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---
title: "How to: Load an Image as a Thumbnail"
description: Learn how to Load an Image as a Thumbnail.
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
ms.custom: devdivchpfy22
dev_langs:
- "csharp"
- "vb"
helpviewer_keywords:
- "loading images as thumbnails [WPF]"
- "images [WPF], loading as thumbnails"
- "thumbnails [WPF], loading images as"
ms.assetid: 02e055a0-54df-499a-b8b6-ab6ff7535cff
---
# How to: Load an Image as a Thumbnail
The following examples show how to load an <xref:System.Windows.Controls.Image> as a thumbnail to conserve application memory.
## Set the DecodePixelWidth property in XAML
The following example sets the <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.DecodePixelWidth%2A> property of a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage> in Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) to reduce the memory required to load the image.
[!code-xaml[ImageElementExample_snip#ImageSimpleExampleInlineMarkup](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImageElementExample_snip/CSharp/ImageSimpleExample.xaml#imagesimpleexampleinlinemarkup)]
## Set the DecodePixelWidth property in code
The following example sets the <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.DecodePixelWidth%2A> property of a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage> in code to reduce the memory required to load the image.
[!code-csharp[ImageElementExample_snip#ImageSimpleExampleInlineCode1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImageElementExample_snip/CSharp/ImageSimpleExample.xaml.cs#imagesimpleexampleinlinecode1)]
[!code-vb[ImageElementExample_snip#ImageSimpleExampleInlineCode1](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImageElementExample_snip/VB/ImageSimpleExample.xaml.vb#imagesimpleexampleinlinecode1)]
## See also
- [Imaging Overview](imaging-overview.md)