GdPictureImaging.ConvertTo8BppQ Method (Integer, Integer)

Quantizes & converts a GdPicture image to an 8-bits indexed color image with a desired number of colors. This function uses a color quantization algorithm.

The color table has a maximum of 256 entries.

public GdPictureStatus ConvertTo8BppQ(
    int ImageID, 
    int MaxColors
);

Visual Basic

Public Function ConvertTo8BppQ(
    ByVal ImageID As Integer, 
    ByVal MaxColors As Integer
) As GdPictureStatus

Parameters

Parameters	Description
ImageID	GdPicture Image Identifier.
MaxColors	The number of max. distinct colors to use into the new image. [2 - 256]

Returns

A member of the GdPictureStatus enumeration.

Remarks

Color image quantization is a process that reduces the number of distinct colors used in an image, usually with the intention that the new image should be as visually similar as possible to the original image.

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