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How to convert color image to black and white/gray image in WinForms PDF?

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We can change color image to black and white/gray image in an existing WinForms PDF with the help of ExtractImages and ReplaceImage features and find the code snippet and sample below.

Code snippet for Converting Color image to black and white\gray image:

public Bitmap ConvertToBlackandWhite(Bitmap image)
{
 Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(image);
 for (int i = 0; i < bitmap.Width; i++)
 {
   for (int j = 0; j < bitmap.Height; j++)
   {
     int ser = (bitmap.GetPixel(i, j).R + bitmap.GetPixel(i, j).G + bitmap.GetPixel(i, j).B) / 3;
     bitmap.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(ser, ser, ser));
   }
 }
return bitmap;
}

 

Code snippet to Replace image in PDF:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{ 
 //Loading the existing document.
 PdfLoadedDocument ldoc = new PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf");
 
 PdfLoadedPageCollection loadedPages = ldoc.Pages;
 
 //iterate through the page.
 foreach (PdfLoadedPage lpage in loadedPages)
 {
  //Extracting images form Page.
  Image[] images = lpage.ExtractImages();
  for (int i = 0; i < lpage.ImagesInfo.Length; i++)
   {
    Bitmap map = new Bitmap(images[i]);
   //Converting color image to black white/gray image.
   PdfImage image = PdfImage.FromImage(ConvertToBlackandWhite(map));
   //Replace the image in the page.
   lpage.ReplaceImage(i, image);
  }
 }
 
 //saving the document
 ldoc.Save("output.pdf");
 ldoc.Close(true);
}

 

Sample:

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/Replace_Image-1538519391

 

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to convert color image to black and white/gray image in WinForms PDF.

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