Since Windows 7 shipped, I am no longer working on the team delivering the Windows Imaging Component. I'm working on some different areas within Windows. Also, I have started my own blog, SimplicityGuy , where I plan to cover projects that I work in outside...

Some folks have been inquiring about the sampel code that I had on my blog. Since my web host was changed and the content was lost, I've moved the code to CodePlex. I've pruned the samples, and made them availabled here . What's included: Converting...

Just last week, the DirectX blog has gone live! From now on, any posts about WIC will be placed on the DirectX blog. Questions about WIC will continue to be answered in the WIC Forums on MSDN. Also, in a short while I'll be setting up my own blog...

Just today the Metadata Working Group posted the version 1.01 of their guidance . There are a few changes: clarification around location removal of Exif UserComment from the "Description" guidance clarification around "Date/Time" addition...

With this morning's keynote on Windows 7, I can finally share details about what's changed in WIC in Windows 7! We've spent much time fixing many issues that both our customers and we found since we shipped Windows Vista. We also added a number of important...

At Photokina this year, the Metadata Working Group standard was announced. This is an industry wide effort to improve how metadata is written and read for a number of key fields used in consumer workflows. The formation of this group included members...

The following WIC Tools are now available from the Microsoft Download Center... with source code! WICGrinder (updated!) WICExplorer Sample CODEC, metadata handler, pixel formats Click here to download the code! Also here.

Well, it's finally happened... we've created a WIC Forum on the MSDN Forums page. So, if you have any questions about WIC, please post them there . Enjoy!

Many folks have tried to use the WPF Imaging InPlaceBitmapMetadataWriter class without much success. Unfortunately the SDK sample provided only shows how to use this with PNG files... and this is less than ideal since folks are mainly interested in metadata...

Last week was the Microsoft Pro Photo Summit. Below are links to some coverage from the event: PopPhoto (1) , (2) Blurberati Photo Business Forum Dispatches (1) , (2) , (3) , (4)

At the recent Photo Metadata Conference , Josh Weisberg from Microsoft represented WIC there. Here's some coverage... and some more...

It's great to see that now Wikipedia knows something about WIC . :)

Have you been eye-ing the new HD Photo format? Are you an avid user of Adobe's Photoshop? Well, now you can give HD Photo a whirl in Photoshop CS2 (or the CS3 beta). Download the HD Photo Plugin for Adobe Photoshop .

Just announced at MSR Techfest yesterday... Ever wonder how you view gigapixel images? Or how do you even go about creating gigapixel images using somewhat commodity equipment? MSR just released a tool that's built on the WIC APIs and uses HD Photo as...

For those of you using CMYK images in your workflow using WIC, you'll want to download the CMYK profile that was posted a few days ago . Enjoy.

Some of you who know me better know that I'm a huge DJ Tiësto fan... even before he was vote #1 DJ in the world. Having been a bad fan lately and not checking out the fan website recently, I figured I'd check it today. To my surprise there's now a Windows...

Today the FAQ about PhotoInfo was posted. Check it out here. Of interest it talks about how to read the Maker Note data once a file was edited using WIC.

If you're looking to add IPTC and other pieces of metadata from Windows Explorer, Microsoft PhotoInfo is the tool for you! Check it out .

Many folks in the forums ( most recent post ) have been asking how to interop BitmapSources (from WPF) with the Bitmap object that was known in .NET 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0. Being that this has come up in the forums many times, I figured I'd put together a...

The WIC package installer is now available on MSDN: x86: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8E011506-6307-445B-B950-215DEF45DDD8&displaylang=en x64: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F64654AC-6E26...

There's a tech preview of PhotoSynth available! Go check it out!

After the initial release of WICGrinder almost 2 weeks ago, we have added metadata tests in. Also, we addressed some bugs within the pre-existing tests. Please pick up an update copy of WICGrinder here: WICGrinder (x86) ; WICGrinder (x64)

.NET Framework 3.0 RTM'd! Go download it ! If you want the SDK, here it is .

In the previous post about WICGrinder , this tool for verifying WIC CODEC behavior was introduced. As an added bonus, this tool can be utilized with other tools, such as App Verifier to catch some pretty nasty bugs. If you have a WIC CODEC, under a debugger...

After reading this blog, Peggi's whitepaper , and the MSDN Documentation , you decided to write a CODEC for an image file type. The CODEC was even tested in WICExplorer . Great! Now you hope that the CODEC is fully functional... meaning that you can use...