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Watermark not drawing in image

I had an error come up:
A Graphics Object cannot be Created from an Image that has an Indexed Pixel Format
So I implemented this code into my method: Solution for "A Graphics Object cannot be Created from an Image that has an Indexed Pixel Format"
But now my watermark doesnt want to draw on my image.
Please can anyone assist.
Code:
private Image AddWaterMark(Image original)
{
Image waterMark = Image.FromFile(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["GalleryFolder"] + #"\watermark.png");
Bitmap bm = (Bitmap)original;
Size waterMarkResize = ResizeFit(new Size(original.Width, original.Height));
using (Image watermarkImage = new Bitmap(waterMark, waterMarkResize))
using (Graphics imageGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(new Bitmap(bm.Width, bm.Height)))
{
imageGraphics.DrawImage(bm, new Rectangle(0, 0, bm.Width, bm.Height), 0, 0, bm.Width, bm.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
using (TextureBrush watermarkBrush = new TextureBrush(watermarkImage))
{
int x = (original.Width / 2 - watermarkImage.Width / 2);
int y = (original.Height / 2 - watermarkImage.Height / 2);
watermarkBrush.TranslateTransform(x, y);
imageGraphics.FillRectangle(watermarkBrush, new Rectangle(new Point(x, y), new Size(watermarkImage.Width + 1, watermarkImage.Height)));
}
}
return bm;
}

You're creating a new Bitmap to pass to Graphics.FromImage then returning the uneditted original Bitmap. Create the new Bitmap independently, pass it to FromImage then return the new Bitmap.
var edit = new Bitmap(bm.Width, bm.Height);
// ...
using (Graphics imagesGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(edit))
{
// draw original
// draw watermark
}
return edit;

How To split a big image into smaller A4 size pieces using DrawImage method of Graphics class

DrawImage method of Graphics class is not creating high quality images. In this method I am splitting a master image into multiple image but the code generating first image in very low quality. But it is generating full black images for remaining height.
public static Bitmap[] Split(byte[] ByteImage)
{
// MasterImage: there is no problem in master image. it is saving it in good quality.
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(ByteImage);
System.Drawing.Image MasterImage = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(ms);
MasterImage.Save(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("../../../App_Shared/Reports/Temp/MasterImage.Bmp"), ImageFormat.Bmp);
//Split master image into multiple image according to height / 1000
Int32 ImageHeight = 1000, ImageWidth = MasterImage.Width, MasterImageHeight = MasterImage.Height;
int PageCount = 0;
Int32 TotalPages = MasterImage.Height / 1000;
Bitmap[] imgs = new Bitmap[TotalPages];
for (int y = 0; y + 1000 < MasterImageHeight; y += 1000, PageCount++)
{
imgs[PageCount] = new Bitmap(ImageWidth, ImageHeight, PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb);
using (Graphics gr = Graphics.FromImage(imgs[PageCount]))
{
gr.CompositingQuality = CompositingQuality.HighQuality;
gr.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
gr.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.HighQuality;
//First image now working with this code line
gr.DrawImage(MasterImage, new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, y, ImageWidth, ImageHeight),new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, ImageWidth, ImageHeight), GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //new System.Drawing.Rectangle(new Point(0, y), new Size(ImageWidth, ImageHeight)));
//gr.DrawImage(MasterImage, new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, y, ImageWidth, ImageHeight)); //new System.Drawing.Rectangle(new Point(0, y), new Size(ImageWidth, ImageHeight)));
string FilePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("../../../App_Shared/Reports/Temp/Image" + PageCount.ToString() + ".bmp");
imgs[PageCount].Save(FilePath, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);
//Here it is saving images. I got first image with very poor quality but remaining in total balck color.
gr.Dispose();
}
}
return imgs;
}

As #HansPassant mentioned the source and target rectangle are reversed.
You could also change the structure of your splitting a bit so it could work a bit more flexible, and it might have a better readability at a later time.
class Program
{
static IList<Bitmap> SplitImage(Bitmap sourceBitmap, int splitHeight)
{
Size dimension = sourceBitmap.Size;
Rectangle sourceRectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, dimension.Width, splitHeight);
Rectangle targetRectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, dimension.Width, splitHeight);
IList<Bitmap> results = new List<Bitmap>();
while (sourceRectangle.Top < dimension.Height)
{
Bitmap pageBitmap = new Bitmap(targetRectangle.Size.Width, sourceRectangle.Bottom < dimension.Height ?
targetRectangle.Size.Height
:
dimension.Height - sourceRectangle.Top, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(pageBitmap))
{
g.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBilinear;
g.DrawImage(sourceBitmap, targetRectangle, sourceRectangle, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
}
sourceRectangle.Y += sourceRectangle.Height;
results.Add(pageBitmap);
}
return results;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string sourceFilename = Environment.CurrentDirectory + #"\testimage.jpg";
Bitmap sourceBitmap = (Bitmap)Image.FromFile(sourceFilename);
var images = SplitImage(sourceBitmap, 79);
int len = images.Count;
for (int x = len; --x >= 0; )
{
var bmp = images[x];
string filename = "Images-" + x + ".bmp";
bmp.Save(Environment.CurrentDirectory + #"\" + filename, ImageFormat.Bmp);
images.RemoveAt(x);
bmp.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine("Saved " + filename);
}
Console.WriteLine("Done with the resizing");
}
}
This would also dynamically size the last image in case the page is less than your specified bitmap height at the end :)

