Find image format using Bitmap object in C#

user_144754 0
Viewed 82728

I am loading the binary bytes of the image file hard drive and loading it into a Bitmap object. How do i find the image type[JPEG, PNG, BMP etc] from the Bitmap object?

Looks trivial. But, couldn't figure it out!

Is there an alternative approach?

Appreciate your response.

UPDATED CORRECT SOLUTION:

@CMS: Thanks for the correct response!

Sample code to achieve this.

using (MemoryStream imageMemStream = new MemoryStream(fileData))
{
    using (Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(imageMemStream))
    {
        ImageFormat imageFormat = bitmap.RawFormat;
        if (bitmap.RawFormat.Equals(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg))
            //It's a JPEG;
        else if (bitmap.RawFormat.Equals(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png))
            //It's a PNG;
    }
}
image .net c#
11 Answers

Not to bother to on old topic, but to complete this discussion, I want to share my way to query all image formats, known by windows.

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;

public static class ImageExtentions
{
    public static ImageCodecInfo GetCodecInfo(this System.Drawing.Image img)
    {
        ImageCodecInfo[] decoders = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders();
        foreach (ImageCodecInfo decoder in decoders)
            if (img.RawFormat.Guid == decoder.FormatID)
                return decoder;
        return null;
    }
}

Now you can use it as an an image extension as shown below:

public void Test(Image img)
{
    ImageCodecInfo info = img.GetCodecInfo();
    if (info == null)
        Trace.TraceError("Image format is unkown");
    else
        Trace.TraceInformation("Image format is " + info.FormatDescription);
}
user_88520750

A couple of clean extension methods on type Image for determining this, based on the find by Alex above (ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders()).

This is highly optimized after the first call, as the static ImageCodecsDictionary is saved in memory (but only after it has been used once).

public static class ImageCodecInfoX
{

    private static Dictionary<Guid, ImageCodecInfoFull> _imageCodecsDictionary;

    public static Dictionary<Guid, ImageCodecInfoFull> ImageCodecsDictionary 
    {
        get
        {
            if (_imageCodecsDictionary == null) {
                _imageCodecsDictionary =
                    ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders()
                    .Select(i => {
                        var format = ImageFormats.Unknown;
                        switch (i.FormatDescription.ToLower()) {
                            case "jpeg": format = ImageFormats.Jpeg; break;
                            case "png": format = ImageFormats.Png; break;
                            case "icon": format = ImageFormats.Icon; break;
                            case "gif": format = ImageFormats.Gif; break;
                            case "bmp": format = ImageFormats.Bmp; break;
                            case "tiff": format = ImageFormats.Tiff; break;
                            case "emf": format = ImageFormats.Emf; break;
                            case "wmf": format = ImageFormats.Wmf; break;
                        }
                        return new ImageCodecInfoFull(i) { Format = format };
                    })
                    .ToDictionary(c => c.CodecInfo.FormatID);
            }
            return _imageCodecsDictionary;
        }
    }

    public static ImageCodecInfoFull CodecInfo(this Image image)
    {
        ImageCodecInfoFull codecInfo = null;

        if (!ImageCodecsDictionary.TryGetValue(image.RawFormat.Guid, out codecInfo))
            return null;
        return codecInfo;
    }

    public static ImageFormats Format(this Image image)
    {
        var codec = image.CodecInfo();
        return codec == null ? ImageFormats.Unknown : codec.Format;
    }
}

public enum ImageFormats { Jpeg, Png, Icon, Gif, Bmp, Emf, Wmf, Tiff, Unknown }

/// <summary>
/// Couples ImageCodecInfo with an ImageFormats type.
/// </summary>
public class ImageCodecInfoFull
{
    public ImageCodecInfoFull(ImageCodecInfo codecInfo = null)
    {
        Format = ImageFormats.Unknown;
        CodecInfo = codecInfo;
    }

    public ImageCodecInfo CodecInfo { get; set; }

    public ImageFormats Format { get; set; }

}
user_2640310
Related