Draw text on, split, join, and page count on tiffs

[Benny]

Ok, this has been asked over and over again....but i have to ask
because there has to be a better way (without spending $$). First
things first, I'm running many (thousands of) tif images through an
application I have been building. So far, i have used the
Image.GetFrameCount to get page counts and write strings on images,
split, and join using the graphics object. For anyone that has used
either of these, it is incredibly slow especially compared to some of
these 3rd party libraries that you can purchase for hundreds to
thousands of dollars....seems kind of pointless to spend more than $10
on what i need to use them for. I have used FreeImage from
SourceForge, and, compared to namely LeadTools, it is STILL slower for
getting page counts and I cant even do any drawing using the library.

What I am looking for is either a library or an example of how I can
perform these actions with speed as a must. I am willing to do a
little C++ code, so if that helps with a solution please dont let that
be a limit. ANY help in any of these areas is much more appreciated
than you can imagine. Thank you in advance!

[Michael C]

"Benny" <be***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11*********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegro ups.com...

Ok, this has been asked over and over again....but i have to ask
because there has to be a better way (without spending $$). First
things first, I'm running many (thousands of) tif images through an
application I have been building. So far, i have used the
Image.GetFrameCount to get page counts and write strings on images,
split, and join using the graphics object. For anyone that has used
either of these, it is incredibly slow especially compared to some of
these 3rd party libraries that you can purchase for hundreds to
thousands of dollars....seems kind of pointless to spend more than $10
on what i need to use them for. I have used FreeImage from
SourceForge, and, compared to namely LeadTools, it is STILL slower for
getting page counts and I cant even do any drawing using the library.

What I am looking for is either a library or an example of how I can
perform these actions with speed as a must. I am willing to do a
little C++ code, so if that helps with a solution please dont let that
be a limit. ANY help in any of these areas is much more appreciated
than you can imagine. Thank you in advance!

It can't be that much appreciated if the limit of the budget is $10 :-)

Have you tried using Bitmap.LockBits?

Michael

[Benny]

Would you be willing to show me how i would use that?

Michael C wrote:

"Benny" <be***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11*********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegro ups.com...

Ok, this has been asked over and over again....but i have to ask
because there has to be a better way (without spending $$). First
things first, I'm running many (thousands of) tif images through an
application I have been building. So far, i have used the
Image.GetFrameCount to get page counts and write strings on images,
split, and join using the graphics object. For anyone that has used
either of these, it is incredibly slow especially compared to some of
these 3rd party libraries that you can purchase for hundreds to
thousands of dollars....seems kind of pointless to spend more than $10
on what i need to use them for. I have used FreeImage from
SourceForge, and, compared to namely LeadTools, it is STILL slower for
getting page counts and I cant even do any drawing using the library.

What I am looking for is either a library or an example of how I can
perform these actions with speed as a must. I am willing to do a
little C++ code, so if that helps with a solution please dont let that
be a limit. ANY help in any of these areas is much more appreciated
than you can imagine. Thank you in advance!

It can't be that much appreciated if the limit of the budget is $10 :-)

Have you tried using Bitmap.LockBits?

Michael