BitmapPalette Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Media.Imaging

Assembly:

PresentationCore.dll

Defines the available color palette for a supported image type.

public ref class BitmapPalette sealed : System::Windows::Threading::DispatcherObject

public sealed class BitmapPalette : System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject

type BitmapPalette = class
    inherit DispatcherObject

Public NotInheritable Class BitmapPalette
Inherits DispatcherObject

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

BitmapPalette

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to define a custom BitmapPalette and apply it to a new BitmapSource.

int width = 128;
int height = width;
int stride = width/8;
byte[] pixels = new byte[height*stride];

// Try creating a new image with a custom palette.
List<System.Windows.Media.Color> colors = new List<System.Windows.Media.Color>();
colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Red);
colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Blue);
colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Green);
BitmapPalette myPalette = new BitmapPalette(colors);

// Creates a new empty image with the pre-defined palette

BitmapSource image = BitmapSource.Create(
    width,
    height,
    96,
    96,
    PixelFormats.Indexed1,
    myPalette, 
    pixels, 
    stride);

FileStream stream = new FileStream("empty.tif", FileMode.Create);
TiffBitmapEncoder encoder = new TiffBitmapEncoder();
TextBlock myTextBlock = new TextBlock();
myTextBlock.Text = "Codec Author is: " + encoder.CodecInfo.Author.ToString();
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image));
MessageBox.Show(myPalette.Colors.Count.ToString());
encoder.Save(stream);

Dim width As Integer = 128
Dim height As Integer = width
Dim stride As Integer = CType(width / 8, Integer)
Dim pixels(height * stride) As Byte

' Try creating a new image with a custom palette.
Dim colors As New List(Of System.Windows.Media.Color)()
colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Red)
colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Blue)
colors.Add(System.Windows.Media.Colors.Green)
Dim myPalette As New BitmapPalette(colors)

' Creates a new empty image with the pre-defined palette
Dim image As BitmapSource = System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapSource.Create(width, height, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Indexed1, myPalette, pixels, stride)
Dim stream As New FileStream("empty.tif", FileMode.Create)
Dim encoder As New TiffBitmapEncoder()
Dim myTextBlock As New TextBlock()
myTextBlock.Text = "Codec Author is: " + encoder.CodecInfo.Author.ToString()
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image))
MessageBox.Show(myPalette.Colors.Count.ToString())
encoder.Save(stream)

The following example demonstrates how to retrieve a BitmapPalette from an image.

// Get the palette from an image
BitmapImage image2 = new BitmapImage();
image2.BeginInit();
image2.UriSource = new Uri("tulipfarm.tif", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
image2.EndInit();
BitmapPalette myPalette3 = new BitmapPalette(image2, 256);

//Draw the third Image
Image myImage2 = new Image();
myImage2.Source = image2;
myImage2.Stretch = Stretch.None;
myImage2.Margin = new Thickness(20);

' Get the palette from an image
Dim image2 As New BitmapImage()
image2.BeginInit()
image2.UriSource = New Uri("tulipfarm.tif", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)
image2.EndInit()
Dim myPalette3 As New BitmapPalette(image2, 256)

'Draw the third Image
Dim myImage2 As New Image()
myImage2.Source = image2
myImage2.Stretch = Stretch.None
myImage2.Margin = New Thickness(20)

Remarks

Only Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) and Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) image formats support image palettes. However, other image types can be used to define a BitmapPalette. Attempting to define a BitmapPalette for an unsupported bitmap format does not result in an exception; the designated BitmapPalette is simply ignored.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) supports both custom color palettes and predefined palettes defined by the BitmapPalettes class.

Constructors

BitmapPalette(BitmapSource, Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the BitmapPalette class based on the specified BitmapSource. The new BitmapPalette is limited to a specified maximum color count.
BitmapPalette(IList<Color>)	Initializes a new instance of the BitmapPalette class with the specified colors.

Properties

Colors	Get the colors defined in a palette.
Dispatcher	Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. (Inherited from DispatcherObject)

Methods

CheckAccess()	Determines whether the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject)
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)
VerifyAccess()	Enforces that the calling thread has access to this DispatcherObject. (Inherited from DispatcherObject)

See also

• BitmapPalettes