ByteScout Image To Video SDK – C# – Background Picture

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background picture in C# using ByteScout Image To Video SDK

Tutorial: how to do background picture in C#

Today we will explain the steps and algorithm of implementing background picture and how to make it work in your application. ByteScout Image To Video SDK was made to help with background picture in C#. ByteScout Image To Video SDK is the SDK that is designed to generate video slideshow with 100+ 2d and 3D transition effects. Can generate WMV, AVI, WEBM video file with adjustable quality, framerate, output video size.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Image To Video SDK for C# plus the instruction and the C# code below will help you quickly learn background picture. C# sample code is all you need: copy and paste the code to your C# application’s code editor, add a reference to ByteScout Image To Video SDK (if you haven’t added yet) and you are ready to go! You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

Our website provides free trial version of ByteScout Image To Video SDK. It comes along with all these source code samples with the goal to help you with your C# application implementation.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using BytescoutImageToVideo;

namespace BackgroundPicture
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			try
			{
				Console.WriteLine("Converting JPG slides to video, please wait...");

				// Create BytescoutImageToVideoLib.ImageToVideo object instance
				ImageToVideo converter = new ImageToVideo();

				// Activate the component
				converter.RegistrationName = "demo";
				converter.RegistrationKey = "demo";

				// Set movie background picture
				converter.SetBackgroundPictureFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\background.jpg");

				// Add images and set slide durations
				Slide slide;
				slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide1.jpg");
				slide.Duration = 3000; // 3000ms = 3s
				slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide2.jpg");
				slide.Duration = 3000;
				slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide3.jpg");
				slide.Duration = 3000;
				
				// Set output video size
				converter.OutputWidth = 640;
				converter.OutputHeight = 480;

				// Set output video file name
				converter.OutputVideoFileName = "result.wmv";

				// Run the conversion
				converter.RunAndWait();

				// Release resources
				System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(converter);

				// Open the result video file in default media player
				Process.Start("result.wmv");

				Console.WriteLine("Conversion is done. Press any key to continue..");
				Console.ReadKey();
			}
            catch(Exception e)
			{
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.ToString());
                Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to exit.");
                Console.ReadKey();
            }
		}
	}
}