How to Display a Bitmap in a WPF Image

Question

I want to implement a image editing program, but I can not display the Bitmap in my WPF. For the general editing I need a Bitmap. But I can not display that in a Image.

private void MenuItemOpen_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    OpenFileDialog openfiledialog = new OpenFileDialog();

    openfiledialog.Title = "Open Image";
    openfiledialog.Filter = "Image File|*.bmp; *.gif; *.jpg; *.jpeg; *.png;";

    if (openfiledialog.ShowDialog() == true)
    {
        image = new Bitmap(openfiledialog.FileName);
    }
}

I load the Image with a OpenFileDialog into the Bitmap. Now I want to set the picture in my WPF. Like so:

Image.Source = image;

I really need a Bitmap to get the color of a special pixel! I need a simple code snipped.

Thank you for your help!

Solution

I have used this snipped now to convert the Bitmap to a ImageSource:

BitmapImage BitmapToImageSource(Bitmap bitmap)
{
    using (MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream())
    {
        bitmap.Save(memory, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);
        memory.Position = 0;
        BitmapImage bitmapimage = new BitmapImage();
        bitmapimage.BeginInit();
        bitmapimage.StreamSource = memory;
        bitmapimage.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
        bitmapimage.EndInit();

        return bitmapimage;
    }
}

Comments

[Gerret]

This is not working for me. I need the Bitmap class to get the color of a special pixel.

[Saverio Terracciano]

Check my answer, I updated it.

[user3114639]

(ImageSource)c.ConvertFrom(yourBitmap) results in a NullReferenceException

[Nicolas Fall]

why would someone put bitmapimage.Freeze() in here after .EndInit?

[Gener4tor]

I get a NullReferenceException too