---
title: "How to: Chain BitmapSource Objects Together"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "BitmapSource objects [WPF], chaining"
  - "graphics [WPF], chaining BitmapSource objects"
  - "chaining BitmapSource objects [WPF]"
ms.assetid: 32d88853-395b-4855-9685-51a482a3b421
---
# How to: Chain BitmapSource Objects Together
This example shows how you can apply a variety of effects to an image source by chaining multiple <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapSource> derived objects together.  
  
 The following example uses chaining to flip and change the pixel format of the source of an image.  
  
## Example  
 [!code-xaml[ImagingSnippetGallery_snip#ChainedBitmapSourcesXamlExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImagingSnippetGallery_snip/CS/ChainedBitmapSourcesExample.xaml#chainedbitmapsourcesxamlexamplewholepage)]  
  
 [!code-csharp[ImagingSnippetGallery_procedural_snip#ChainedBitmapSourcesCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImagingSnippetGallery_procedural_snip/CSharp/ChainedBitmapSourcesExample.cs#chainedbitmapsourcescodeexamplewholepage)]
 [!code-vb[ImagingSnippetGallery_procedural_snip#ChainedBitmapSourcesCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImagingSnippetGallery_procedural_snip/VB/ChainedBitmapSourcesExample.vb#chainedbitmapsourcescodeexamplewholepage)]