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Online manual
QPix 3.5: the professional choice
QPix is the raster imaging plug-in of choice
of 4D developers doing professional imaging and
multimedia work. Since 1997, QPix keeps providing
more than just features: backed by Escape's speedy and efficient technical support, QPix provides the quality and
dependability that 4D developers need and appreciate
in today's competitive business environment.
Powered by QuickTime, Apple's complete
technology for digital media on MacOS and Windows,
QPix is further enhanced by custom components
developed by escape, which integrate seamlessly with the QuickTime architecture.
QPix is available for MacOS X (Tiger or later) and Windows (XP/Vista), and is
compatible with 4D versions 2004.x to 11.x SQL or later.
Below is a partial list of QPix's amazing features. Download the distribution package for
complete examples and lots of well-written, reusable 4D code:
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 Import
formats
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Read
all file formats supported by QuickTime,
such as JPEG, GIF, TIFF, JPEG-2000 PICT, PNG, Photoshop,
and more.
Support for multi-page
PDF (native on MasOS X, with
AFPL Ghostscript on Windows) is added through custom
components developed by Escape, as well as support for Kodak PhotoCD and Scitex CT.
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Image
acquisition
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Acquire
photos and video clips from digicams (videos on MacOS X only), captures from webcams
and camcorders, as well as traditional scanning
using a wide range of personal or high-end
document scanners with Automatic Document Feeder,
Transparency and Duplex options.
QPix
supports acquisition using PTP (Mac OS X Image Capture, Windows Image Acquisition - WIA), TWAIN, QuickTime Video Grabbing (MacOS) and Windows Video (Windows). |
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Image
transformations
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Rotate, zoom,
flip, select rectangular
part, crop, set scroll offsets.
Apply
filters to images (see "Filters" below).
Lossless
rotation, flipping and mirroring of JPEG
images without opening the file (JPEG transcoding).
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Multi-page
TIFF/PDF generation
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Combine a series of source image files or 4D pictures into a multi-page TIFF or PDF file.
Works natively on MacOS X; on Windows APFL GhostScript is required.
Multi-page TIFF/PDF generation turns scanned pages into electronic documents that can be efficiently stored, distributed and visualized using a QPix area as document viewer.
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Metadata
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Read TIFF, Exif, GPS, IPTC, and QuickTime metadata tags. |
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Information
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General
info: height, width, color depth, horz/vert
resolution
Frame
type: page, resolution, layer,
thumbnail.
Color
info: color space, color profile.
Compressed
picture info: codec used, depth,
quality. |
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Thumbnails
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Extract
embedded thumnails from EXIF/JPEG and TIFF.
Create
high-quality thumbnails (using
bicubic interpolation).
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Export
formats
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Export
towards all file formats supported by QuickTime
exporters, such as JPEG, TIFF, PICT, PNG, JPEG
2000, and more. |
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Filters
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Supports
all installed QuickTime filters applicable
to still images, including brightness/contrast,
sharpen, blur, RGB and HSL balance, and many
more. |
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Plug-in
area features
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Customizable
area style (scrollable, various fixed styles)
Codeless
area setup with Advanced
Properties Dialog
Widgets:
area tools, zoom, multi-page
navigation
Tools:
pointer, hand, marquee, zoom.
Support
for 4D's drag and drop
Proportional
scrollbars and live scrolling
Area
menu bar with common functions
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