How to get the bitmap/image from a Graphics object in C#?

Question

I want to know what the intermediate state of the buffer where the Graphics object is drawing some stuff. How do I get hold of the bitmap or the image that it is drawing on?

Answer 1

This code working for me where I am converting image >> bitmap >> byte >> Base64 String.

System.Drawing.Image originalImage = //your image

//Create empty bitmap image of original size

Bitmap tempBmp = new Bitmap(originalImage.Width, originalImage.Height);

Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(tempBmp);

//draw the original image on tempBmp

g.DrawImage(originalImage, 0, 0, originalImage.Width, originalImage.Height);

//dispose originalImage and Graphics so the file is now free

g.Dispose();

originalImage.Dispose();

using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
    // Convert Image to byte[]
    tempBmp.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
    //dpgraphic.image.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);
    byte[] imageBytes = ms.ToArray();

    // Convert byte[] to Base64 String
    string strImage = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
    sb.AppendFormat(strImage);
}