Interfaces for Windows Imaging Component

This section contains information about the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) interfaces.

In this section

Topic	Description
IWICBitmap	Defines methods that add the concept of writeability and static in-memory representations of bitmaps to IWICBitmapSource.
IWICBitmapClipper	Exposes methods that produce a clipped version of the input bitmap for a specified rectangular region of interest.
IWICBitmapCodecInfo	Exposes methods that provide information about a particular codec.
IWICBitmapCodecProgressNotification	Exposes methods used for progress notification for encoders and decoders.
IWICBitmapDecoder	Exposes methods that represent a decoder.
IWICBitmapDecoderInfo	Exposes methods that provide information about a decoder.
IWICBitmapEncoder	Defines methods for setting an encoder's properties such as thumbnails, frames, and palettes.
IWICBitmapEncoderInfo	Exposes methods that provide information about an encoder.
IWICBitmapFlipRotator	Exposes methods that produce a flipped (horizontal or vertical) and/or rotated (by 90 degree increments) bitmap source. Rotations are done before the flip.
IWICBitmapFrameDecode	Defines methods for decoding individual image frames of an encoded file.
IWICBitmapFrameEncode	Represents an encoder's individual image frames.
IWICBitmapLock	Exposes methods that support the Lock method.
IWICBitmapScaler	Represents a resized version of the input bitmap using a resampling or filtering algorithm.
IWICBitmapSource	Exposes methods that refers to a source from which pixels are retrieved, but cannot be written back to.
IWICBitmapSourceTransform	Exposes methods for offloading certain operations to the underlying IWICBitmapSource implementation.
IWICColorContext	Exposes methods for color management.
IWICColorTransform	Exposes methods that transforms an IWICBitmapSource from one color context to another.
IWICComponentFactory	Exposes methods that create components used by component developers. This includes metadata readers, writers and other services for use by codec and metadata handler developers.
IWICComponentInfo	Exposes methods that provide component information.
IWICDdsDecoder	Provides information and functionality specific to the DDS image format.
IWICDdsEncoder	Enables writing DDS format specific information to an encoder.
IWICDevelopRaw	Exposes methods that provide access to the capabilites of a raw codec format.
IWICDevelopRawNotificationCallback	Exposes a callback method for raw image change nofications.
IWICDdsFrameDecode	Provides access to a single frame of DDS image data in its native DXGI_FORMAT form, as well as information about the image data.
IWICEnumMetadataItem	Exposes methods that provide enumeration services for individual metadata items.
IWICFastMetadataEncoder	Exposes methods used for in-place metadata editing. A fast metadata encoder enables you to add and remove metadata to an image without having to fully re-encode the image.
IWICFormatConverter	Represents an IWICBitmapSource that converts the image data from one pixel format to another, handling dithering and halftoning to indexed formats, palette translation and alpha thresholding.
IWICFormatConverterInfo	Exposes methods that provide information about a pixel format converter.
IWICImageEncoder	Encodes ID2D1Image interfaces to an IWICBitmapEncoder.
IWICImagingFactory	Exposes methods used to create components for the WIC such as decoders, encoders and pixel format converters.
IWICImagingFactory2	An extension of the WIC factory interface that includes the ability to create an IWICImageEncoder.
IWICJpegFrameDecode	Exposes methods for decoding JPEG images. Provides access to the Start Of Frame (SOF) header, Start of Scan (SOS) header, the Huffman and Quantization tables, and the compressed JPEG JPEG data. Also enables indexing for efficient random access.
IWICJpegFrameEncode	Exposes methods for writing compressed JPEG scan data directly to the WIC encoder's output stream. Also provides access to the Huffman and quantization tables.
IWICMetadataBlockReader	Exposes methods that provide access to all of the codec's top level metadata blocks.
IWICMetadataBlockWriter	Exposes methods that enable the encoding of metadata. This interface is implemented by the decoder and its image frames.
IWICMetadataHandlerInfo	Exposes methods that provide basic information about the registered metadata handler.
IWICMetadataQueryReader	Exposes methods for retrieving metadata blocks and items from a decoder or its image frames using a metadata query expression.
IWICMetadataQueryWriter	Exposes methods for setting or removing metadata blocks and items to an encoder or its image frames using a metadata query expression.
IWICMetadataReader	Exposes methods that provide access to underlining metadata content. This interface is implemented by independent software vendors (ISVs) to create new metadata readers.
IWICMetadataReaderInfo	Exposes methods that provide basic information about the registered metadata reader.
IWICMetadataWriter	Exposes methods that provide access to writing metadata content. This is implemented by ISVs to create new metadata writers.
IWICMetadataWriterInfo	Exposes methods that provide basic information about the registered metadata writer.
IWICPalette	Exposes methods for accessing and building a color table, primarily for indexed pixel formats.
IWICPersistStream	Exposes methods that provide additional load and save methods that take WICPersistOptions.
IWICPixelFormatInfo	Exposes methods that provide information about a pixel format.
IWICPixelFormatInfo2	Extends IWICPixelFormatInfo by providing additional information about a pixel format.
IWICPlanarBitmapFrameEncode	Allows planar component image pixels to be written to an encoder.
IWICPlanarBitmapSourceTransform	Provides access to planar Y CbCr pixel formats where pixel components are stored in separate component planes.
IWICPlanarFormatConverter	Allows a format converter to be initialized with a planar source.
IWICProgressCallback	IWICProgressCallback interface is documented only for compliance; its use is not recommended and may be altered or unavailable in the future. Instead, and use RegisterProgressNotification.
IWICProgressiveLevelControl	Exposes methods for obtaining information about and controlling progressive decoding.
IWICStream	Represents a WIC stream for referencing imaging and metadata content.
IWICStreamProvider	Exposes methods for a stream provider.