Dispose()

            ' save changes to the source TIFF file
            rasterGridEditor.SaveChanges(Nothing)
        End Using
    End Using