Creates a new bitmap in memory.

Namespace:  FreeImageAPI
Assembly:  FreeImageNET (in FreeImageNET.dll)

Syntax

C#
public static FIBITMAP Allocate(
	int width,
	int height,
	int bpp,
	uint red_mask,
	uint green_mask,
	uint blue_mask
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function Allocate ( _
	width As Integer, _
	height As Integer, _
	bpp As Integer, _
	red_mask As UInteger, _
	green_mask As UInteger, _
	blue_mask As UInteger _
) As FIBITMAP
Visual C++
public:
static FIBITMAP Allocate(
	int width, 
	int height, 
	int bpp, 
	unsigned int red_mask, 
	unsigned int green_mask, 
	unsigned int blue_mask
)

Parameters

width
Type: System..::.Int32
Width of the new bitmap.
height
Type: System..::.Int32
Height of the new bitmap.
bpp
Type: System..::.Int32
Bit depth of the new Bitmap. Supported pixel depth: 1-, 4-, 8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit per pixel for standard bitmap
red_mask
Type: System..::.UInt32
Red part of the color layout. eg: 0xFF0000
green_mask
Type: System..::.UInt32
Green part of the color layout. eg: 0x00FF00
blue_mask
Type: System..::.UInt32
Blue part of the color layout. eg: 0x0000FF

Return Value

Handle to a FreeImage bitmap.

Version Information

FreeImage.NET

Supported in: 3.11.0, 3.12.0, 3.13.0, 3.13.1

See Also