--- title: "Read" canonical: https://www.graphicsmill.com/samples/tags/read product: "Graphics Mill" --- # Read Reading images with codecs - [Browse all samples]() ## Samples - [Add and remove pages in an existing PDF](): Rebuilds an existing PDF page by page, removing one page and inserting a new one. - [Combine multiple PDF files into one document](): Combines the pages of several existing PDF files into one multi-page PDF document. - [Convert And Write JPEG](): Converts an image to 24bpp RGB format and saves it as a JPEG file. - [Copy Clipping Path](): Copies all Adobe resources, including clipping paths, to a new JPEG. - [Copy Clipping Path (Memory Friendly)](): Copies clipping paths using a memory-efficient pipeline. - [Crop Image And Preserve Clipping Path](): Crops an image while preserving its clipping path. - [Crop Jpeg Losslessly](): Performs a lossless crop on a JPEG image and saves the result. - [Enum Container Elements](): Enumerate and print the elements of a graphics container from a PDF file. - [Flip Jpeg Losslessly](): Flips a JPEG image horizontally without recompression, preserving image quality. - [Get embedded profile using memory-friendly Pipeline API](): Displays embedded color profile info using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Get EXIF Thumbnail](): Extract and save the EXIF thumbnail from a JPEG image. - [Load Multiframe Image](): Loads a multi-frame TIFF image and saves each frame as a separate JPEG file. - [Load Save Stream](): Loads an image from a stream, applies JPEG quality settings, and saves it to another stream. - [Modify Clipping Path Explicitly](): Crops an image and updates its clipping path explicitly. - [Modify Clipping Path Explicitly (Memory Friendly)](): Modifies a clipping path and image using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Overlay one PDF's graphics onto another](): Overlays the vector content of one PDF, a seal, onto every page of another PDF. - [Process Complex EXIF Types](): Read and modify complex EXIF tags in a JPEG image. - [Read and Write JPEG](): Reads a JPEG image, flips it vertically, and saves it as a new JPEG with high-quality settings. - [Read and write PDF page boxes](): Defines print production page boxes (bleed, trim, art) on a 300 DPI PDF using UnitConverter, then reads them back with PdfReader. - [Read Animated Gif](): Reads all frames from an animated GIF and saves each as a separate file. - [Read Clipping Path Flatness](): Reads and displays the name and flatness of a clipping path from a TIFF image. - [Read EXIF and IPTC](): Reads and displays EXIF and IPTC metadata from a JPEG image. - [Read Extra Channel From TIFF](): Extracts an extra channel from a TIFF image and saves it as a new TIFF file. - [Read Image Metadata](): Reads EXIF and IPTC metadata from an image file without loading bitmap data. - [Read image with WPF](): Shows how to use a custom WPF image reader to pass an image into a processing pipeline. - [Read Multiframe TIFF](): Reads a multi-frame TIFF image and saves each frame as a JPEG file. - [Read Multiframe TIFF Memory Friendly](): Reads a multi-frame TIFF using a memory-friendly pipeline and saves each frame as JPEG. - [Read TIFF](): Reads the first frame of a TIFF image and saves it as a JPEG file. - [Read XMP Metadata](): Reads and prints all XMP metadata properties from an image. - [Read XMP Property](): Reads and displays a specific XMP property from image metadata. - [Recompress JPEG partially](): Applies a mosaic effect to a region of a JPEG image and updates only that region using partial recompression. - [Resize And Preserve Metadata](): Resizes a JPEG image and preserves or updates all metadata. - [Resize Animated Gif](): Resizes an animated GIF to fixed dimensions while preserving animation properties. - [Resize Image And Clipping Path (Memory Friendly)](): Resizes an image and its clipping path using a memory-efficient pipeline. - [Resize while reading JPEG](): Resizes a JPEG image by a factor of 2 during decoding using the codec’s built-in scaling. - [Rotate JPEG losslessly](): Rotates a JPEG image 90 degrees clockwise without recompression, preserving quality. - [Split channels](): Splits a CMYK image into separate channel files. - [Update JPEG metadata losslessly](): Updates JPEG metadata (IPTC, EXIF, XMP) without recompressing the image. - [Write bitmap to EPS](): Loads a JPEG image and saves it directly as an EPS file. - [Write image with WPF](): Demonstrates saving an image from a pipeline using a custom WPF image writer.