7.2. Working with Images
Before we write any imaging code, let’s explore the .NET Framework library and see what kind of imaging support it offers. The Bitmap class provides functionality to work with raster images, and the Metafile class provides functionality to work with vector images. Both classes are inherited from the Image class. In this chapter we will discuss the Image and Bitmap classes and their members. The Metafile class will be discussed in Chapter 8.
We’ll start this discussion with the Image class, which is defined in the System.Drawing namespace. Understanding this class is important because we will be using its members in our samples throughout this chapter and the next.
The Image class is an abstract base class for the Bitmap ...
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