Robert A. Wlodarczyk's Blog (MSFT)

adventures with the Windows Imaging Component

New blog home!

Since Windows 7 shipped, I am no longer working on the team delivering the Windows Imaging...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/14/2010

Some folks have been inquiring about the sampel code that I had on my blog. Since my web host was...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/02/2009

Moving to other blogs...

Just last week, the DirectX blog has gone live! From now on, any posts about WIC will be placed on...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 04/30/2009

Metadata Working Group 1.01 Spec Published

Just today the Metadata Working Group posted the version 1.01 of their guidance. There are a few...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/02/2009

WIC in Windows 7 Pre-Beta

With this morning's keynote on Windows 7, I can finally share details about what's changed in WIC in...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/28/2008

Metadata Working Group

At Photokina this year, the Metadata Working Group standard was announced. This is an industry wide...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/12/2008

WIC Tools now available!

The following WIC Tools are now available from the Microsoft Download Center... with source code!...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/26/2007

WIC Forum

Well, it's finally happened... we've created a WIC Forum on the MSDN Forums page. So, if you have...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/22/2007

Using WPF's InPlaceBitmapMetadataWriter

Many folks have tried to use the WPF Imaging InPlaceBitmapMetadataWriter class without much success....

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 07/18/2007

Microsoft Pro Photo Summit 2007

Last week was the Microsoft Pro Photo Summit. Below are links to some coverage from the event:...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 07/17/2007

Metadata Conference

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

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 07/11/2007

Wikipedia now knows about WIC

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

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 04/18/2007

HD Photo Beta Plugin for Adobe Photoshop

Have you been eye-ing the new HD Photo format? Are you an avid user of Adobe's Photoshop? Well, now...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/08/2007

HDView from MSR

Just announced at MSR Techfest yesterday... Ever wonder how you view gigapixel images? Or how do you...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/08/2007

CMYK Color Profile Posted

For those of you using CMYK images in your workflow using WIC, you'll want to download the CMYK...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/06/2007

DJ Tiësto & Windows Vista

Some of you who know me better know that I'm a huge DJ Tiësto fan... even before he was vote #1 DJ...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/04/2007

PhotoInfo FAQ

Today the FAQ about PhotoInfo was posted. Check it out here. Of interest it talks about how to read...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 02/01/2007

Microsoft PhotoInfo Released

If you're looking to add IPTC and other pieces of metadata from Windows Explorer, Microsoft...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/23/2007

WPF BitmapSource and GDI+ Bitmap Interop

Many folks in the forums (most recent post) have been asking how to interop BitmapSources (from WPF)...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 01/03/2007

WIC 1.0 is released!

The WIC package installer is now available on MSDN: x86:...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/13/2006

Want to give PhotoSynth a try?

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

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/09/2006

WICGrinder Updated

After the initial release of WICGrinder almost 2 weeks ago, we have added metadata tests in. Also,...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/08/2006

.NET Fx 3.0 RTM is out!

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

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/08/2006

App Verifier & WICGrinder

In the previous post about WICGrinder, this tool for verifying WIC CODEC behavior was introduced. As...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 11/03/2006

So you wrote a WIC enabled CODEC... Does it work?

After reading this blog, Peggi's whitepaper, and the MSDN Documentation, you decided to write a...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/27/2006

WIC RC1 Download!

For those who have been waiting for a standalong download of the WIC redistributable, here it is:...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 10/05/2006

MSDN Article on how to write a WIC CODEC

Peggi, Lead PM on WIC, put together a most excellent write up for all of the things that go into...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/27/2006

PhotoSynth

If you havne't already checked out PhotoSynth, head over to Channel 9 or Channel 10 and check it...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 07/31/2006

Interested in Windows Media Photo?

Bill Crow has a really great blog about Windows Media Photo. Interested in finding out more about...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 07/17/2006

Cool Traffic Map Demo

Lorin on the WPF SDK team put together a really nice sample for the Seattle area traffic map. You...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 06/23/2006

Can't view images with WinFx Beta 2?

Some folks are hitting an issue where they cannot view images after installing WinFx Beta 2 on...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 05/25/2006

Updated WICExplorer, AIT CODEC, RGB Effect...

WICExplorer, AIT CODEC, and RGB Effect are now updated for Beta 2. AIT CODEC Code (Beta 2):...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 05/25/2006

Updated AIT CODEC

We've noticed that there was a bug in the AIT CODEC around ColorContexts. When trying to view AIT...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 05/02/2006

First Sample BitmapEffect

We've announced a while ago that the BitmapEffects pipeline within WinFx (particularly in Windows...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 04/14/2006

Official MSDN Documentation (for WIC and BitmapEffects)

Some folks have asked where the official documentation is for WindowsCodecs. It's there in MSDN, but...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 04/11/2006

Background on Metadata Query Language

During the design phase of WIC (Windows Imaging Component), we took a holistic view of the issues...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/30/2006

Photo Demo Used in Channel9 Video

In the Channel9 video, Peggi showed off a WPF application using the managed Imaging classes. As...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/11/2006

WICExplorer Features Updated

Since the original version of WICExplorer, there have been a few updates that we've done to it....

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/10/2006

Updated WICExplorer and AIT CODEC

A while ago I posted a sample AIT CODEC and WICExplorer. I've (finally) updated these for the latest...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/10/2006

WPF Imaging (WIC) on Channel9

We're on Channel9! If you have some time, check out the interview! Coming soon to this blog......

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 03/09/2006

Signing CODEC binary

There have been quite a few folks developing CODECs that work with WindowsCodecs CODEC...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 02/27/2006

WindowsCodecs Image & Metadata Viewer

Some of you out there have already been taking a look at the WindowsCodecs APIs and have begun...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/21/2005

The North Face Demo (& Whitepaper)

Karsten and Darren (of Fluid) posted a whitepaper on how the "The North Face" In-Store Explorer....

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/18/2005

Windows 2003 Server Compute Cluster Edition

Back before I joined Microsoft a little over 2 years ago, I began working on a project at my...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/14/2005

WPF Halos demo

It's now showcased on WinSuperSite! (In particular this and this.) This is demo of using a listbox...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/13/2005

Microsoft Max

Microsoft Max, built on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) was just announced at the PDC!...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/13/2005

See you at the PDC

I'm heading off to LA tomorrow for the PDC. Can't wait... BTW, I'll be at the "Hands On Labs"...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 09/10/2005

Implementing a Custom CODEC for the WindowsCodecs Extensibility System

As the name implies, a CODEC is a enCOder and DECoder. In the case of WindowsCodecs, Microsoft...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/10/2005

Working on implementing a CODEC

As I mentioned last week, I would be sharing a test implementation of a CODEC built for the...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/10/2005

Introducing WindowsCodecs!

Last night, Pablo made a post to the Avalon newsgroups about WindowsCodecs... To quote him directly:...

Author: Robert A. Wlodarczyk Date: 08/04/2005

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