How to Add the values of List<string> into the List<PictureBox> after encoding it to Barcode in c#

I have two List one is of string and the other is of PictureBox type. I want to take the values of List of type string and the convert it into the Barcode then save it to the List of type PictureBox.
I am doing it like this right now:
List<System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox> PictureBoxList = new List<System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox>();
List<string> SerialNumberList = new List<string>();
int SerialNumberStart = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 10 ; i++)
{
SerialNumberStart++;
SerialNumberList.Add("S" + SerialNumberStart);
}
private void PrintButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
for(int j =0 ; j < SerialNumberList.Count ; j++)
{
BarcodeLib.TYPE barcodetype1 = BarcodeLib.TYPE.CODE39;
BarcodeLib.Barcode bar1 = new BarcodeLib.Barcode();
bar1.IncludeLabel = true;
PictureBoxList[j].Image = bar1.Encode(barcodetype1 ,SerialNumberList[j]); // It gives me exception of Index out of range
PictureBoxList.Add(PictureBoxList[j]);
printDocument1.PrintPage += new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventHandler(printDocument1_PrintPage);
printDocument1.Print();
}
}
private void PrintDocument_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
Bitmap myBitmap1 = new Bitmap(pictureBox1.Width, pictureBox1.Height);
pictureBox1.DrawToBitmap(myBitmap1, new Rectangle(0, 0, pictureBox1.Width, pictureBox1.Height));
e.Graphics.DrawImage(myBitmap1, 0, 0);
myBitmap1.Dispose();
}
My first question is that How can I convert the string into the PictureBox.
And then converting each item of the PictureBox to the Bitmap and then printing all of the bitmaps now the code only Prints one barcode

you want like this.. right?? see this is the representaion of the this string "S1253551" in 3of9 and plain text and finally as image right??
public Image stringToImage(string inputString)
{
string text = inputString.Trim();
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(1, 1);
//Set the font style of output image
Font font = new Font("Free 3 of 9", 25, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
Font font2 = new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
int width = (int)graphics.MeasureString(text, font).Width;
int height = (int)graphics.MeasureString(text, font).Height;
int height2 = (int)graphics.MeasureString(text, font2).Height;
bmp = new Bitmap(bmp, new Size(width, height+height2));
graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
//Specify the background color of the image
graphics.Clear(Color.Cyan);
graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
graphics.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAlias;
//Specify the text, font, Text Color, X position and Y position of the image
graphics.DrawString(text, font, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), 0, 0);
graphics.DrawString(text, font2, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), 0, height);
graphics.Flush();
graphics.Dispose();
//if you want to save the image uncomment the below line.
//bmp.Save(#"d:\myimage.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
return bmp;
}
Remember you must have installed "free 3 of 9" font.
you pass the string "S1253551" and it generate the barcode and add the plain text at bottom and finally return it as image.
Its working code i have tried at my end. Enjoy. :)
Download the working code from here Download

mean you have string and you have converted it to barcode. finally we have a property in barcode which holds the value of string right?? now you want to display that string as image??
if so then refer the below code -
public Image stringToImage(string inputString)
{
string text = inputString.Trim();
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(1, 1);
//Set the font style of output image
Font font = new Font("Arial", 25, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
int width = (int)graphics.MeasureString(text, font).Width;
int height = (int)graphics.MeasureString(text, font).Height;
bmp = new Bitmap(bmp, new Size(width, height));
graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
//Specify the background color of the image
graphics.Clear(Color.Cyan);
graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
graphics.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAlias;
//Specify the text, font, Text Color, X position and Y position of the image
graphics.DrawString(text, font, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), 0, 0);
graphics.Flush();
graphics.Dispose();
//if you want to save the image uncomment the below line.
//bmp.Save(#"d:\myimage.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
return bmp;
}

