Picturebox image saving to a folder

Question

Hello mates,

i have variable called _recPath which contains a string for files to be saved to. This is stored on a variable because user specifies the destination. The problem is, there is a pictureBox, and when a method is being called, this pictureBox's Image is supposed to be saved to the target path. I used the following code, but it keeps saving the files to the desktop, not in any folder..

  pictureBox1.Image.Save(@"" + _recPath + "" + count.ToString() + ".jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);

count is a variable goes like count++; it is used for file name. so _recPath is actually path, count is the file name..

what else i can use for it?

Thanks

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Blitzkrieg

Answer 1

Hi,

Could you try this code.

pictureBox1.Image.Save(recPath + @"\" + count.ToString() + ".jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);

If it does not work could you please tell the value of _recPath variable while saving file.

You can also allow user to select folder with the following code. Could you try this too.

            PictureBox pictureBox1 = new PictureBox();
            using (FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog())
            {
                fbd.ShowDialog();
                string recpath = fbd.SelectedPath;
                pictureBox1.Image.Save(recPath + @"\" + count.ToString() + ".jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
            }

Answer 2

pictureBox1.Image.Save(recPath + @"\" + count.ToString() + ".jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);

thanks, this one worked just splendid!

Now another question :) the saved images are in low res, and not so high quality, but i want to decrease images' quality even more.. is there a way to do it before or while saving the image? the point is, i want to reduce the file size..

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Blitzkrieg

Answer 3

Hi,

You can use GetThumbnailImage method to get smaller images.

Here is a sample.

            Image i=pictureBox1.Image.GetThumbnailImage(pictureBox1.Image.Width / 2, pictureBox1.Image.Height / 2, null, IntPtr.Zero)
            i.Save(recPath + @"\" + count.ToString() + ".jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);