ImageEn, unit iemiscplugins

TIEMiscPluginsImageMagick


Declaration

TIEMiscPluginsImageMagick = class;


Description

TIEMiscPluginsImageMagick is a wrapper around ImageMagick library allowing ImageEn to load and save many extra formats.

The plug-in adds support for: Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg, *.svgz), High Efficiency Image File (*.heic, *.heif, *.avif), WebP image (*.webp), JPEG XL Image (*.jxl), GIMP (*.xcf), TrueType Fonts (*.ttf, *.otf), Kodak Photo-CD (*.pcd, *.pcds), Apple Pict (*.pict), CALS Image (*.cals, *.cal), Flexible Image Transport System (*.fits), HP PCL Printer Image (*.pcl), Kodak Cineon (*.cin), Embrid Embroidery Format (*.pes), SMPTE (*.dpx), Magick (*.miff, *.mvg), Matlab (*.mat), JPEG Network Graphics (*.jng), Multiple-Image Network Graphics (*.mng), High Dynamic Range File (*.exr), MPEG (*.mp4, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.mov, *.m2v, *.m4v)
And if GhostScript is available: Adobe PDF (*.pdf, *.epdf), PostScript (*.ps, *.eps), Microsoft XML Page (*.xps)

Saving is NOT supported for these formats: *.heic, *.heif, *.avif, *.ttf, *.otf, *.pfa, *.pfb, *.ttc, *.dfont, *.pes, *.cals, *.cal, *.xcf



To enable the ImageMagick wrapper just call the RegisterPlugin class method once at application startup, or alternatively, RegisterPlugIns.

Note: All formats are rasterized.

You can either download the ImageMagick plug-in from: www.imageen.com/download/
And unzip the files to your EXE folder (and ship them with your application).

Or ImageEn can automatically support the installed version of ImageMagick:
www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows

In order to load PDF, PS, PCL and XPS you must install the Ghostscript library: www.ghostscript.com/download/
Or download the portable version of GhostScript and add the files to your EXE folder (you may need a license to use GhostScript).
For PDF support, it is better to use PDFium


ImageMagick Formats

Format Description Extensions Load Save
iomscFITS (8193) Flexible Image Transport System FITS, FTS      
iomscPCD (8194) Photo CD Image PCD, PCDS      
iomscPCL (8195) Printer Control Language PCL      
iomscPDF (8196) Portable Document Format PDF, PDFA, EPDF      
iomscHEIF (8197) High Efficiency Image File HEIC, HEIF, AVIF      
iomscCIN (8198) Cineon Image File CIN      
iomscEXR (8199) High Dynamic Range File EXR      
iomscTTF (8200) TrueType Font TTF, OTF, PFA, PFB, TTC, DFONT      
iomscDPX (8201) Digital Picture Exchange Image DPX      
iomscWEBP (8202) WebP Image WEBP      
iomscJNG (8203) JPEG Network Graphics JNG      
iomscM2V (8204) MPEG Video Stream M2V, MOV, MPEG, MPG      
iomscMAT (8205) MATLAB Image Format MAT      
iomscMIFF (8206) Magick Image File Format MIFF      
iomscMNG (8207) Multiple-Image Network Graphics MNG      
iomscMP4 (8208) MPEG-4 Video MP4, M4V      
iomscMSVG (8209) ImageMagick SVG Renderer MSVG, RSVG      
iomscPES (8210) Embrid Embroidery Format PES      
iomscPS (8211) PostScript PS, EPS, EPSF, EPSI, EPI, EPT      
iomscCALS (8212) CALS Image CALS, CAL      
iomscJPEGXL (8213) JPEG XL Image JXL      
iomscSVG (8214) Scalable Vector Graphics SVG, SVGZ      
iomscXCF (8215) GIMP Image XCF      
iomscXPS (8216) Microsoft XML Paper Specification XPS      
iomscPICT (8217) QuickDraw PICT Image PICT, PCT      
iomscJSON (8218) Image Properties JSON File JSON      
iomscSFW (8219) Seattle FilmWorks Image SFW      
iomscRGB (8220) RGB Image RGB, SGI      
iomscXBM (8221) X11 Bitmap Graphic XBM      
iomscXPM (8222) X11 Pixmap Graphic XPM      
iomscAAI (8223) Dune AAI Image AAI      
iomscORA (8224) OpenRaster Image ORA      


