BitmapDataExtensionsMakeTransparent(IReadWriteBitmapData, Color32) Method

If possible, makes the background of this bitmapData transparent, using transparentColor as the background color. If the bitmapData does not support transparency, then the pixels that have the same color as transparentColor will be set to the BackColor of bitmapData.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.Drawing.Imaging
Assembly: KGySoft.Drawing.Core (in KGySoft.Drawing.Core.dll) Version: 8.0.0-preview.1
C#
public static void MakeTransparent(
	this IReadWriteBitmapData bitmapData,
	Color32 transparentColor
)

Parameters

bitmapData  IReadWriteBitmapData
The IReadWriteBitmapData to make transparent.
transparentColor  Color32
Specifies the color to make transparent.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IReadWriteBitmapData. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

This method calls the ReplaceColor method internally.

Unlike the Bitmap.MakeTransparent(Color) method, this one preserves the original PixelFormat. If bitmapData does not support transparency and cannot set Palette either, then every occurrence of the transparentColor will be changed to the BackColor of bitmapData. To make such bitmaps transparent use the ToTransparent method instead, which returns a new instance with Format32bppArgb PixelFormat.

To auto-detect the background color to be made transparent use the MakeTransparent(IReadWriteBitmapData) overload instead.

  Note

Please note that unlike the MakeOpaque method, this one changes exactly one color shade without any tolerance. For any customization use the TransformColors method instead.

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