SpecialEffectsProcessor Class

The SpecialEffectsProcessor class gives you precise control over a large variety of effects when you paint bitmaps, text, patterns, and shapes onto a device context.

Object Model

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Class SpecialEffectsProcessor

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SpecialEffectsProcessor

public class SpecialEffectsProcessor

public ref class SpecialEffectsProcessor

Remarks

For more information on how to use this class, refer to Implementing Special Effects.

Example

This example shows the minimum requirements for using the Draw3dText(Graphics,String,Rectangle,SpecialEffectsTextStyle,SpecialEffectsTextAlignmentFlags,Int32,Int32,Color,Color,Color,Font,Image) method.

C#
Visual Basic
WinRT C#
WinRT JavaScript
Silverlight C#
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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Codecs
Imports Leadtools.SpecialEffects
Imports Leadtools.Drawing

Public Sub Draw3dText(ByVal g As Graphics, ByVal destRect As Rectangle)
   Dim processor As SpecialEffectsProcessor = New SpecialEffectsProcessor()
   Dim textFont As Font = New Font("Arial", 24)

   Dim img As Image = Image.FromFile(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Ulay1.bmp"))

   processor.Draw3dText(g, "3D Text - LEADTOOLS", destRect, SpecialEffectsTextStyle.DropShadow, SpecialEffectsTextAlignmentFlags.HorizontalCenter Or _
                        SpecialEffectsTextAlignmentFlags.VerticalCenter, 2, 2, Color.Blue, Color.Black, Color.White, textFont, img)

   img.Dispose()
End Sub

Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.SpecialEffects;
using Leadtools.Drawing;

public void Draw3dText(Graphics g, Rectangle destRect)
{
   SpecialEffectsProcessor processor = new SpecialEffectsProcessor();
   Font textFont = new Font("Arial", 24);

   Image image = Image.FromFile(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Ulay1.bmp"));

   processor.Draw3dText(g,
                        "3D Text - LEADTOOLS",
                        destRect,
                        SpecialEffectsTextStyle.DropShadow,
                        SpecialEffectsTextAlignmentFlags.HorizontalCenter | SpecialEffectsTextAlignmentFlags.VerticalCenter,
                        2, /* horizontal  shadow position */
                        2, /* vertical shadow position */
                        Color.Blue, /* text color, blue */
                        Color.Black,/* shadow color, black */
                        Color.White, /* border color, white */
                        textFont,
                        image);

   image.Dispose();
}

static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

SpecialEffectsProcessor Members
Leadtools.SpecialEffects Namespace