REQ: Looking for .NET/C# Imaging libraries, "ITunes like" display

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eljainc

Hello, I'm looking for an imaging library that is compatible with
Visual Studio 2005 that has imaging/display capabilities to that of
ITunes. What I mean is the part of the ITunes program that shows all
of the album art in a collection, and allows the user to scroll
through a collection of images (similar to a Jukebox) or manipulate it
in other fashions that make it easy to view.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
Mike McWhinney
 
Mike,

You will want to take a look at Windows Presentation Foundation.
Basically, in order to do this, you will have to create a 3d model (which
WPF supports), laying the images on a facet of the model, and then
manipulating the model appropriately.

Doing this with Windows Forms would be incredibly painful, IMO.
 
Nicholas,

What tools do I need to be able to use this capability from the WPF?
Obviously the WPF addins for Visual Studio 2005. Are there any samples
which show this 3D model in action?

Mike
 
You might want to pick up Microsoft Expression Blend, if you are looking
for a better design experience. Granted, you don't NEED to have Blend, but
it will make things much easier.

For something like a page flip though, I would say that you should code
the XAML by hand.
 
eljainc said:
Nicholas,

What tools do I need to be able to use this capability from the WPF?
Obviously the WPF addins for Visual Studio 2005. Are there any samples
which show this 3D model in action?
Click to expand...

Samples are distributed with the latest platform SDK.

Mikep
 
I downloaded Blend and ran it on my PC, which isn't exactly slow
(Pentium 2.4Ghz with 1GB RAM). Blend's
performance was not very good. I don't really know how well it handles
multimedia objects (jpgs/dicom). I will definitely consider the WPF
parts of .NET 3.0 in the design of our graphical application.

Mike


You might want to pick up Microsoft Expression Blend, if you are looking
for a better design experience. Granted, you don't NEED to have Blend, but
it will make things much easier.

For something like a page flip though, I would say that you should code
the XAML by hand.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)


Nicholas,
Click to expand...
What tools do I need to be able to use this capability from the WPF?
Obviously the WPF addins for Visual Studio 2005. Are there any samples
which show this 3D model in action?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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