ImageMagick Options

You can assign options to the Dict property to scale or size the loaded image:
Option Description
ImageMagick:Scale Scale the image relative to its original size, e.g. 2 to double the image size (Integer values only)
ImageMagick:Density Specify a DPI for the loaded image (Generally ImageMagick loads at 72 or 96 DPI)
ImageMagick:Width Specify a width in pixels to load the image. If Width is specified, but Height is 0, Height will be automatically calculated to maintain the aspect ratio *
ImageMagick:Height Specify a height in pixels to load the image. If Height is specified, but Width is 0, Width will be automatically calculated to maintain the aspect ratio *
ImageMagick:AspectRatio If Width and Height are specified, enabling AspectRatio (1) will ensure the image is loaded with the correct aspect ratio. The default is 0 meaning the aspect ratio is ignored
 * You can also specify import size of images using AutoScaleImport

And also to control saving behavior:
Option Description
ImageMagick:Quality Specify the compression quality (1=low quality, 100=highest quality). The default is 87

You can create a dictionary named 'ImageMagick' to add custom ImageMagick options:
 imagemagick.org/script/defines.php
 imagemagick.org/script/webp.php

// Save a PNG file as a lossless WebP with maximum compression
ImageEnView1.IO.SaveToFile('D:\Image.png');
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick', TIEDictionary.Create() );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.GetDictionary('ImageMagick').Insert( 'webp:lossless', False );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.GetDictionary('ImageMagick').Insert( 'webp:method', 6 );
ImageEnView1.IO.SaveToFile('D:\Image_out.webp');



Methods and Properties

Public Method  IsAvailable
Public Method  RegisterPlugin


Demos

Demo  Demos\InputOutput\ImageMagick\ImageMagick.dpr
Demo  Demos\LayerEditing\SVGVectorLayers\SVGLayers.dpr


Examples

// Register the ImageMagick plug-in
IEGlobalSettings().RegisterPlugIns([iepiImageMagick]);
if not ( iepiImageMagick in IEGlobalSettings().ActivePlugIns ) then
  ShowMessage( 'ImageMagick not found!' );

// Load an SVG at double size
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Scale', 2 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Load an SVG at size 2000x1000px
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Width', 2000 );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Height', 1000 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Which is the same as...
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.AutoScaleImport := True;
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.LoadToWidth     := 2000;
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.LoadToHeight    := 1000;
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Load an SVG at size 2000px wide. Auto-calculate height
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Width', 2000 );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Height', 0 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Load an SVG at size 1000px high. Auto-calculate width
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Width', 0 );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Height', 1000 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Load an SVG at size up to 2000x1000px, but maintain the Aspect ratio
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Width', 2000 );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Height', 1000 );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:AspectRatio', 1 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Load an SVG at 200 dpi
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Density', 200 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\SVG\Lion.svg' );

// Save a JPEG as JNG at 95% quality
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\Image.jpg' );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Clear();
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick:Quality', 95 );
ImageEnView1.IO.LoadFromFile( 'D:\Image_out.jng' );

// Save a PNG file as a lossless WebP with maximum compression
ImageEnView1.IO.SaveToFile('D:\Image.png');
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.Insert( 'ImageMagick', TIEDictionary.Create() );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.GetDictionary('ImageMagick').Insert( 'webp:lossless', False );
ImageEnView1.IO.Params.Dict.GetDictionary('ImageMagick').Insert( 'webp:method', 6 );
ImageEnView1.IO.SaveToFile('D:\Image_out.webp');
{
Results:
Original PNG: 2.19 MB
Lossless+Method=0: 1.38 MB
Lossless+Method=6: 1.17 MB
Lossy+Method=0: 86.4 KB
Lossy+Method=6: 63.6 KB
}