Description:

Java library for reading image files and reading/writing image metadata

• BMP 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bit uncompressed; 4 and 8 bit compressed
• GIF
• TIFF 1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 48 and 64 bit per pixel; bilevel, grayscale, palette, RGB, CMYK, Cie Lab, YCrCb color spaces; CCIT1D, G3, G4, ZIP, JPEG, LZW and PackBits compression
• PNG, JNG, MNG
• JPEG inclusive CMYK and 12-bit grey
• PSD 1, 8, 16 bits per channel; bilevel, grayscale, duotone, palette, RGB, CMYK and Cie Lab color spaces; uncompressed and PackBits compressed
• PBM, PGM, PPM
• TGA
• read embedded images from EPS, EPSI, EPSF
• MRW, CRW^*, CR2^*, THM, NEF^*, DCR^*,DNG^*
* Full resolution image can't be yet read, but thumbnail, preview and metadata can be read.

• high performance TIFF access/manipulation:
  • getIFDCount, getIFD, saveIFD, insertIFD, appendIFD, removeIFD, split, merge, verticalMerge
• JAIViewer included
• get:
  • number of images, contained in file
  • image width and height
  • channel count
  • image type (CMYK, RGB, ...)
  • pixel size (bits per pixel)
  • JPEG compression/quality
  • thumbnails
• set:
  • an area to read
  • channel(s) to read
  • a scale factor
  • subsampling (JPEG only)
• return:
  • Image
  • array with image data
  • BufferedImage
  • tiled RenderedImage
• supported metadata:
  • IPTC
  • EXIF
  • XMP
  • Wang Annotations
  • ImageResourceBlock
  • ImageFileDirectory
  • JPEG Markers