VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK 15.1: Documentation for .NET developer
Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Color Namespace / BinarizeCommand Class
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BinarizeCommand Class
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Converts an image to black-and-white image.
Object Model
ProcessingCommandResults BinarizeCommand
Syntax
Remarks

This command keeps the pixel format of the image. Use the ChangePixelFormatToBlackWhiteCommand class if pixel format of image must be changed to PixelFormat.BlackWhite.

Example

This C#/VB.NET code shows how to load an image from disk, binarize the image and save the result to a new image file.


Class BlackAndWhiteCommandExample
    Public Sub ProcessImage()
        ' [ do not forget to set your image file path here! ]
        ' create an image collection
        Using images As New Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageCollection()
            ' add image to the image collection
            images.Add("Flower.jpg")
            Try
                ' create the image processing command
                Dim command As New Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Color.BinarizeCommand()

                ' subscribe to progress event of image processing command
                AddHandler command.Progress, New System.EventHandler(Of Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ImageProcessingProgressEventArgs)(AddressOf command_Progress)

                Try
                    ' for each image in image collection
                    For Each image As Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage In images
                        ' apply the image processing command to the image
                        command.ExecuteInPlace(image)
                    Next
                Catch ex As Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ImageProcessingException
                    ' show error message
                    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                    Return
                End Try

                ' save the processed image collection to a new TIFF file
                images.SaveSync("processed-image.tif")
            Finally
                images.ClearAndDisposeItems()
            End Try
        End Using
    End Sub

    Private Sub command_Progress(sender As Object, e As Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ImageProcessingProgressEventArgs)
        ' update progress info using e.Progress property
        ' ...

        ' cancel execution of command using e.Cancel property if necessary
        ' ...
    End Sub
End Class


class BlackAndWhiteCommandExample
{
    public void ProcessImage()
    {
        // [ do not forget to set your image file path here! ]
        // create an image collection
        using (Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageCollection images = new Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageCollection())
        {
            // add image to the image collection
            images.Add("Flower.jpg");
            try
            {
                // create the image processing command
                Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Color.BinarizeCommand command =
                    new Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Color.BinarizeCommand();

                // subscribe to progress event of image processing command
                command.Progress +=
                    new System.EventHandler<Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ImageProcessingProgressEventArgs>(command_Progress);

                try
                {
                    // for each image in image collection
                    foreach (Vintasoft.Imaging.VintasoftImage image in images)
                    {
                        // apply the image processing command to the image
                        command.ExecuteInPlace(image);
                    }
                }
                catch (Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ImageProcessingException ex)
                {
                    // show error message
                    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
                    return;
                }

                // save the processed image collection to a new TIFF file
                images.SaveSync("processed-image.tif");
            }
            finally
            {
                images.ClearAndDisposeItems();
            }
        }
    }

    void command_Progress(object sender, Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ImageProcessingProgressEventArgs e)
    {
        // update progress info using e.Progress property
        // ...

        // cancel execution of command using e.Cancel property if necessary
        // ...
    }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.ProcessingCommandBase
      Vintasoft.Imaging.ImageProcessing.Color.BinarizeCommand

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET 10; .NET 9; .NET 8; .NET 7; .NET 6; .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

See Also