ImageDraw controls – Basic Object Model & ASP.NET HTML Syntax

ImageDraw controls - Basic Object Model

ImageDraw object features the Object Model which is shown in the following diagram:

ImageDraw Controls – Basic Object Model

You should find the object model fairly self-explanatory and full documentation of all of the methods and properties of each control and its objects are provided in the Class Reference section of this help. However, here is a short explanation of the objects on the previous diagram:

ImageDraw
It's an ImageDraw object for image composition – ImageDraw.
Canvas
It is a rectangular area intended for drawing Graphical Elements (Image, Text, and Shape Elements). Canvas plays a key role in the ImageDraw architecture because it governs and determines the final size for the output image to be generated. Learn more about Canvas...
Elements
They are simple graphical objects which are assembled together to create a composite image. All elements are drawn on the Canvas in the order that each of them has in the stack of elements. There are three main kinds of elements: ImageElement, TextElement, RichTextElement, WordArtElement and ShapeElement (Lines, Rectangles, Ovals, Polygons, Stars, etc.). Learn more about Elements...
Actions
Actions are imaging effects that are applied on Element objects. ImageDraw comes with 50 built-in ready to use Actions. Actions can also be applied onto the output image generated by the elements on the canvas as the last step in the output image generation process. Learn more about Actions...