Windows Imaging Component

Windows Imaging Component
Developer(s)Microsoft
Operating systemWindows NT family
TypeApplication programming interface
Licensedocs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/wic/-wic-lh

Windows Imaging Component (WIC) is a COM-based imaging codec framework introduced in Windows Vista (and later available in Windows XP Service Pack 3) for working with and processing digital images and image metadata.

WIC enables application developers to perform image processing operations on any image format through a single set of common APIs, without requiring prior knowledge of specific image formats.