I believe, if bar1.Encode actually has return type of Image, this lines in PrintButton_Click method :
PictureBoxList[j].Image = bar1.Encode(barcodetype1 ,SerialNumberList[j]); // It gives me exception of Index out of range
PictureBoxList.Add(PictureBoxList[j]);
should be like this :
var pictureBox = new PictureBox();
pictureBox.Image = bar1.Encode(barcodetype1 ,SerialNumberList[j]);
PictureBoxList.Add(pictureBox);
UPDATE :
To make it clear, my answer above meant PrintButton_Click should be as follow :
private void PrintButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
for(int j =0 ; j < SerialNumberList.Count ; j++)
{
BarcodeLib.TYPE barcodetype1 = BarcodeLib.TYPE.CODE39;
BarcodeLib.Barcode bar1 = new BarcodeLib.Barcode();
bar1.IncludeLabel = true;
var pictureBox = new PictureBox();
pictureBox.Image = bar1.Encode(barcodetype1 ,SerialNumberList[j]);
PictureBoxList.Add(pictureBox);
printDocument1.PrintPage += new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventHandler(printDocument1_PrintPage);
printDocument1.Print();
}
}

How to paint over a bitmap with a brush - C#/.NET

This seems like it should be simple, but I can't seem to find any way to do it. I have a custom WinForms control that has an overridden paint method that does some custom drawing.
I have a Bitmap in memory, and all I want to do is paint over the whole thing with a HashBrush, but preserve the alpha channel, so that the transparent parts of the bitmap don't get painted.
The bitmap in memory is not a simple shape, so it will not be feasible to define it as a set of paths or anything.
EDIT: In response to showing the code, there is a lot of code in the paint routine, so I'm only including a relevant snippet, which is the method in question. This method gets called from the main paint override. It accepts a list of images which are black transparency masks and combines them into one, then it uses a ColorMatrix to change the color of the combined image it created, allowing it to be overlayed on top of the background. All I want to accomplish is being able to also paint hashmarks on top of it.
private void PaintSurface(PaintEventArgs e, Image imgParent, List<Image> surfImgs, Rectangle destRect, ToothSurfaceMaterial material)
{
using (Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(imgParent.Width, imgParent.Height,
System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb))
{
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp))
{
foreach (Image img in surfImgs)
{
g.DrawImage(img, System.Drawing.Point.Empty);
}
}
ColorMatrix matrix = new ColorMatrix(
new float[][] {
new float[] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
new float[] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
new float[] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
new float[] { 0, 0, 0, 0.7f, 0},
new float[] { material.R / 255.0f,
material.G / 255.0f,
material.B / 255.0f,
0, 1}
});
ImageAttributes imageAttr = new ImageAttributes();
imageAttr.SetColorMatrix(matrix);
Rectangle r = GetSizedRect(imgParent, destRect);
e.Graphics.DrawImage(bmp,
r,
0,
0,
bmp.Width,
bmp.Height,
GraphicsUnit.Pixel, imageAttr);
}
}

The solution I ended up using was the following method. First I combine the individual masks into one, then create a new Bitmap and paint the whole thing with the HatchBrush, finally iterate through the mask and set the alpha values on the newly generated bitmap based on the mask.
private Bitmap GenerateSurface(Image imgParent, List<Image> surfImgs, ToothSurfaceMaterial material)
{
Bitmap mask = new Bitmap(imgParent.Width, imgParent.Height,
System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(mask))
{
foreach (Image img in surfImgs)
{
g.DrawImage(img, System.Drawing.Point.Empty);
}
}
Bitmap output = new Bitmap(mask.Width, mask.Height,
System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(output))
{
if (material.HatchStyle != null)
{
HatchBrush hb = new HatchBrush((HatchStyle)material.HatchStyle, material.FgColor, material.BgColor);
g.FillRectangle(hb, new Rectangle(0, 0, output.Width, output.Height));
}
else
{
SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(material.FgColor);
g.FillRectangle(sb, new Rectangle(0, 0, output.Width, output.Height));
}
}
var rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, output.Width, output.Height);
var bitsMask = mask.LockBits(rect, ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
var bitsOutput = output.LockBits(rect, ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
unsafe
{
int offset = 0;
for (int y = 0; y < mask.Height; y++)
{
byte* ptrMask = (byte*)bitsMask.Scan0 + y * bitsMask.Stride;
byte* ptrOutput = (byte*)bitsOutput.Scan0 + y * bitsOutput.Stride;
for (int x = 0; x < mask.Width; x++)
{
offset = 4 * x + 3;
ptrOutput[offset] = (byte)(ptrMask[offset] * 0.7);
}
}
}
mask.UnlockBits(bitsMask);
output.UnlockBits(bitsOutput);
return output;
}

