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Fedor  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:52:00 PM(UTC)
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When you use Graphics Mill in .NET sometimes there is need to pass data into System.Drawing.Bitmap object. You can do it with following code without copying of data:

Code:
        Dim GmBitmap As GraphicsMill.Bitmap
        GmBitmap = AxBitmapViewer1.Bitmap

        'Convert GmBitmap.Data.PixelFormat type into System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat
        'Pixel format in Graphics Mill is superset of System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat
        'We need to remove some bit flags from numeric value of current pixel format 
        'using multiplying with &HBFFFFF
        Dim pf As System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat = _
            System.Enum.Parse(GetType(Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat), GmBitmap.Data.PixelFormat And &HBFFFFF)

        'Check if pixel format is supported by GDI+
        If Not System.Enum.IsDefined(GetType(Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat), pf) Then
            GmBitmap.Data.ConvertTo32bppArgb(255, False)
            pf = Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb
        End If

        'Create System.Drawing.Bitmap on Graphics Mill Bitmap data without copying
        Dim GdiplusBitmap As New Bitmap(GmBitmap.Data.Width, GmBitmap.Data.Height, GmBitmap.Data.Stride, _
                pf, New IntPtr(GmBitmap.Data.Scan0))
        GdiplusBitmap.Save("c:\test3.jpg")


You should be very carefull with lifetime of System.Drawing.Bitmap object as it uses data of Graphics Mill Bitmap object. System.Drawing.Bitmap should be disposed always before releasing of Graphics Mill Bitmap or channging data in it.

Edited by user Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:06:15 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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Fedor  
#2 Posted : Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:23:00 AM(UTC)
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Here is sample how to convert GDI+ bitmap to Graphics Mill Bitmap:

Code:
    Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (ByVal pDst As IntPtr, _
                                                                 ByVal pSrc As IntPtr, _
                                                                 ByVal ByteLen As Long)

    Public Function GdiplusBitmapToGmBitmap(ByVal GdiplusBitmap As System.Drawing.Bitmap) As Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap
        Dim pf As Aurigma.GraphicsMill.PixelFormat
        If GdiplusBitmap.PixelFormat = System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb Then
            pf = Aurigma.GraphicsMill.PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb
        ElseIf GdiplusBitmap.PixelFormat = System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb Then
            pf = Aurigma.GraphicsMill.PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb
        Else
            Throw New Exception("Incompatible pixel format.")
        End If

        Dim GmBitmap As New Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap
        GmBitmap.CreateNew(GdiplusBitmap.Width, GdiplusBitmap.Height, pf, &HFFFFFFFF, Nothing)
        Dim bd As System.Drawing.Imaging.BitmapData = GdiplusBitmap.LockBits( _
            New System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, GdiplusBitmap.Width, GdiplusBitmap.Height), _
            System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, GdiplusBitmap.PixelFormat)

        CopyMemory(New IntPtr(GmBitmap.Data.Scan0), bd.Scan0, bd.Stride * bd.Height)

        GdiplusBitmap.UnlockBits(bd)

        Return GmBitmap
    End Function

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim GdiplusBitmap As New System.Drawing.Bitmap("C:\Test.bmp")
        Dim GmBitmap As Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap = GdiplusBitmapToGmBitmap(GdiplusBitmap)
        GmBitmap.SaveToFile("C:\Result.bmp")
    End Sub

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flluidmedia  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:23:00 AM(UTC)
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I using the following code to do the transformation in c#:


Code:
// bmpFloor is an .net bmp object


// create the new aurigma bitmap
Aurigma.GraphicsMill.BitmapClass gmFloor = new Aurigma.GraphicsMill.BitmapClass();

// copy the info
MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(); 
bmpFloor.Save( memStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg );
gmFloor.LoadFromMemory(memStream.GetBuffer());

// dont need the floor ms-bmp anymore
bmpFloor.Dispose();


Comments?

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Fedor  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:47:00 PM(UTC)
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On following line of code we recompress image to JPEG with loosing quality:

Code:
bmpFloor.Save( memStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg );


To avoid it we need to use lossless BMP or PNG formats:

Code:
bmpFloor.Save( memStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp );


or

Code:
bmpFloor.Save( memStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png );

Edited by user Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:07:18 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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Andrew  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:23:00 PM(UTC)
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Besides of that, version posted by Fedor will work faster as there is no encoding to any file format at all and memory is not copied.
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flluidmedia  
#6 Posted : Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:12:00 AM(UTC)
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Isn't memory copied by the CopyMemory function? It looks like you are copying the memory assigned to the bitmap's data into the newly aurigma bitmap's data.

