Zoom in/out a GraphicsPath rasteredly ?

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Can I zoom in/out a GraphicsPath rasteredly in C#? I tried using Matrix.Scale() method to simulate zooming in/out a GraphicsPath, but it seems that the GraphicsPath is vectoredly zoomed in/out, I want it to be rasteredly zoomed in/out (like when you draw an oval in MS Paint and zoom in/out that oval, the zoomed shape is rastered).

Could you please show me any way to achieve this thing, I need something effective in performance (no flickering). The overall idea of mine is drawing some shapes on a form and try zooming in/out those shapes like as you do in MS Paint.

Your help would be highly appreciated!
Thanks!

UPDATE!!!

Here are links to images that you required to see:

#1 1xZoom

#2 4xZoom using Matrix.Scale() method, this is what I tried first

#3 4xZoom - This is what I want

#4 4xZoom - This is what I have when using the method suggested by you, it is a real rastered shape

Thank you for your time to dig into my problem!!!

Posted 11-Feb-13 19:00pm

supernorb

Updated 12-Feb-13 5:15am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 1:05am

Bad idea...
—SA

supernorb 12-Feb-13 4:05am

Why do you think it is a bad idea? I want to achieve the same thing when zooming in MS Paint, user wants to zoom in a shape to view the pixels in large scale, if zooming vectoredly, the whole shape is zoomed but the pixels are not. For example, the shape contains 100 pixels, when being zoomed rasteredly it still contains 100 pixels (in larger size) meanwhile it should contain more 100 pixels when being vectoredly zoomed in and less 100 pixels when being vectoredly zoomed out.

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lukeer · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-11T19:42:00

You could draw the path onto a bitmap and zoom into that. But the pixels will get interpolated, even with Graphics.SmoothingMode set to None.
So if you really want to see pixels, you will have to repeatedly FillRectangle. One square for each pixel of the mentioned bitmap.

Oh, and ... Why?

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C#

Bitmap ZoomPixelish(Image original, int scaleFactor)
{
    bitmap zoomedImage = new Bitmap(original.Width * scaleFactor, original.Height * scaleFactor);
    Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(zoomedImage);
    for(int y = 0; y < original.Height; y++)
    {
        for(int x = 0; x < original.Widht; x++)
        {
            g.FillRectangle(
                new SolidBrush(original.GetPixel(x,y)),
                x * scaleFactor,
                y * scaleFactor,
                scaleFactor,
                scaleFactor
            );
        }
    }
}

That's not tested. But you should get the intention. Bugfixing and optimization are up to you (a black-and-white image doesn't need a new SolidBrush for every pixel; LockBits instead of GetPixel)
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