How can I convert a WPF WriteableBitmap object to a System.Drawing.Image?
My WPF client app sends bitmap data to a web service, and the web service needs to construct a
The question is for WPF, and Pixels
does not appear to be a property of WriteableBitmap
. Some of the answers here point to SilverLight articles, so I suspect this might be a difference between WPF and SilverLight.
If your bitmap data is uncompressed, you could probably use this System.Drawing.Bitmap
constructor: Bitmap(Int32, Int32, Int32, PixelFormat, IntPtr).
If the bitmap is encoded as jpg or png, create a MemoryStream
from the bitmap data, and use it with the Bitmap(Stream) constructor.
EDIT:
Since you're sending the bitmap to a web service, I suggest you encode it to begin with. There are several encoders in the System.Windows.Media.Imaging namespace. For example:
WriteableBitmap bitmap = ...;
var stream = new MemoryStream();
var encoder = new JpegBitmapEncoder();
encoder.Frames.Add( BitmapFrame.Create( bitmap ) );
encoder.Save( stream );
byte[] buffer = stream.GetBuffer();
// Send the buffer to the web service
On the receiving end, simply:
var bitmap = new System.Drawing.Bitmap( new MemoryStream( buffer ) );
Hope that helps.
this blog post shows how to encode your WriteableBitmap as a jpeg image. Perhaps that helps?
If you really want to transfer the raw image data (pixels) you could:
I'd definitely prefer the first solution (the one described in the blog post).