GMImage.GetType
---------------

Image representation type.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [GraphicsMagick](component_GraphicsMagick.md) | [2.0](newinversion20.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "GMImage.GetType"; ImageRef ) 

**MBS**( **"GMImage.GetType";** /\* Image representation type. \*/  
**$ImageRef**) /\* The image reference number.e.g. 1 \*/ 

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ImageRef | The image reference number. | 1 |

### Result

Returns the image type number.

### Description

Image representation type.  
UndefinedType = 0, BilevelType = 1, GrayscaleType = 2, GrayscaleMatteType = 3, PaletteType = 4, PaletteMatteType = 5, TrueColorType = 6, TrueColorMatteType = 7, ColorSeparationType = 8, ColorSeparationMatteType = 9, OptimizeType = 10  
### Examples

Shows type:

 Set Variable \[ $image ; Value: MBS ("[GMImage.NewFromFile](GMImageNewFromFile.md)"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/image4.png") \]   
Set Variable \[ $value ; Value: MBS ("GMImage.GetType"; $image ) \]   
Show Custom Dialog \[ "Type" ; $value \]   
Set Variable \[ $r ; Value: MBS ("[GMImage.Release](GMImageRelease.md)"; $image ) \]  
### See also

- [GMImage.GetPage](GMImageGetPage.md)
- [GMImage.GetScene](GMImageGetScene.md)
- [GMImage.GetSize](GMImageGetSize.md)
- [GMImage.GetView](GMImageGetView.md)
- [GMImage.New](GMImageNew.md)
- [GMImage.NewFromFile](GMImageNewFromFile.md)
- [GMImage.Release](GMImageRelease.md)
- [GMImage.SetPage](GMImageSetPage.md)
- [GMImage.SetSize](GMImageSetSize.md)
- [GMImage.SetType](GMImageSetType.md)

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Created 18th August 2014 , last changed 17th April 2019

  
[GMImage.GetTileName](GMImageGetTileName.md) - [GMImage.GetVerbose](GMImageGetVerbose.md)

[HTML Version](GMImageGetType.shtml)