How do I crop an image using C#?

Check out this link: http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/csharp-tutorial-image-editing-saving-cropping-and-resizing

private static Image cropImage(Image img, Rectangle cropArea)
{
   Bitmap bmpImage = new Bitmap(img);
   return bmpImage.Clone(cropArea, bmpImage.PixelFormat);
}

You can use Graphics.DrawImage to draw a cropped image onto the graphics object from a bitmap.

Rectangle cropRect = new Rectangle(...);
Bitmap src = Image.FromFile(fileName) as Bitmap;
Bitmap target = new Bitmap(cropRect.Width, cropRect.Height);

using(Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(target))
{
   g.DrawImage(src, new Rectangle(0, 0, target.Width, target.Height), 
                    cropRect,                        
                    GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
}

Here's a simple example on cropping an image

public Image Crop(string img, int width, int height, int x, int y)
{
    try
    {
        Image image = Image.FromFile(img);
        Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
        bmp.SetResolution(80, 60);

        Graphics gfx = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
        gfx.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
        gfx.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
        gfx.PixelOffsetMode = PixelOffsetMode.HighQuality;
        gfx.DrawImage(image, new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height), x, y, width, height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
        // Dispose to free up resources
        image.Dispose();
        bmp.Dispose();
        gfx.Dispose();

        return bmp;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        return null;
    }            
}

It's quite easy:

• Create a new Bitmap object with the cropped size.
• Use Graphics.FromImage to create a Graphics object for the new bitmap.
• Use the DrawImage method to draw the image onto the bitmap with a negative X and Y coordinate.

I was looking for a easy and FAST function with no additional libary to do the job. I tried Nicks solution, but i needed 29,4 sec to "extract" 1195 images of an atlas file. So later i managed this way and needed 2,43 sec to do the same job. Maybe this will be helpful.

// content of the Texture class
public class Texture
{
    //name of the texture
    public string name { get; set; }
    //x position of the texture in the atlas image
    public int x { get; set; }
    //y position of the texture in the atlas image
    public int y { get; set; }
    //width of the texture in the atlas image
    public int width { get; set; }
    //height of the texture in the atlas image
    public int height { get; set; }
}

Bitmap atlasImage = new Bitmap(@"C:\somepicture.png");
PixelFormat pixelFormat = atlasImage.PixelFormat;

foreach (Texture t in textureList)
{
     try
     {
           CroppedImage = new Bitmap(t.width, t.height, pixelFormat);
           // copy pixels over to avoid antialiasing or any other side effects of drawing
           // the subimages to the output image using Graphics
           for (int x = 0; x < t.width; x++)
               for (int y = 0; y < t.height; y++)
                   CroppedImage.SetPixel(x, y, atlasImage.GetPixel(t.x + x, t.y + y));
           CroppedImage.Save(Path.Combine(workingFolder, t.name + ".png"), ImageFormat.Png);
     }
     catch (Exception ex)
     {
          // handle the exception
     }
}

Assuming you mean that you want to take an image file (JPEG, BMP, TIFF, etc) and crop it then save it out as a smaller image file, I suggest using a third party tool that has a .NET API. Here are a few of the popular ones that I like:

LeadTools
Accusoft Pegasus Snowbound Imaging SDK

For anyone willing to use "unsafe" code, you can achieve much better performance than the standard System.Drawing.Graphics method, and even better if you are using Bitmap.Clone().

Just keep in mind 32bpp is the only format the methods support. (Other formats could work as long as 1 pixel is stored as 4bytes)

I've included 2 versions, one uses Span, which is slightly more performant when cropping to a smaller image. If cropping to a 1000x1000 image they are about the same speed.

Benchmarks are below if interested.

public static class BitmapExtension
{
    unsafe public static Bitmap Crop(this Bitmap bitmap, int left, int top, int width, int height)
    {
        Bitmap cropped = new Bitmap(width, height);
        BitmapData originalData = bitmap.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, bitmap.PixelFormat);
        BitmapData croppedData = cropped.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, width, height), ImageLockMode.WriteOnly, bitmap.PixelFormat);

        int* srcPixel = (int*)originalData.Scan0 + (left + originalData.Width * top);
        int nextLine = originalData.Width - width;

        for (int y = 0, i = 0; y < height; y++, srcPixel += nextLine)
        {
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++, i++, srcPixel++)
            {
                *((int*)croppedData.Scan0 + i) = *srcPixel;
            }
        }

        bitmap.UnlockBits(originalData);
        cropped.UnlockBits(croppedData);

        return cropped;
    }

    unsafe public static Bitmap CropSmall(this Bitmap bitmap, int left, int top, int width, int height)
    {
        Bitmap cropped = new Bitmap(width, height);
        BitmapData originalData = bitmap.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, bitmap.PixelFormat);
        BitmapData croppedData = cropped.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, width, height), ImageLockMode.WriteOnly, bitmap.PixelFormat);

        Span<int> srcPixels = new Span<int>((void*)originalData.Scan0, originalData.Width * originalData.Height);

        int nextLine = originalData.Width - width;

        for (int y = 0, i = 0, s = left + originalData.Width * top; y < height; y++, s += nextLine)
        {
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++, i++, s++)
            {
                *((int*)croppedData.Scan0 + i) = srcPixels[s];
            }
        }

        bitmap.UnlockBits(originalData);
        cropped.UnlockBits(croppedData);

        return cropped;
    }
}

Cropping 3440x1440 to 1000x1000

Cropping 3440x1440 to 256x256

Cropping 3440x1440 to 1440x1440