Run the DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect on an image.

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Public Sub DesaturateCommandBitmapEffectExample(ByVal element As FrameworkElement)    ' Initialize Effect    Dim effect As DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect = New DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect()    element.BitmapEffect = effect End Sub

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public void DesaturateCommandBitmapEffectExample(FrameworkElement element)  {       // Initialize Effect     DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect effect = new DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect();     element.BitmapEffect = effect;  }

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<Page Title="CSAnimateEffect" Height="391" Width="300" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:lteffects="clr-namespace:Leadtools.Windows.Media.Effects.Color;assembly=Leadtools.Windows.Media.Effects">    <Grid>      <Image Margin="10,10,10,10" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Source="C:\Program Files\LEAD Technologies, Inc\LEADTOOLS 16\Images\slave.jpg">        <Image.BitmapEffect>          <lteffects:DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect x:Name="MyBitmapEffect" />        </Image.BitmapEffect>      </Image>    </Grid>  </Page>

• The image is converted to a grayscale level by reducing the saturation of each color to zero.
• This class supports only RGB images. It does not support grayscale images.
• This command does not support signed data images.

System.Object
   System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
      System.Windows.DependencyObject
         System.Windows.Freezable
            System.Windows.Media.Animation.Animatable
               System.Windows.Media.Effects.BitmapEffect
                  Leadtools.Windows.Media.Effects.RasterCommandBitmapEffect
                     Leadtools.Windows.Media.Effects.Color.DesaturateCommandBitmapEffect

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family

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