Grayscale is used for code example
Example: grayscale
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
namespace SDKSample
{
public partial class FormatConvertedBitmapExample : Page
{
public FormatConvertedBitmapExample()
{
///// Create a BitmapImage and set it's DecodePixelWidth to 200. Use /////
///// this BitmapImage as a source for other BitmapSource objects. /////
BitmapImage myBitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
// BitmapSource objects like BitmapImage can only have their properties
// changed within a BeginInit/EndInit block.
myBitmapImage.BeginInit();
myBitmapImage.UriSource = new Uri(@"sampleImages/WaterLilies.jpg",UriKind.Relative);
// To save significant application memory, set the DecodePixelWidth or
// DecodePixelHeight of the BitmapImage value of the image source to the desired
// height or width of the rendered image. If you don't do this, the application will
// cache the image as though it were rendered as its normal size rather then just
// the size that is displayed.
// Note: In order to preserve aspect ratio, set DecodePixelWidth
// or DecodePixelHeight but not both.
myBitmapImage.DecodePixelWidth = 200;
myBitmapImage.EndInit();
////////// Convert the BitmapSource to a new format ////////////
// Use the BitmapImage created above as the source for a new BitmapSource object
// which is set to a gray scale format using the FormatConvertedBitmap BitmapSource.
// Note: New BitmapSource does not cache. It is always pulled when required.
FormatConvertedBitmap newFormatedBitmapSource = new FormatConvertedBitmap();
// BitmapSource objects like FormatConvertedBitmap can only have their properties
// changed within a BeginInit/EndInit block.
newFormatedBitmapSource.BeginInit();
// Use the BitmapSource object defined above as the source for this new
// BitmapSource (chain the BitmapSource objects together).
newFormatedBitmapSource.Source = myBitmapImage;
// Set the new format to Gray32Float (grayscale).
newFormatedBitmapSource.DestinationFormat = PixelFormats.Gray32Float;
newFormatedBitmapSource.EndInit();
// Create Image Element
Image myImage = new Image();
myImage.Width = 200;
//set image source
myImage.Source = newFormatedBitmapSource;
// Add Image to the UI
StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel();
myStackPanel.Children.Add(myImage);
this.Content = myStackPanel;
}
}
}