About Graphics Mill
Aurigma Graphics Mill is a high-performance image processing library for .NET with a strong focus on Web-to-Print workflows and template personalization.
It is designed for production systems that need reliable rendering, advanced typography, PSD-based personalization, color-accurate output, and efficient processing of large images.
Our typical use cases include:
- Web-to-Print personalization engines
- PSD template rendering and variable-data composition
- Server-side image normalization and print preparation
- PDF generation pipelines for production output
- High-volume processing of large raster assets
Key Features
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Advanced PSD workflows: Strong parsing and extraction suitable for complex, template-driven personalization. For high-level personalization helpers like replacing Smart Objects with warp transforms, see Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Templates.
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Sophisticated typography: A rich text engine supporting point text, text in shape, text on path, OpenType features, paragraphs, tabs, vertical text, lists, and artistic text effects.
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Professional PDF production: Multipage PDF generation with support for PDF/X-4 and PDF/VT standards, drawing with spot colors, PDF layers, and rendering text as outlines or as font glyphs.
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TIFF production features: Support for multipage TIFFs and extra channels, such as spot-color separations.
Graphics Mill is capable of processing images and print assets of any size without "out of memory" errors. By utilizing the efficient Pipeline API, it handles huge, high-resolution graphics that sets it apart from standard imaging toolkits.
Other Features
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loading/saving images to different formats
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manipulating metadata (EXIF, IPTC, XMP, Adobe Resources)
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manipulating image channels
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image operations (crop, resize, rotate, flip)
- drawing raster data, text,
and graphics shapes on any image format (including CMYK and 8/16 bit per channel)
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drawing curved text
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color management operations (RGB, CMYK, Grayscale with 8/16 bit per channel)
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color and tone adjustment
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image filtering
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color keying
- saving raster and vector data to the PDF, SVG, and EPS formats
All these operations are applicable to images of any size and they are heavily optimized for lightning speed.