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

The best Windows QR Code app in 2024

Windows 11 is home to many great productivity apps, but if it's a QR Code app that you need, there's no doubt that there's plenty of options to choose from. Not all are created the same, though. Sometimes something as innocent as scanning a QR code for a website or a Wi-Fi password could mean … Continue reading The best Windows QR Code app in 2024

How to use Windows OCR with Text Grab in a few easy steps

Windows 10 and Windows 11 ship with a feature known as the Windows OCR under the hood. Windows OCR, short for Windows Optical Character Recognition, is a pretty nifty ability since it can be used by apps to lift the text from the pixels in images and copy it to your clipboard. Unfortunately, though there's … Continue reading How to use Windows OCR with Text Grab in a few easy steps

How to install Tesseract OCR in Windows

Once you have WinGet installed, you can install Tesseract via WinGet with a simple command. Open a PowerShell or Command Prompt window and type the following command: winget install -e --id UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR This will install the latest version of Tesseract and its dependencies on your system. You can verify the installation by typing the following … Continue reading How to install Tesseract OCR in Windows