Make “phone document scans” look perfect with MagickCrop

I don't know about you, but I "scan" documents, whiteboards, and more with my phone camera all of the time. While my iPhone camera is everything I would want... the documents are never as clean and clear as I'd like them to be. You can manually try to reverse the perspective distortion with edit tools … Continue reading Make “phone document scans” look perfect with MagickCrop

A screenshot of the app Simple Icon File Maker which has generated an image of a Bison at the scale of 512 x 512

Generate icons up to 512×512!

Magick.NET rolled out an update from ImageMagick to increase the max size of icons to 512 x 512 and I have updated Simple Icon File Maker to take advantage of that change! The app has just been submitted to the Microsoft Store for certification so the update should be rolling out soon! Get Simple Icon … Continue reading Generate icons up to 512×512!

Pro IAP is coming to Simple Icon File Maker

Coming in version 1.9 users will be able to support independent app development and unlock extra features of Simple Icon File Maker buy upgrading for a one time fee to Pro! This will make development more sustainable and long lasting. I believe there is a huge amount of untapped potential in this app to easily … Continue reading Pro IAP is coming to Simple Icon File Maker

Perspective distort with Image Magick

Correcting perspective distortion yet again with another simple WPF sample project. I find this project better in a few different ways: Better resolution output More precise setting of corners Option to change different aspect ratios If you have suggestions or a desire to make this app better, check it out here: https://github.com/TheJoeFin/MagickCrop Joe

Non-Affine Transforms in 2D with WPF

I have been looking for a good example of how to do a perspective crop in WPF for some time now. I recently found the term Affine transformation and found this blog post by Charles Petzold https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2007/08/250638.html It looked useful so I reached out to Charles and asked if I could modernize the code and … Continue reading Non-Affine Transforms in 2D with WPF