C#: Create Indexed PNG Using System.Windows.Media.BitmapSource with Pre-defined Palettes in BitmapPalettes Class
Creating Indexed PNG in C# In C#, there are mainly two namespaces to creating image... System.Drawing namespace System.Windows.Media namespace I've already written the post for creating indexed png using System.Drawing namespace classes - Create Indexed PNG Using C# .Net . So, in this post, I will show you how to create indexed png using classes under System.Windows.Media namespace. Preparation for Using Classes Under System.Windows.Media You need to add following dlls to your project reference in order to handle images using classes under System.Windows.Media. PresentationCore.dll Xaml.dll WindowsBase.dll Creating Palette Based Indexed Image If you would like to create indexed png, first of all, you should create color palette which can hold max 256 colors. Creating color palette is trivial. Please see the below example code: var colors = new List<Color>(); colors.Add(Color.FromRgb(255, 0, 0)); // 0 - red colors.Add(Color.FromRgb(0, 255, 0)); // 1 -