"Chris Taylor" <chris_taylor_za@hotmail.com> wrote
>
> The transformation matrix work just fine with DrawImage.

"Rachel Suddeth" <rachel@bldhound.com> wrote in message
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> Earlier I had an issue where I tried to use DrawImageUnscaled, but it
didn't
> work because apparently .NET does not understand the resolution of my
> images. So I got around this by always calling DrawImage with Source and
> Destination rectangles, and specifiying GraphicsUnit.Pixel.
>
> Now I've got a new job that has a lot of requirements will be just plain
> easier to do if I can use the matrix/transformation stuff. But it seems
> these are meant to go with DrawImageUnscaled. Do I have that right?
Because
> I'll be asking the graphics library to handle scaling (and rotating and
> translating.)
>
> So I'm thinking if I read the image, and use DrawImage (specifiying
> GraphicsUnit.Pixel) to draw a copy of it in memory, using the original
size
> of the bitmap as the size for the destination rectangle. Then, I think the
> library should understand the resolution of the copy (after all, it drew
the
> copy.) And after that, I can use transformations to do whatever I want and
> DrawImageUnscaled will draw with the correct size.
>
> Does that sound like it will work? Or do I have a bad assumption here
> somewhere?
>
> -Rachel
>
>

"Rachel Suddeth" <rachel@bldhound.com> wrote in message
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> "Chris Taylor" <chris_taylor_za@hotmail.com> wrote
>>
>> The transformation matrix work just fine with DrawImage.
>
> Is there a way to use DrawImage to specify GraphicsUnit without having to
> give source and destination information? Because if I have to calculate
> source and destination, I've gained little by using the transformation.
> Besides, I'm not even sure what to give for them if I apply a
> transformation.
>
> -Rachel
>
>