First stable version of Piczard FREE Community Edition released

I'm proud to announce the release of the first stable version of Piczard (v 1.0.3.1).

Piczard is a .NET Image Manipulation Library.
It includes PictureTrimmer, the most advanced WYSIWYG Image Resizer / Cropper tool for ASP.NET.
With PictureTrimmer you can - for example - allow an user to select an image which meets certain conditions, such as the fixed size required by a graphic layout.
Differently from the other online image croppers, Piczard offers the following advantages:

WYSIWYG color adjustment (brightness, contrast, hue, saturation)
Support for different output image resolutions (72, 96, 300 DPI, etc...)
Support for different units of measurement (pixel, inch, mm, etc...)
Ability to crop the image beyond the outer edge of the source picture
Snap feature to allow to quickly align the crop rectangle

Piczard includes also a set of classes and methods that allows - in an extremely easy way - to programmatically load, process and save images.
With Piczard, tasks such as image resizing or cropping, can be performed even with a single line of code !

// Apply 1 image processing filter
DefaultColorFilters.Sepia.SaveProcessedImageToFileSystem("src.jpg", "out1.jpg");

// Apply multiple image processing filters
ImageProcessingJob job = new ImageProcessingJob();
job.Filters.Add(new ScaledResizeConstraint(280, 280));
job.Filters.Add(DefaultColorFilters.Sepia);
job.SaveProcessedImageToFileSystem("src.jpg", "out2.jpg");

Piczard is compatible with non Full Trust ASP.NET environments, such as Medium Trust used by many hosting providers.
On the client-side it does not require the installation of any particular ActiveX component or Java Applet.

More info:
http://piczard.com/

Online demos:
http://piczard.com/demos/

Download Piczard FREE Community Edition:
http://piczard.com/download/

Enjoy !

Sergio Turolla

PS:
The install package of Piczard includes also a ready to use ASCX UserControl with advanced image upload features.
Try it!