I think you don't need any ColorMatrix which is overkill, you just need a ColorMap, here is the code which may not suit your requirement but should give you the idea. That's because I possibly don't understand your problem well, if you have any problem, just leave some comment and I'll try to improve the answer:
ImageAttributes imgA = new ImageAttributes();
ColorMap cm = new ColorMap();
cm.OldColor = Color.Black
cm.NewColor = Color.FromArgb((byte)(0.7*255), Color.Green);
imgA.SetRemapTable(new ColorMap[] {cm });
GraphicsUnit gu = GraphicsUnit.Pixel;
g.DrawImage(imageToDraw,new Point[]{Point.Empty,
new Point(backImage.Width/2,0),
new Point(0,backImage.Height/2)},
Rectangle.Round(imageToDraw.GetBounds(ref gu)),
GraphicsUnit.Pixel, imgA);
the new Point[] is an array of 3 Points used to locate the destination Rectangle.
The code above is used to Draw the imageToDraw on top of the backImage and convert and color of Black to the color Green with Opacity = 70%. That's what you want to fulfill your code.
UPDATE
This may be what you want, in fact your code doesn't show what you want, it just shows what you have which doesn't implement anything related to your problem now. I deduce this from your very first description in your question. The input is an image with background color (which will be made partially transparent later) being Black. Now the output you want is an image with all the non-Black region being painted with a HatchBrush. This output will then be processed to turn the Black background to a partially transparent background.
public void PaintHatchBrush(Bitmap input, HatchBrush brush){
using(Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(input)){
g.Clip = GetForegroundRegion(input, Color.Black);
GraphicsUnit gu = GraphicsUnit.Pixel;
g.FillRectangle(brush, input.GetBounds(ref gu));
}
}
//This is implemented using `GetPixel` which is not fast, but it gives you the idea.
public Region GetForegroundRegion(Bitmap input, Color backColor){
GraphicsPath gp = new GraphicsPath();
Rectangle rect = Rectangle.Empty;
bool jumpedIn = false;
for (int i = 0; i < bm.Height; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < bm.Width; j++) {
Color c = bm.GetPixel(j, i);
if (c != backColor&&!jumpedIn) {
rect = new Rectangle(j, i, 1, 1);
jumpedIn = true;
}
if (jumpedIn && (c == backColor || j == bm.Width - 1)) {
rect.Width = j - rect.Left;
gp.AddRectangle(rect);
jumpedIn = false;
}
}
}
return new Region(gp);
}
//Usage
HatchBrush brush = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.Percent30, Color.Green, Color.Yellow);
PaintHatchBrush(yourImage, brush);
//then yourImage will have HatchBrush painted on the surface leaving the Black background intact.
//This image will be used in the next process to turn the Black background into 70%
//opacity background as you did using ColorMatrix (or more simply using ColorMap as I posted previously)

drawing a rectangle for a bitmap clone

I have a bitmap in which i clone and specify a rectangle - the current rectangle has certain width and height values which i've used for checking the rectangle for a QR code. I noticed this checks the top left corner. I would i be able to alter this to check for top right corner, bottom right and left corners of the same size(width and height)?
Bitmap result = fullImg.Clone(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, 375, 375), fullImg.PixelFormat);
Any help is greatly appreciated.
for (int pg = 0; pg < inputDocument.PageCount; pg++)
{
string workGif = workingFilename.Replace(".pdf", string.Format(".{0}.gif", pg + 1));
GhostscriptWrapper.GeneratePageThumb(workingFilename, workGif, pg + 1, 300, 300); // size (last two params) does not seem to have any effect
using (var fullImg = new Bitmap(workGif))
{
Bitmap result = fullImg.Clone(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, 375, 375), fullImg.PixelFormat);
string QRinfo = Process(result);
MessageBox.Show(QRinfo);
string[] qcode = QRinfo.Split('/');
string gid = qcode[qcode.Count() - 1];
Guid pgGuid = new Guid(gid);
}
}
Process Method for qr
public string Process(Bitmap bitmap)
{
var reader = new com.google.zxing.qrcode.QRCodeReader();
try
{
LuminanceSource source = new RGBLuminanceSource(bitmap, bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height);
var binarizer = new HybridBinarizer(source);
var binBitmap = new BinaryBitmap(binarizer);
return reader.decode(binBitmap).Text;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return e.Message;
}
}

If the QRCodes are ALWAYS on the corners, you can use a picturebox for the Bitmap, and then rotate it using the RotateFlip method:
Bitmap bp = new Bitmap("myImage.jpg");
pictureBox1.Image = bp;
bp.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipNone);
pictureBox1.Invalidate();