An Image is a numeric representation (normally it is binary) of a two-dimensional image. Depending on whether the image resolution is fixed (non changeable), it may be of vector or raster type. Without qualifications, the term “image” usually refers to raster images also called bitmap images.

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One of the limitations of shapes in HTML 5 canvas is that only one fill rule is supported, which can lead to shapes not...
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Customer question – Extracting overlapping clipped images from a…

We had an interesting inquiry about extracting clipped images from a PDF file this week. We already have an example to do this, but...
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Replacing the deprecated Java JPEG classes for Java 7

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How does a decodeArray work?

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Java CMYK to RGB conversion – speed comparison of…

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