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Getting Started with WinForms ImageEditor

This article shows how you can start using RadImageEditor.

Adding Telerik Assemblies Using NuGet

To use RadImageEditor when working with NuGet packages, install the Telerik.UI.for.WinForms.AllControls package. The package target framework version may vary.

Read more about NuGet installation in the Install using NuGet Packages article.

With the 2025 Q1 release, the Telerik UI for WinForms has a new licensing mechanism. You can learn more about it here.

Adding Assembly References Manually

When dragging and dropping a control from the Visual Studio (VS) Toolbox onto the Form Designer, VS automatically adds the necessary assemblies. However, if you're adding the control programmatically, you'll need to manually reference the following assemblies:

  • Telerik.Licensing.Runtime
  • Telerik.WinControls
  • Telerik.WinControls.UI
  • TelerikCommon

The Telerik UI for WinForms assemblies can be install by using one of the available installation approaches.

Defining the RadImageEditor

RadImageEditor control encapsulates the entire image editing logic. In order to use it in your application you have to add references to:

The control offers a set of operations you can perform on an image which is loaded in the editor.

Since R3 2018 Save button behaves like Save As.

To use the RadImageEditor just drop it from the toolbox on your form. The control already contains UI for editing the image. Once your application is started you can click the open button and load image in the control.

WinForms RadImageEditor Getting Started

See Also

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