Find image format using Bitmap object in C#

Asked 2009-09-09T04:24:03.900

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;
    }
}

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3 Answers

here is my code for this. You have to load the complete image or the header (first 4 bytes) to a byte array first.

public enum ImageFormat
{
    Bmp,
    Jpeg,
    Gif,
    Tiff,
    Png,
    Unknown
}

public static ImageFormat GetImageFormat(byte[] bytes)
{
    // see http://www.mikekunz.com/image_file_header.html  
    var bmp    = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("BM");     // BMP
    var gif    = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("GIF");    // GIF
    var png    = new byte[] { 137, 80, 78, 71 };    // PNG
    var tiff   = new byte[] { 73, 73, 42 };         // TIFF
    var tiff2  = new byte[] { 77, 77, 42 };         // TIFF
    var jpeg   = new byte[] { 255, 216, 255 };      // jpeg

    if (bmp.SequenceEqual(bytes.Take(bmp.Length)))
        return ImageFormat.Bmp;

    if (gif.SequenceEqual(bytes.Take(gif.Length)))
        return ImageFormat.Gif;

    if (png.SequenceEqual(bytes.Take(png.Length)))
        return ImageFormat.Png;

    if (tiff.SequenceEqual(bytes.Take(tiff.Length)))
        return ImageFormat.Tiff;

    if (tiff2.SequenceEqual(bytes.Take(tiff2.Length)))
        return ImageFormat.Tiff;

    if (jpeg.SequenceEqual(bytes.Take(jpeg.Length)))
        return ImageFormat.Jpeg;

    return ImageFormat.Unknown;
}

answered 2012-02-25T17:04:03.243

of course you can. ImageFormat doesn't mean much. ImageCodecInfo has much more meaning.

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    <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="red_dot.png" title="red_dot.png"/>
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code:

using System.Linq;

//...

//get image
var file_bytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(@"iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==");
var file_stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream(file_bytes);
var file_image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(file_stream);

//list image formats
var image_formats = typeof(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat).GetProperties(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static).ToList().ConvertAll(property => property.GetValue(null, null));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(image_formats.Count, "image_formats");
foreach(var image_format in image_formats) {
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(image_format, "image_formats");
}

//get image format
var file_image_format = typeof(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat).GetProperties(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static).ToList().ConvertAll(property => property.GetValue(null, null)).Single(image_format => image_format.Equals(file_image.RawFormat));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(file_image_format, "file_image_format");

//list image codecs
var image_codecs = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders().ToList();
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(image_codecs.Count, "image_codecs");
foreach(var image_codec in imag


                        
                        
                            answered 2011-10-26T16:50:08.177


            
            
                
                    
                        
                            
                            
                        
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                        Based on Alex's work above (which I actually vote as the solution, since it's one line - but I can't vote yet haha), I came up with the following function for an image library.
It requires 4.0

  Public Enum Formats
    Unknown
    Bmp
    Emf
    Wmf
    Gif
    Jpeg
    Png
    Tiff
    Icon
  End Enum

  Public Shared Function ImageFormat(ByVal Image As System.Drawing.Image) As Formats
    If Not System.Enum.TryParse(Of Formats)(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders().ToList().[Single](Function(ImageCodecInfo) ImageCodecInfo.FormatID = Image.RawFormat.Guid).FormatDescription, True, ImageFormat) Then
      Return Formats.Unknown
    End If
  End Function


                        
                        
                            answered 2012-02-17T14:36:54.123



        
        
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