Method GetBitmap

Namespace

PaintDotNet.Effects

Assembly

PaintDotNet.Effects.Core.dll

GetBitmap<TPixel>(IEffectLayerInfo)

Gets a bitmap that renders the layer's contents in the requested pixel format.

public static IEffectInputBitmap<TPixel> GetBitmap<TPixel>(this IEffectLayerInfo layer) where TPixel : unmanaged, INaturalPixelInfo

Parameters

layer IEffectLayerInfo

The layer.

Returns

IEffectInputBitmap<TPixel>

The bitmap.

Type Parameters

TPixel

The requested pixel struct for the bitmap. The native pixel struct used by Paint.NET is currently ColorBgra32, which corresponds to the Bgra32 pixel format. Specifying a different pixel struct/format is valid, but will incur conversion overhead.