http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/tech_overview.html The Tech Tips section is a place you can browse through archived tips on what image formats can do, important imaging functions, and how to get the most out of your Snowbound products. en Copyright 2006 Snowbound Software Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:00:00 EST http://www.snowbound.com/images/logo.gif http://www.snowbound.com/ Viewing http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/v_afp_fontmap.html Font Maps enable companies to standardize how AFP documents display by overriding the internal font objects with custom fonts and styles. Created as simple ASCII files, AFP font maps can be edited by users to define their own font definitions including font type, point size, color, and style. Viewing http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/v_thumbnails_java.html When creating thumbnails, Snowbound provides a powerful convenience method, IMG_create_thumbnail(xsize,ysize) Viewing http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/v_scrolling_java.html In image viewing applications, users often want to be able to scroll an image without their hands leaving the keyboard. Here\x92s how to extend Snowbound\x92s scrolling functionality to allow you to scroll from the keyboard Viewing http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/v_zooming_fs.html Snowbound\x92s viewing applet, FlexSnap, includes a feature called Zoom Rubber Band, which allows the user to draw a box around a portion of the image to zoom in to. This tip shows how to implement this feature. Conversion http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/c_compressed_images.html File compression allows you to limit an image\x92s size by encoding the file\x92s data more concisely and efficiently. Snowbound SDKs, viewers, and batch conversion applications enable you to read and write a wide variety of compressed images. Manipulation http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/m_system_clipboard.html In Java 1.4, Sun added the DataFlavor imageFlavor to the java.awt.datatransfer package. This makes it possible to copy an image from a Snowbound application and paste it into a native application. Manipulation http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/m_bufferedimage.html Many users of the RasterMaster Java library have existing code that uses java.awt.Image and java.awt.image.BufferedImage objects to process image data. You can use RasterMaster to create BufferedImage objects from any of the file formats supported by RasterMaster. Manipulation http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/m_watermark_pixel.html Watermarking 1-bit black and white images is a simple process of merging two images together. However, when working with multicolor images such as grayscale or full 24-bit color, it\x92s not so easy. Printing http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/p_postscript.html The reason is that the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) automatically detects Postscript printers, and formats the page/s to be printed as a 32-bit per pixel color Postscript file. This will occur even if you have a black and white print job. Saving http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/s_multipage_tiff_java.html Saving images to memory on the fly enhances the speed, usability and security of your client-server imaging application by eliminating the necessity of local drive access. Saving http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/s_byte_array_buffer.html The Snowbound Library supports numerous formats, each with their own compression and multiple bit depths. This combination of variables makes it a very complex task to predetermine the final file size of an image. Saving http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/m_annotation_singlelayer.html You can create a single output JPEG or BMP file that is a composite of the original image file and its annotation layers in Snowbound\x92s RasterMaster .NET SDK. This allows you to print out a single file of the image with its annotations. General http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/g_flexsnap_parameters.html FlexSnap gives you the option of disabling or removing most features from the Graphical User Interface (GUI). The default is that all menus, menu items, buttons, and panels are on, but removing a feature only requires you to insert the parameters described into your HTML code. General http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/g_security_applet_java.html When dealing with JavaScript, applets and security issues, you must understand the Java Applet Sandbox. The sandbox refers to a set of security restrictions imposed on an applet. General http://www.snowbound.com/tech_tips/g_supportcode.html Snowbound has made the development of Java imaging applications easier and quicker than ever with the addition of a new SupportCode package provided with RasterMaster for Java.