Opening an image file into WritableBitmap

Question

Here is the problem. I want to open a file from local drives, then make it into a WritableBitmap so i can edit it. But the problem is, i cannot create a WritableBitmap from Uri or something like that. Also i know how to open a file into BitmapImage but i cannot figure out how to open a file as WritableBitmap. Is there way to open a file directly into a WritableBitmap,if there is not, is there a way to convert a BitmapImage to a WritableBitmap? Thanks guys.

Answer 1

You can load your image file into a BitmapImage and use that as a source for your WriteableBitmap:

BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage(new Uri("YourImage.jpg", UriKind.Relative));
WriteableBitmap writeableBitmap = new WriteableBitmap(bitmap);

Answer 2

I'm no expert and don't have immediate access to intellisense and whatnot, but here goes...

var fileBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(fileName);
var stream = new MemoryStream(fileBytes);
var bitmap = new BitmapImage(stream);
var writeableBitmap = new WritableBitmap(bitmap);

Even if not a perfect example this should be enough to point you in the right direction. Hope so.