Imaging contains VCL/LCL
TGraphic
descendant which uses Imaging library
for loading and saving various different file formats.
They actually descend from TBitmap
and override only
loading, saving, and assigning procedures.
These classes are implemented in ImagingComponents.pas unit.
Classes are automatically registered in unit's initialization
section so you only need to add ImagingComponents to
uses
list somewhere in your project and
TPicture
class will be able to load and save images using
Imaging.
There are packages for Delphi
,
and Lazarus
in
Source\Projects
directory which you can install
to your IDEs and use Imaging classes in form design stage too.
Note that TImagingGraphic and all its descendants can load images in all file formats supported by Imaging but save images only in file format they are named after (i.e. TImagingJpeg saves jpeg images). TImagingGraphic itself doesn't override saving methods so TBitmap's saving is used.
Classes and functions in ImagingComponents