IronSoftware.Drawing - Image, Color, Rectangle, and Font class for .NET Applications

IronSoftware.Drawing is an open-source library originally developed by Iron Software that helps C# Software Engineers to replace System.Drawing.Common in .NET projects.

Table of Contents

• Features
  • Compatibility
• Using IronSoftware.Drawing
  • AnyBitmap Example
  • Color Example
  • Rectangle Example
  • Size Example
  • Font Example
• Support

IronSoftware.Drawing Features:

• AnyBitmap: A universally compatible Bitmap class. Implicit casting between IronSoftware.Drawing.AnyBitmap and following popular Bitmap/Image formats supported:

Implicit Casting Support	To AnyBitmap Supported	From AnyBitmap Supported
System.Drawing.Bitmap	✅	✅
System.Drawing.Image	✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKBitmap	✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKImage	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp	✅	✅
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Platform.PlatformImage	✅	✅

• Color: A universally compatible Color class. Implicit casting between IronSoftware.Drawing.Color and following popular Color formats supported:

Implicit Casting Support	To Color Supported	From Color Supported
SkiaSharp.SKColor	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.Color	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats	✅	✅

• Rectangle: A universally compatible Rectangle class. Implicit casting between IronSoftware.Drawing.Rectangle and following popular Rectangle formats supported:

Implicit Casting Support	To Rectangle Supported	From Rectangle Supported	To RectangleF Supported	From RectangleF Supported
System.Drawing.Rectangle	✅	✅
System.Drawing.RectangleF			✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKRect			✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKRectI	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.Rectangle	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.RectangleF			✅	✅

• Size: A universally compatible Size class. Implicit casting between IronSoftware.Drawing.Size and following popular Size formats supported:

Implicit Casting Support	To Size Supported	From Size Supported	To SizeF Supported	From SizeF Supported
System.Drawing.Size	✅	✅
System.Drawing.SizeF			✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKSize			✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKSizeI	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.Size	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.SizeF			✅	✅
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Size	✅	✅
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.SizeF			✅	✅

• Font: A universally compatible Font class. Implicit casting between IronSoftware.Drawing.Font and following popular Font formats supported:

Implicit Casting Support	To Font Supported	From Font Supported
System.Drawing.Font	✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKFont	✅	✅
SixLabors.Fonts.Font	✅	✅

• Point and PointF: Universally compatible Point and PointF classes. Implicit casting between IronSoftware.Drawing.Point and IronSoftware.Drawing.PointF and the following supported:

Implicit Casting Support	To Point Supported	From Point Supported	To PointF Supported	From PointF Supported
System.Drawing.Point	✅	✅
System.Drawing.PointF	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.Point	✅	✅
SixLabors.ImageSharp.PointF			✅	✅
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Point	✅	✅
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.PointF			✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKPoint			✅	✅
SkiaSharp.SKPointI	✅	✅

IronSoftware.Drawing has cross platform support compatibility with:

• .NET 8, .NET 7, .NET 6, .NET 5, .NET Core, Standard, and Framework
• Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker, Azure, and AWS

Using IronSoftware.Drawing

Installing the IronSoftware.Drawing NuGet package is quick and easy, please install the package like this:

PM> Install-Package IronSoftware.System.Drawing

Alternatively, download directly from the official NuGet website.

Once installed, you can get started by adding using IronSoftware.Drawing; to the top of your C# code.

AnyBitmap Code Example

using IronSoftware.Drawing;

// Create a new AnyBitmap object
var bitmap = AnyBitmap.FromFile("FILE_PATH");
bitmap.SaveAs("result.jpg");

var bytes = bitmap.ExportBytes();

var resultExport = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
bitmap.ExportStream(resultExport, AnyBitmap.ImageFormat.Jpeg, 100);

// Casting between System.Drawing.Bitmap and IronSoftware.Drawing.AnyBitmap
System.Drawing.Bitmap image = new System.Drawing.Bitmap("FILE_PATH");
IronSoftware.Drawing.AnyBitmap anyBitmap = image;
anyBitmap.SaveAs("result-from-casting.png");


// Creates a Multi-page Tiff-style AnyBitmap from an Image array
List<AnyBitmap> bitmaps = new List<AnyBitmap>()
{
    AnyBitmap.FromFile("FILE_PATH_1"),
    AnyBitmap.FromFile("FILE_PATH_2")
};
AnyBitmap anyBitmap = AnyBitmap.CreateMultiFrameTiff(bitmaps);

// Creates a Multi-page Tiff-style AnyBitmap from a fully qualified file path array
List<string> imagePaths = new List<string>()
{
    "FILE_PATH_1",
    "FILE_PATH_2"
};
AnyBitmap anyBitmap = AnyBitmap.CreateMultiFrameTiff(imagePaths);

// Manipulate image frames
int frameCount = anyBitmap.FrameCount;
List<AnyBitmap> frames = (List<AnyBitmap>)anyBitmap.GetAllFrames;

Color Code Example

using IronSoftware.Drawing;

// Create a new Color object
Color fromHex = new Color("#191919");
Color fromRgb = new Color(255, 255, 0);
Color fromEnum = Color.Crimson;

// Casting between System.Drawing.Color and IronSoftware.Drawing.Color
System.Drawing.Color drawingColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
IronSoftware.Drawing.Color ironColor = drawingColor;

ironColor.A;
ironColor.R;
ironColor.G;
ironColor.B;

// Luminance is a value from 0 (black) to 100 (white) where 50 is the perceptual "middle grey"
ironColor.GetLuminance();

// Gets the 32-bit ARGB value of this Color structure.
ironColor.ToArgb();

Rectangle Code Example

using IronSoftware.Drawing;

// Create a new Rectangle object
Rectangle rectangle = new Rectangle(5, 5, 50, 50);

// Create a new Rectangle object with MeasurementUnits
Rectangle mmRectangle = new Rectangle(5, 5, 50, 50, MeasurementUnits.Millimeters);

// Convert between MeasurementUnits
Rectangle pxRectangle = mmRectangle.ConvertTo(MeasurementUnits.Millimeters);
// Or specify DPI
Rectangle pxRectangleWithDPI = mmRectangle.ConvertTo(MeasurementUnits.Millimeters, 200);

// Casting between System.Drawing.Rectangle and IronSoftware.Drawing.Rectangle
System.Drawing.Rectangle rectangle = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(10, 10, 150, 150);
IronSoftware.Drawing.Rectangle ironRectangle = rectangle;

ironRectangle.X;
ironRectangle.Y;
ironRectangle.Width;
ironRectangle.Height;

Size Code Example

using IronSoftware.Drawing;

// Create a new Size object
Size size = new Size(50, 50);

// Casting between System.Drawing.Size and IronSoftware.Drawing.Size
System.Drawing.Size systemSize = new System.Drawing.Size(150, 150);
IronSoftware.Drawing.Size ironSize = systemSize;

ironSize.Width;
ironSize.Height;

Font Code Example

using IronSoftware.Drawing;

// Create a new Font object
Font font = new Font("Times New Roman", FontStyle.Italic | FontStyle.Bold, 30);

// Casting between System.Drawing.Font and IronSoftware.Drawing.Font
System.Drawing.Font drawingFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Courier New", 30);
IronSoftware.Drawing.Font ironFont = drawingFont;

ironFont.FamilyName;
ironFont.Style;
ironFont.Size;
ironFont.Italic;
ironFont.Bold;

Support Available

For more information about Iron Software please visit our website: https://ironsoftware.com/

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