Graphics Programming with GDI+

Summary

This chapter covered more advanced imaging concepts. We discussed the System.Drawing.Imaging namespace classes, their members, and how to use them. At the beginning of the chapter you learned how to set grayscale images using SetPixel, LockBits, and UnlockBits. In the same section we discussed how to set the color of a bitmap.

In the section covering the Metafile class and related functionality, you learned the metafile types supported by GDI+, how to create new metafiles, and how to read and enumerate existing metafiles. We also saw how to read metafile header information.

The Graphics class provides methods to set the attributes of images. We covered how to set the colors and other attributes of images using the color map table, color ...