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 9, .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

usingIronSoftware.Drawing;// Create a new AnyBitmap objectvarbitmap=AnyBitmap.FromFile("FILE_PATH");bitmap.SaveAs("result.jpg");varbytes=bitmap.ExportBytes();varresultExport=newSystem.IO.MemoryStream();bitmap.ExportStream(resultExport,AnyBitmap.ImageFormat.Jpeg,100);// Casting between System.Drawing.Bitmap and IronSoftware.Drawing.AnyBitmapSystem.Drawing.Bitmapimage=newSystem.Drawing.Bitmap("FILE_PATH");IronSoftware.Drawing.AnyBitmapanyBitmap=image;anyBitmap.SaveAs("result-from-casting.png");// Creates a Multi-page Tiff-style AnyBitmap from an Image arrayList<AnyBitmap>bitmaps=newList<AnyBitmap>(){AnyBitmap.FromFile("FILE_PATH_1"),AnyBitmap.FromFile("FILE_PATH_2")};AnyBitmapanyBitmap=AnyBitmap.CreateMultiFrameTiff(bitmaps);// Creates a Multi-page Tiff-style AnyBitmap from a fully qualified file path arrayList<string>imagePaths=newList<string>(){"FILE_PATH_1","FILE_PATH_2"};AnyBitmapanyBitmap=AnyBitmap.CreateMultiFrameTiff(imagePaths);// Manipulate image framesintframeCount=anyBitmap.FrameCount;List<AnyBitmap>frames=(List<AnyBitmap>)anyBitmap.GetAllFrames;

Color Code Example

usingIronSoftware.Drawing;// Create a new Color objectColorfromHex=newColor("#191919");ColorfromRgb=newColor(255,255,0);ColorfromEnum=Color.Crimson;// Casting between System.Drawing.Color and IronSoftware.Drawing.ColorSystem.Drawing.ColordrawingColor=System.Drawing.Color.Red;IronSoftware.Drawing.ColorironColor=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

usingIronSoftware.Drawing;// Create a new Rectangle objectRectanglerectangle=newRectangle(5,5,50,50);// Create a new Rectangle object with MeasurementUnitsRectanglemmRectangle=newRectangle(5,5,50,50,MeasurementUnits.Millimeters);// Convert between MeasurementUnitsRectanglepxRectangle=mmRectangle.ConvertTo(MeasurementUnits.Millimeters);// Or specify DPIRectanglepxRectangleWithDPI=mmRectangle.ConvertTo(MeasurementUnits.Millimeters,200);// Casting between System.Drawing.Rectangle and IronSoftware.Drawing.RectangleSystem.Drawing.Rectanglerectangle=newSystem.Drawing.Rectangle(10,10,150,150);IronSoftware.Drawing.RectangleironRectangle=rectangle;ironRectangle.X;ironRectangle.Y;ironRectangle.Width;ironRectangle.Height;

Size Code Example

usingIronSoftware.Drawing;// Create a new Size objectSizesize=newSize(50,50);// Casting between System.Drawing.Size and IronSoftware.Drawing.SizeSystem.Drawing.SizesystemSize=newSystem.Drawing.Size(150,150);IronSoftware.Drawing.SizeironSize=systemSize;ironSize.Width;ironSize.Height;

Font Code Example

usingIronSoftware.Drawing;// Create a new Font objectFontfont=newFont("Times New Roman",FontStyle.Italic|FontStyle.Bold,30);// Casting between System.Drawing.Font and IronSoftware.Drawing.FontSystem.Drawing.FontdrawingFont=newSystem.Drawing.Font("Courier New",30);IronSoftware.Drawing.FontironFont=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/

For general support and technical inquiries, please email us at: support@ironsoftware.com