Image load gives a completely black image

[fsiglia]

hello everyone, I have a problem with bitmap loading. When I call the method Imaging.Load(<path of the bitmap I want to load>) the loaded image is completely black. I noticed that by opening the same image with windows photo editor there is the same problem. Also, windows photo editor refuses to let me modify the image, saying that it has too low of a resolution to do so. Is this the root of the problem? Thanks in advance!

[odklizec]

Hi,

If the image opens black in windows image editor, then there is most probably a problem with the image itself? Do you know the source of the image? Can you share it?

[fsiglia]

I think there is no problem with the image itself, as I can open and view it correctly with paint 3d. maybe Imaging.Load() has a problem loading very tiny images? I attached the image below, hope it can help.

[odklizec]

Well, the image is definitely weird. Some viewers/editors simply don't like it? IrfanView shows it black too and the image information says that it contains just 1 unique color. If you save it in Paint 3D as BMP, then it will be OK. So my guess is that it's a combination of compression and transparency that causes the issue?

[fsiglia]

thanks for the hint, I will try to convert the png images to bmp files with an external tool and restart the test, I'll let you know.

[fsiglia]

this did the trick! thank you for your help!