This abstract class is the base for Bitmap and System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile . Microsoft's documentation claims that it is also the base for Icon , but this is not in fact the case in the first release of the framework. It serves to define a drawing that has its own Page coordinate space, including a Size , HorizontalResolution , and VerticalResolution . It also supports multiframe images, in a variety of different dimensions such as time and resolution, as defined in the System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension class. Images can be drawn using the Graphics.DrawImage() method. public abstract class Image : MarshalByRefObject : System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, ICloneable, IDisposable { // Public Instance Properties public int Flags {get; } public Guid[ ] FrameDimensionsList {get; } public int Height {get; } public float HorizontalResolution {get; } public ColorPalette Palette {set; get; } public SizeF PhysicalDimension {get; } public PixelFormat PixelFormat {get; } public int[ ] PropertyIdList {get; } public PropertyItem[ ] PropertyItems {get; } public ImageFormat RawFormat {get; } public Size Size {get; } public float VerticalResolution {get; } public int Width {get; } // Public Static Methods public static Image FromFile (string filename ); public static Image FromFile (string filename , bool useEmbeddedColorManagement ); public static Bitmap FromHbitmap (IntPtr hbitmap ); public static Bitmap FromHbitmap (IntPtr hbitmap , IntPtr hpalette ); public static Image FromStream (System.IO.Stream stream ); public static Image FromStream (System.IO.Stream stream , bool useEmbeddedColorManagement ); public static int GetPixelFormatSize (System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixfmt ); public static bool IsAlphaPixelFormat (System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixfmt ); public static bool IsCanonicalPixelFormat (System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixfmt ); public static bool IsExtendedPixelFormat (System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixfmt ); // Public Instance Methods public object Clone (); // implements ICloneable public void Dispose (); // implements IDisposable public RectangleF GetBounds (ref GraphicsUnit pageUnit ); public EncoderParameters GetEncoderParameterList (Guid encoder ); public int GetFrameCount (System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension dimension ); public PropertyItem GetPropertyItem (int propid ); public Image GetThumbnailImage (int thumbWidth , int thumbHeight , GetThumbnailImageAbort callback , IntPtr callbackData ); public void RemovePropertyItem (int propid ); public void RotateFlip (RotateFlipType rotateFlipType ); public void Save (System.IO.Stream stream , System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageCodecInfo encoder , System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameters encoderParams ); public void Save (System.IO.Stream stream , System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat format ); public void Save (string filename ); public void Save (string filename , System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageCodecInfo encoder , System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameters encoderParams ); public void Save (string filename , System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat format ); public void SaveAdd (System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameters encoderParams ); public void SaveAdd (Image image , System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameters encoderParams ); public int SelectActiveFrame (System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension dimension , int frameIndex ); public void SetPropertyItem (System.Drawing.Imaging.PropertyItem propitem ); // Protected Instance Methods protected virtual void Dispose (bool disposing ); protected override void Finalize (); // overrides object } HierarchySystem.Object System.MarshalByRefObject Image(System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializabl, System.ICloneable , System.IDisposable) SubclassesBitmap , System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile Returned ByMultiple types Passed ToMultiple types |