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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+
+
+
+public static class WriteableBitmapExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Convert the WriteableBitmap to GDI+ Bitmap.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="bitmapsource">The writeable bitmap.</param>
+    /// <returns>returns a System.Drawing.Bitmap Bitmap.</returns>
+    public static System.Drawing.Bitmap ConvertToGDIBitmap(this WriteableBitmap bitmapsource)
+    {
+        using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
+        {
+            BitmapEncoder enc = new BmpBitmapEncoder();
+            enc.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(bitmapsource));
+            enc.Save(stream);
+
+            using (var tempBitmap = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(stream))
+            {
+                // According to MSDN, one "must keep the stream open for the lifetime of the Bitmap."
+                // So we return a copy of the new bitmap, allowing us to dispose both the bitmap and the stream.
+                var result = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(tempBitmap);
+                stream.Dispose();
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Convert the WriteableBitmap to BitmapImage.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="bitmapSource">The writeable bitmap.</param>
+    /// <returns>returns a new instance of BitmapImage</returns>
+    public static BitmapImage ConvertToBitmapImage(this WriteableBitmap bitmapSource)
+    {
+        JpegBitmapEncoder encoder = new JpegBitmapEncoder();
+        MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+        BitmapImage bImg = new BitmapImage();
+
+        encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(bitmapSource));
+        encoder.Save(memoryStream);
+
+        bImg.BeginInit();
+        bImg.StreamSource = new MemoryStream(memoryStream.ToArray());
+        bImg.EndInit();
+
+        memoryStream.Close();
+
+        return bImg;
+    }
+}
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