Missing WIC features
Author: miloushCreated Jun 15, 2023Updated Sep 17, 2026
LabelsEnhancement Requested
Tracking issue for features that WIC has but WPF does not.
- plenty of built-in pixel formats #4570, most importantly:
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WICPixelFormat32bppRGBAused by built-in WEBP #1436 -
WICPixelFormat96bppRGBFloatused by built-in TIFF - big groups of unsupported formats:
- 10-bit
- fixed point
- half float
- CMYK
- n-channels
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- support for add-in pixel formats
- enumererating available:
- decoders and encoders #7930
- metadata readers and writers
- pixel formats and converters
- classes for new or updated built-in codecs:
- JPEG XR #6337
- DDS (with its own interfaces)
- DNG
- HEIF (with its own metadata interfaces) #6337
- WEBP (with its own metadata interfaces) #6337
- recognize new PNG codec CLSIDs
- new JPEG properties (
IWICJpegFrameDecode,IWICJpegFrameEncode)
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IWICDevelopRaw#4567 -
IWICCodecProgressNotification - allow developres to add managed classes for their WIC components
- allow developers to supply non-WIC based codecs https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/1436#issuecomment-562444330
- allow developers to read and write metadata
- progressive decoding
IWICProgressiveLevelControl
Source: dotnet/wpf