Could you provide an example in C# ?

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Brian
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Andrew  
#7 Posted : Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:31:00 PM(UTC)
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Oops, I mixed it with the first sample (Graphics Mill -> GDI+)... :)

However anyway, encoding to some file format takes extra time (depending on compression) which you need not to waste. If you saved to BMP (no compression), the overhead would be minimal, but I you can avoid overhead at all.

The following C# code does the same. Do not forget add

Code:
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;


to get DllImport working.

Code:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern void CopyMemory(System.IntPtr pDest, System.IntPtr pSrc, long byteLength);

private GraphicsMill.IBitmap GdiplusBitmapToGmBitmap(System.Drawing.Bitmap gdiplusBitmap)
{
	// Convert GDI+ pixel format value to Graphics Mill pixel format
	GraphicsMill.PixelFormat pf;
	switch (gdiplusBitmap.PixelFormat)
	{
		case System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb:
			pf = GraphicsMill.PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb;
			break;
		case System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb:
			pf = GraphicsMill.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb;
			break;
		case System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb:
			pf = GraphicsMill.PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb;
			break;
		case System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb:
			pf = GraphicsMill.PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb;
			break;
		default:
			throw new System.Exception("Incompatible pixel format");
	}
			
	// Create new empty bitmap
	GraphicsMill.IBitmap gmBitmap = new GraphicsMill.BitmapClass();
	gmBitmap.CreateNew(gdiplusBitmap.Width, gdiplusBitmap.Height, pf, GraphicsMill.GraphicsMillConstants.ColorWhite, null);

	System.Drawing.Imaging.BitmapData bitmapData;
	System.Drawing.Rectangle rect = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, gdiplusBitmap.Width, gdiplusBitmap.Height);
	bitmapData = gdiplusBitmap.LockBits(rect, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, gdiplusBitmap.PixelFormat);

	CopyMemory(new IntPtr(gmBitmap.Data.Scan0), bitmapData.Scan0, bitmapData.Stride * bitmapData.Height);

	gdiplusBitmap.UnlockBits(bitmapData);

	return gmBitmap;
}
	
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	System.Drawing.Bitmap bmp = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(@"D:\[Test Files]\Pictures\Blue hills.bmp");
	GraphicsMill.IBitmap gmBitmap = GdiplusBitmapToGmBitmap(bmp);
	gmBitmap.SaveToFile(@"d:\csharp.jpg");
}


Hope this helps.

Edited by user Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:07:41 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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flluidmedia  
#8 Posted : Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:48:00 AM(UTC)
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Excellent - Thank You!

So there is a memory copy going on, but we are saving by doing it directly instead via any conversions.

What is the difference between using IBitmap and BitmapClass? So far I've been using the BitmapClass object. Are there any savings to be had by using one instead of the other?
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Andrew  
#9 Posted : Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:00:00 PM(UTC)
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In .NET you can use BitmapClass only. IBitmap is an interface class (class without implementation) and BitmapClass is a common class which implements this interface. When you work with COM languages using interfaces is the single way to exchange objects between different components (so I used IBitmap in declarations by C++ habit), but in .NET you can always use native .NET classes...

Frankly speaking I am not quite understand why wrapper generator exposes any COM interfaces. It is possible actual if you are going to use your .NET classes in COM applications though...
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Fedor  
#10 Posted : Sunday, January 2, 2005 9:27:00 PM(UTC)
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We have released Graphics Mill for .NET 3.0 which can be seamless integrated with GDI+ classes.

Classes from System.Drawing and Aurigma.GraphicsMill can be casted each other.

Also new Graphics Mill for .NET forum is available now.
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#11 Posted : Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:41:44 PM(UTC)
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I'm trying to use GdiplusBitmapToGmBitmap () with Graphics Mill 4.0, but it looks like there were changes between 2.0 and 4.0, and it won't compile.

Could you post a version of GdiplusBitmapToGmBitmap () updated for Graphics Mill 4.0? Thanks!
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#12 Posted : Monday, July 30, 2007 4:37:48 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

It is very easy to convert System.Drawing.Bitmap instance to Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap one. To perform this you just should use Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap constructor.

Edited by user Tuesday, January 1, 2008 4:40:45 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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