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Image Pixel Format Constants

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The following constants, defined in Gdipluspixelformats.h, specify various pixel formats used in bitmaps.

Constant Description
PixelFormat1bppIndexed
 Specifies that the format is 1 bit per pixel, indexed.
PixelFormat4bppIndexed
 Specifies that the format is 4 bits per pixel, indexed.
PixelFormat8bppIndexed
 Specifies that the format is 8 bits per pixel, indexed.
PixelFormat16bppARGB1555
 Specifies that the format is 16 bits per pixel; 1 bit is used for the alpha component, and 5 bits each are used for the red, green, and blue components.
PixelFormat16bppGrayScale
 Specifies that the format is 16 bits per pixel, grayscale.
PixelFormat16bppRGB555
 Specifies that the format is 16 bits per pixel; 5 bits each are used for the red, green, and blue components. The remaining bit is not used.
PixelFormat16bppRGB565
 Specifies that the format is 16 bits per pixel; 5 bits are used for the red component, 6 bits are used for the green component, and 5 bits are used for the blue component.
PixelFormat24bppRGB
 Specifies that the format is 24 bits per pixel; 8 bits each are used for the red, green, and blue components.
PixelFormat32bppARGB
 Specifies that the format is 32 bits per pixel; 8 bits each are used for the alpha, red, green, and blue components.
PixelFormat32bppPARGB
 Specifies that the format is 32 bits per pixel; 8 bits each are used for the alpha, red, green, and blue components. The red, green, and blue components are premultiplied according to the alpha component.
PixelFormat32bppRGB
 Specifies that the format is 32 bits per pixel; 8 bits each are used for the red, green, and blue components. The remaining 8 bits are not used.
PixelFormat48bppRGB
 Specifies that the format is 48 bits per pixel; 16 bits each are used for the red, green, and blue components.
PixelFormat64bppARGB
 Specifies that the format is 64 bits per pixel; 16 bits each are used for the alpha, red, green, and blue components.
PixelFormat64bppPARGB
 Specifies that the format is 64 bits per pixel; 16 bits each are used for the alpha, red, green, and blue components. The red, green, and blue components are premultiplied according to the alpha component.

Remarks

PixelFormat48bppRGB, PixelFormat64bppARGB, and PixelFormat64bppPARGB use 16 bits per color component (channel). Windows GDI+ version 1.0 can read 16-bits-per-channel images, but such images are converted to an 8-bits-per-channel format for processing, displaying, and saving.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Header
Gdipluspixelformats.h