Save image and drawn shapes in picturebox

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I have a picturebox in my form and draw shapes in picturebox by MouseDown and MouseUp events.
finally I must save image of picturebox with drawn shapes in TIFF File. I use this codes:

VB

<pre>     Dim bitmap = New Bitmap(PictureBox1.Width, PictureBox1.Height)
        PictureBox1.DrawToBitmap(bitmap, PictureBox1.ClientRectangle)
        Dim PATH = Application.StartupPath & "\TIFF\" & My.Settings.PATH & ".TIFF"
        bitmap.Save(PATH, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Tiff)

But the clarity and quality of the TIF image is much lower than the original image. I will link a part of the original image and the TIIF for Comparison.

What I have tried:

 I will link a part of the original image and the TIIF for Comparison<a href=""></a><a href="https://s2.uupload.ir/files/a2_gv3i.jpg">https://s2.uupload.ir/files/a2_gv3i.jpg</a>[<a href="https://s2.uupload.ir/files/a2_gv3i.jpg" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]
<a href=""></a><a href="https://s2.uupload.ir/files/a11_ikaz.jpg">https://s2.uupload.ir/files/a11_ikaz.jpg</a>[<a href="https://s2.uupload.ir/files/a11_ikaz.jpg" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]

Posted 11-Dec-22 0:27am

moshaveran

Updated 11-Dec-22 1:46am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2022-12-11T01:46:00

Solution 1

Simple: don't draw on the PictureBox, draw on the Image it contains and Invalidate the PictureBox to display the changes.

You can then save the Image directly to a disk file without any loss of quality (because you are using TIFF files, and that is a lossless image format - JPG isn't, so each time you save the image, you lose detail).

Posted 11-Dec-22 1:46am

OriginalGriff

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moshaveran 12-Dec-22 2:00am

It was a great offer. But there is a problem:
If we zoom-in or zoom-out the image before drawing the shapes, the shapes will not be drawn in their exact place!