Embed an Image into another Image

Question

Hi,

I want ot embed an image into another image. Can anyone suggest me regarding this...

Suppose I want to embed a company logo onto an image.

Regards

RaiderZ

Answer 1

The following code shows how to load an image from a file, overlay another image on it, and then save the results to a file.  The overlay file should probably be a format that supports transparency, such as PNG, for good results.

 

VB:

 

Code Snippet

Dim bmp As Bitmap = Bitmap.FromFile(initialFileName)

 

'This draws another image as an overlay on top of bmp in memory.

'There are additional forms of DrawImage; there are ways to fully specify the

'source and destination rectangles. Here, we just draw the overlay at position (0,0).

 

Using g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)

g.DrawImage(Bitmap.FromFile(overlayFileName), 0, 0)

End Using

 

bmp.Save(saveAsFileName, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png)

 

C#:

 

Code Snippet

Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.FromFile(initialFileName);

 

// This draws another image as an overlay on top of bmp in memory.

// There are additional forms of DrawImage; there are ways to fully specify the

// source and destination rectangles. Here, we just draw the overlay at position (0,0).

 

using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp))

{

g.DrawImage(Bitmap.FromFile(overlayFileName), 0, 0);

}

 

bmp.Save(saveAsFileName, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

 

Answer 2

Thanks Binary Coder. Really appreciate your help.