Hi Greg, I though about doing this, but as it turns out I am not working in .NET 2.0 (Windows.Forms) but in WPF. So I have no idea how to get a Bitmap object out of the Image control of WPF. I've been trying to unsuccesfully...
Uriel On Fri, 11 May 2007 07:20:55 -0400, Gregory Miley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Wasn't paying attention when I type this out... > > // int newColor = (int)(color.R/3 + color.G/5.9 + color.B/1.1); > >Should actually be > > // int newColor = (int)(color.R*0.3 + color.G*0.59 + color.B*0.11); > >Sorry, was trying to type that out from memory. Obviously that didn't >work out quite right. > > >Greg > >-----Original Message----- >From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregory Miley >Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 07:11 >To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM >Subject: Re: Grayscale images in WPF > >You can convert an image to grayscale simply by creating an average of >each pixels color components. > > Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(oldBmp.Width, oldBmp.Height) > for(int x = 0; bm.Width; x++) > { > for(int y = 0; bm.Height; y++) > { > Color color = oldBmp.GetPixel(x,y); > int newColor = (int)(color.R/3 + color.G/3 + color.B/3); > // Other methods use a formula to better calculate the luminance > // int newColor = (int)(color.R/3 + color.G/5.9 + color.B/1.1); > Bmp.SetPixel(x,y, Color.FromArgb(newColor, newColor, newColor)); > } > } > > >Give that a try. > > >Greg > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Gunnerson >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 19:41 >To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM >Subject: Re: Grayscale images in WPF > >Have you thought about graying it out using opacity? If you set the >opacity to about 50%, you will likely get the effect that you want. You >can control how it grays by putting a rectangle of the appropriate color >(white, black, gray) directly behind the image... > >Eric > >-----Original Message----- >From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uriel Cohen >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:44 AM >To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM >Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Grayscale images in WPF > >Hi, > >I've been using the Image control in the definition of a XAML >UserControl, >and I realized that when I set IsEnabled to false, then the bitmap >displayed in the Image control doesn't get grayed out as I was >expecting. > >I've been trying to create a similar control (or one that inherits from >Image) that I could use from XAML and bind its properties. >The idea is that I am binding the Source property of my image instance >to a >property of a data type that I have created (the property is actually a >string of the location in the disk of the jpg file). So I need the new >control to be able to be binded to. > >I tried using a FormatConvertedBitmap instance as the ImageSource of the >Image.Source property, and giving it a BitmapImage instance, but I >couldn't >bind the BitmapImage to the path of the image on the disk. >I also though on creating my own BitmapEffect, which would be a better >solution, but these are very complicated to write since you need to >meddle >with some unmanaged code and COM interfaces, so I gave up this idea. > >Has someone succeded in doing something similar? > >I would like to end up with something like a control called >GrayeableImage... > >TIA > > Uriel > >=================================== >This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at >http://discuss.develop.com > >=================================== >This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at >http://discuss.develop.com > >=================================== >This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at >http://discuss.develop.com > >=================================== >This list is hosted by DevelopMentorĀ® http://www.develop.com > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorĀ® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com