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SpecialEffectsProcessor Class

Summary

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.

Syntax

C++

  
Public Class 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.

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"; 
}

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

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

SpecialEffectsProcessor Members

Leadtools.SpecialEffects Namespace

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Leadtools.SpecialEffects Assembly

Introduction

Getting Started

Namespaces

Leadtools.SpecialEffects Namespace

Assemblies