# GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.Clone

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Imaging_GcBitmap_Clone_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.Clone*">Clone Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Imaging_GcBitmap_Clone_System_Boolean_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.Clone(System.Boolean,System.Boolean)">Clone(bool, bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Creates a new <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a> with a copy of the image.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public GcBitmap Clone(bool cloneExif = false, bool metadataOnly = false)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function Clone(Optional cloneExif As Boolean = False, Optional metadataOnly As Boolean = False) As GcBitmap</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">cloneExif</span></td>
      <td><p>Specifies whether the Exif metadata should be cloned (if exist), not just copied as a reference.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">metadataOnly</span></td>
      <td><p>Specifies whether to copy the image metadata only, not actual pixel data.
If false, the pixel data will be copied from the current <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a>.
If true, the pixel data of the resulting <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a> remain uninitialized.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a></td>
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Imaging_GcBitmap_Clone_GrapeCity_Documents_Imaging_GcBitmap_System_Boolean_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.Clone(GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap,System.Boolean,System.Boolean)">Clone(GcBitmap, bool, bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Copies the image into an existing <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a>.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void Clone(GcBitmap bmp, bool cloneExif = false, bool metadataOnly = false)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Sub Clone(bmp As GcBitmap, Optional cloneExif As Boolean = False, Optional metadataOnly As Boolean = False)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">bmp</span></td>
      <td><p>The target <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a> object.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">cloneExif</span></td>
      <td><p>Specifies whether the Exif metadata should be cloned (if exist), not just copied as a reference.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">metadataOnly</span></td>
      <td><p>Specifies whether to copy the image metadata only, not actual pixel data.
If false, the pixel data will be copied from the current <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a>.
If true, the pixel data of the target <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging.GcBitmap.html">GcBitmap</a> remain uninitialized.</p>
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