How to make an Image Rotator
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:16 pm
Hello everyone,
Here is another tutorial that I am posting today. This tutorial shows how to make an image rotator that has like 16 rotation types (all the rotations that the system/vb.net supports). You can load an image, rotate it and then save it while keeping the rotation. Please don't post negative/disappointing comments.
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First of all, open Visual Basic 2008, create a new project, choose Windows Forms Application, type in the textbox Image Rotator and press the OK button. As soon as you have done this, the Form1 will appear on the screen on which we will design our application and code it.
First we will do the designing and then the coding. So now we will change the Form1's properties to make it look good. Change the Form1's Text property to Image Rotator. Change it's StartPosition property to CenterScreen. Change it's FormBorderStyle to FixedSingle. Change it's MaximizeBox property to False. Change it's Size property to 500, 350 or whatever you like, no restrictions!
Now add the following things to the form:
(1)_ 1 PictureBox. Change it's SizeMode property to Zoom. Change it's BorderStyle property to FixedSingle.
(2)_ 3 Buttons. Change Button1's Text property to Open, Button2's to Save and Button3's to Rotate.
(3)_ 1 ComboBox. Add the following items to it by clicking on its Items property and then click on the "..." button. Here are the items:
Now is the time to code Form1 and it's components. So right-click on the form in the Solution Explorer and click View Code.
Type the following code before Public Class Form1:
Well, that's all. It was real easy, wasn't it?
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Voila! You have just completed making an Image Rotator rotates the image that you provide by 16 rotation types. Now debug and run it by pressing the Start Debugging button located at the main toolstrip. Test it, if it works fine then its SAVING time. You can save your project by going to File -> Save All and then pressing Save.
And there! You have your project and application that works. If you have any problem or can't understand something, please feel free to ask by either a comment or by PM. I have also attached a screenshot.
Please use the Give Thanks button and the Reputation System to appreciate my hard work. I have wrote this tutorial while making an Image Rotator project myself so you can download the source file in the attachments.
Thank you.
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Here is another tutorial that I am posting today. This tutorial shows how to make an image rotator that has like 16 rotation types (all the rotations that the system/vb.net supports). You can load an image, rotate it and then save it while keeping the rotation. Please don't post negative/disappointing comments.
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First of all, open Visual Basic 2008, create a new project, choose Windows Forms Application, type in the textbox Image Rotator and press the OK button. As soon as you have done this, the Form1 will appear on the screen on which we will design our application and code it.
First we will do the designing and then the coding. So now we will change the Form1's properties to make it look good. Change the Form1's Text property to Image Rotator. Change it's StartPosition property to CenterScreen. Change it's FormBorderStyle to FixedSingle. Change it's MaximizeBox property to False. Change it's Size property to 500, 350 or whatever you like, no restrictions!
Now add the following things to the form:
(1)_ 1 PictureBox. Change it's SizeMode property to Zoom. Change it's BorderStyle property to FixedSingle.
(2)_ 3 Buttons. Change Button1's Text property to Open, Button2's to Save and Button3's to Rotate.
(3)_ 1 ComboBox. Add the following items to it by clicking on its Items property and then click on the "..." button. Here are the items:
Code: Select all
Rotate180FlipNone
Rotate180FlipX
Rotate180FlipXY
Rotate180FlipY
Rotate270FlipNone
Rotate270FlipX
Rotate270FlipXY
Rotate270FlipY
Rotate90FlipNone
Rotate90FlipX
Rotate90FlipXY
Rotate90FlipY
RotateNoneFlipNone
RotateNoneFlipX
RotateNoneFlipXY
RotateNoneFlipYNow is the time to code Form1 and it's components. So right-click on the form in the Solution Explorer and click View Code.
Type the following code before Public Class Form1:
Code: Select all
Write the following code by double-clicking Button1 whose Text property was Open:
Imports System.Drawing.ImagingCode: Select all
Write the following code by double-clicking Button2 whose Text property was Save:
Dim opendlg As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog()
opendlg.Title = "Select the image to open."
opendlg.Filter = ("Supported Image Files|*.gif;*.jpg;*.bmp;*.png")
opendlg.ShowDialog()
Dim Image As Image = New Bitmap(opendlg.FileName)
PictureBox1.Image = ImageCode: Select all
Write the following code by double-clicking Button3 whose Text property was Rotate:
Dim savedlg As New SaveFileDialog
savedlg.Title = "Select the filename to save the image."
savedlg.Filter = ("Supported Image Files|*.gif;*.jpg;*.bmp;*.png")
Dim pic As Image
pic = PictureBox1.Image
savedlg.ShowDialog()
pic.Save(savedlg.FileName)Code: Select all
Dim rotateImage As Image = New Bitmap(PictureBox1.Image)
If ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate180FlipNone" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate180FlipX" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipX)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate180FlipXY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipXY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate180FlipY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate270FlipNone" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipNone)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate270FlipX" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipX)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate270FlipXY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipXY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate270FlipY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate90FlipNone" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipNone)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate90FlipX" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipX)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate90FlipXY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipXY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "Rotate90FlipY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "RotateNoneFlipNone" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipNone)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "RotateNoneFlipX" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipX)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "RotateNoneFlipXY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipXY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
ElseIf ComboBox1.Text = "RotateNoneFlipY" Then
rotateImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipY)
PictureBox1.Image = rotateImage
End IfWell, that's all. It was real easy, wasn't it?
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Voila! You have just completed making an Image Rotator rotates the image that you provide by 16 rotation types. Now debug and run it by pressing the Start Debugging button located at the main toolstrip. Test it, if it works fine then its SAVING time. You can save your project by going to File -> Save All and then pressing Save.
And there! You have your project and application that works. If you have any problem or can't understand something, please feel free to ask by either a comment or by PM. I have also attached a screenshot.
Please use the Give Thanks button and the Reputation System to appreciate my hard work. I have wrote this tutorial while making an Image Rotator project myself so you can download the source file in the attachments.
Thank you.
