Are there any 3rd Party libraries for image processing in C#?

Question

Just wondering if there's anything out there to help make my project a lot easier to deal with. I'm working on a program that uses the Wiimote and infrared pen (mapped to the mouse) to manipulate images in real time and I'd much rather not have to use all my time figuring out how to make the program resize and rotate images efficiently with the least amount of distortion... I haven't really found anything when searching.

Anybody know of any libraries that can help me?

Answer 1

Have a look at AForge: http://code.google.com/p/aforge/

Answer 2

Some libraries we've used that handle images quite well:

• Pegasus (Accusoft)
• Lead Tools
• AspJpeg (probably the most cost effective and lenient license)

AspJpeg is designed for use on IIS, but I'm pretty sure you can use it outside of IIS (don't quote me on that ;) )

Answer 3

There's also Aurigma

Not third-party but you could also use WPF to do this.

Answer 4

Emgu is a .NET wrapper for Intel's OpenCV. On a side note, Emgu has a separate GPL and Commercial license even though OpenCV itself is free for personal and commercial use.