cCropper: Simple, "Smart" RC6/Cairo Image Cropping Class

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cCropper is a small and fast VB6/RC6 class designed to make image cropping easy, and to allow you to add image cropping to your VB applications (nearly) effortlessly.

In addition to being a useful stand-alone class, the code has also been thoroughly commented, making it useful as learning material for RC6/Cairo graphics features and functionality.

Features:

• UI Mode:
  Let users visually select, move, and resize crop areas with the mouse.
  
  
• Programmatic Mode:
  Define crop rectangles and process images entirely through code.
  
  
• Format Support:
  Load and save PNG, JPEG, and BMP files.
  
  
• "Smart" File Size Control:
  Automatically resize files to stay near a target maximum byte size - perfect for uploads and email attachments.
  
  
• Image Size Control
  Define the maximum pixel width/height for your cropped image - useful for generating thumbnails.

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Notes

Requires the RC6 library.


Source Code:

RC6CairoImageCropper4.zip

(Includes demo image which accounts for most of the file size - source code is < 50kb)


Enjoy!