The basic idea is to check every pixel of the image to find the top, left, right and bottom bounds of the image. To do this efficiently, don't use the GetPixel
method, which is pretty slow. Use LockBits
instead.
Here's the implementation I came up with:
static Bitmap TrimBitmap(Bitmap source)
{
Rectangle srcRect = default(Rectangle);
BitmapData data = null;
try
{
data = source.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, source.Width, source.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
byte[] buffer = new byte[data.Height * data.Stride];
Marshal.Copy(data.Scan0, buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
int xMin = int.MaxValue;
int xMax = 0;
int yMin = int.MaxValue;
int yMax = 0;
for (int y = 0; y < data.Height; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < data.Width; x++)
{
byte alpha = buffer[y * data.Stride + 4 * x + 3];
if (alpha != 0)
{
if (x < xMin) xMin = x;
if (x > xMax) xMax = x;
if (y < yMin) yMin = y;
if (y > yMax) yMax = y;
}
}
}
if (xMax < xMin || yMax < yMin)
{
// Image is empty...
return null;
}
srcRect = Rectangle.FromLTRB(xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax);
}
finally
{
if (data != null)
source.UnlockBits(data);
}
Bitmap dest = new Bitmap(srcRect.Width, srcRect.Height);
Rectangle destRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, srcRect.Width, srcRect.Height);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(dest))
{
graphics.DrawImage(source, destRect, srcRect, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
}
return dest;
}
It can probably be optimized, but I'm not a GDI+ expert, so it's the best I can do without further research...
EDIT: actually, there's a simple way to optimize it, by not scanning some parts of the image :
- scan left to right until you find a non-transparent pixel; store (x, y) into (xMin, yMin)
- scan top to bottom until you find a non-transparent pixel (only for x >= xMin); store y into yMin
- scan right to left until you find a non-transparent pixel (only for y >= yMin); store x into xMax
- scan bottom to top until you find a non-transparent pixel (only for xMin <= x <= xMax); store y into yMax
EDIT2: here's an implementation of the approach above:
static Bitmap TrimBitmap(Bitmap source)
{
Rectangle srcRect = default(Rectangle);
BitmapData data = null;
try
{
data = source.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, source.Width, source.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
byte[] buffer = new byte[data.Height * data.Stride];
Marshal.Copy(data.Scan0, buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
int xMin = int.MaxValue,
xMax = int.MinValue,
yMin = int.MaxValue,
yMax = int.MinValue;
bool foundPixel = false;
// Find xMin
for (int x = 0; x < data.Width; x++)
{
bool stop = false;
for (int y = 0; y < data.Height; y++)
{
byte alpha = buffer[y * data.Stride + 4 * x + 3];
if (alpha != 0)
{
xMin = x;
stop = true;
foundPixel = true;
break;
}
}
if (stop)
break;
}
// Image is empty...
if (!foundPixel)
return null;
// Find yMin
for (int y = 0; y < data.Height; y++)
{
bool stop = false;
for (int x = xMin; x < data.Width; x++)
{
byte alpha = buffer[y * data.Stride + 4 * x + 3];
if (alpha != 0)
{
yMin = y;
stop = true;
break;
}
}
if (stop)
break;
}
// Find xMax
for (int x = data.Width - 1; x >= xMin; x--)
{
bool stop = false;
for (int y = yMin; y < data.Height; y++)
{
byte alpha = buffer[y * data.Stride + 4 * x + 3];
if (alpha != 0)
{
xMax = x;
stop = true;
break;
}
}
if (stop)
break;
}
// Find yMax
for (int y = data.Height - 1; y >= yMin; y--)
{
bool stop = false;
for (int x = xMin; x <= xMax; x++)
{
byte alpha = buffer[y * data.Stride + 4 * x + 3];
if (alpha != 0)
{
yMax = y;
stop = true;
break;
}
}
if (stop)
break;
}
srcRect = Rectangle.FromLTRB(xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax);
}
finally
{
if (data != null)
source.UnlockBits(data);
}
Bitmap dest = new Bitmap(srcRect.Width, srcRect.Height);
Rectangle destRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, srcRect.Width, srcRect.Height);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(dest))
{
graphics.DrawImage(source, destRect, srcRect, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
}
return dest;
}
There won't be a significant gain if the non-transparent part is small of course, since it will still scan most of the pixels. But if it's big, only the rectangles around the non-transparent part will be scanned.