--- title: "Pipeline" canonical: https://www.graphicsmill.com/samples/tags/pipeline product: "Graphics Mill" --- # Pipeline Working with images via the Pipeline API - [Browse all samples]() ## Samples - [Add Alpha Channel (Memory Friendly)](): Adds an elliptical alpha channel using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Adjust Colors Using Lab](): Adjusts image colors by modifying Lab color channels. - [Adjust Lightness (RGB)](): Adjusts image brightness by modifying all RGB channels. - [Adjust Lightness Lab](): Adjusts image brightness by modifying the Lab lightness channel. - [Assemble Pipeline manually](): Shows how to manually assemble and run a simple image processing pipeline using receivers instead of the Pipeline class. - [CMYK To CMYK Using Device Link Profile](): Converts a CMYK image to another CMYK color space using a device link profile. - [Color Proofing](): Converts a CMYK image to RGB for proofing using color profiles. - [Combine channels](): Combines image channels from multiple sources into one image. - [Combine Channels](): Combines separate RGB channel images into a single full-color image. - [Compare Image Format Compressions](): Compare compression efficiency of WebP, JPEG, and PNG formats. - [Conditionally adding pipeline elements](): Demonstrates how to add pipeline elements based on input image properties to create sRGB thumbnails with a specific DPI. - [Convert Animated GIF Image To WebP](): Convert an animated GIF image to WebP format, preserving animation. - [Convert Clipping Path To TGA](): Converts a clipping path from a JPEG to an alpha channel and saves as TGA. - [Copy Clipping Path (Memory Friendly)](): Copies clipping paths using a memory-efficient pipeline. - [Create linear pipeline](): Shows how to create a linear image processing pipeline using a simple and straightforward syntax. - [Create Vignette](): Creates a vignette effect with a specified color using advanced pipeline techniques. - [Crop](): Crop an image to a specified rectangle using the Pipeline API. - [Crop Image And Preserve Clipping Path](): Crops an image while preserving its clipping path. - [Draw text watermark on thumbnail image](): Creates a thumbnail and draws a semi-transparent text watermark using transforms and drawing APIs. - [Draw Using Advanced Graphics](): Draw a rectangle on an image using advanced graphics in the Pipeline API. - [Get embedded profile using memory-friendly Pipeline API](): Displays embedded color profile info using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Modify Clipping Path Explicitly (Memory Friendly)](): Modifies a clipping path and image using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Multiple thumbnails](): Creates two thumbnails of different sizes from a single image read. - [Preview RGB To CMYK On Screen (Memory Friendly)](): Previews CMYK color conversion using a memory-efficient pipeline approach. - [Read Convert And Write TGA](): Reads a TGA image, converts it to 16-bit with RLE compression, and saves it. - [Read image with WPF](): Shows how to use a custom WPF image reader to pass an image into a processing pipeline. - [Read Multiframe TIFF Memory Friendly](): Reads a multi-frame TIFF using a memory-friendly pipeline and saves each frame as JPEG. - [Recompress JPEG partially](): Applies a mosaic effect to a region of a JPEG image and updates only that region using partial recompression. - [Remove a gradient background from a product photo](): Cuts a product out of a studio photo with a gradient background using the pipeline API. - [Resize](): Resizes an image using a memory-friendly pipeline approach. - [Resize And Preserve Metadata](): Resizes a JPEG image and preserves or updates all metadata. - [Resize Image And Clipping Path (Memory Friendly)](): Resizes an image and its clipping path using a memory-efficient pipeline. - [Rgb To Cmyk Memory Friendly](): Converts RGB to CMYK with color management using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Rotate](): Rotates an image using a memory-friendly pipeline approach. - [Split And Combine Channels](): Splits an image into RGB channels, adjusts brightness, and recombines them. - [Split channels](): Splits a CMYK image into separate channel files. - [Split Channels](): Splits RGB channels, adjusts their brightness, and saves each as a separate image. - [Swap Channels Memory Friendly](): Swaps red and green channels using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [TIFF Extra Channels To Spot Color Space](): Converts a TIFF with extra channels to a PDF using separation color space. - [Tint Using Alpha (Memory Friendly)](): Applies a tint using the alpha channel with a memory-friendly pipeline approach. - [Tint Using Lab](): Applies a tint to an image by manipulating Lab color channels. - [Using the OnInit event to configure pipeline elements](): Demonstrates configuring pipeline elements dynamically using the OnInit event to adjust settings based on input image data. - [Write Animated WebP](): Create a simple animated image in WebP format. - [Write EXIF and IPTC (Memory Friendly)](): Writes EXIF and IPTC metadata to a JPEG using a memory-friendly pipeline. - [Write Extra Channel With Display Info](): Saves extra channels with display info to Adobe resources in a TIFF file. - [Write Extra Channel With Name](): Saves an extra channel with a custom name to a TIFF image using Adobe resources. - [Write image with WPF](): Demonstrates saving an image from a pipeline using a custom WPF image writer. - [Write Multiframe TIFF](): Create a TIFF file with multiple frames, each with its own compression. - [Write WebP Lossy And Lossless](): Save an image in both lossy and lossless WebP formats.