The possible values of PixelOffsetMode are:
Invalid
Default
HighSpeed
HighQuality
None
Half
I'm guessing that HighQuality = Half, HighSpeed = None and Default = HighSpeed.
If this is true then, like the SmoothingMode, I can offer just two simple options.
Does anyone know if this is correct and, if so, where on earth did you find the information?
If this is true then, like the SmoothingMode, I can offer just two simple options.
Your assumption seems to be correct.
According to this excellent page/blog about Graphics.DrawImage:
Those docs make it clear; there are really only two options, and the Remarks section describes quite nicely what each does. The real options: None and Half. The rest are just aliases for those two. I’ll make it even simpler: None=Bad, Half=Good. The default value is Bad.
The GDI+ MSDN actively explains that there are actually only two options:
PixelOffsetModeNone Indicates that pixel centers have integer coordinates.
PixelOffsetModeHalf Indicates that pixel centers have coordinates that are half way between integer values.
Invalid is never to be used, and the other values simply link through to the ones mentioned above.
So in summary, although the enumeration has different values:
None == Default == HighSpeed, yielding a lower quality but faster operation, pixels usually do NOT represent the color value of their integer location (i.e. their corner)
Half == HighQuality , yielding better results (less artifacting) but in a costlier operation, after all pixels usually represent the value of their center.
PixelOffsetMode is defined as:
public enum PixelOffsetMode
{
Invalid = -1,
Default = 0,
HighSpeed = 1,
HighQuality = 2,
None = 3
Half = 4,
}
A great way to see these values (and other similar things) is to use .NET Reflector.
