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Workaround for Bitmap ColorDepth in C#

I am almost cerain this is a bug in the .NET bitmap Codec, that you cannot change the color Depth… It always saves in its native format for Bitmap.
 
However, if you convert the image to a TIFF first, then it works.
 

Image imgTIFF = Image.FromStream(s);

ImageCodecInfo ici = GetEncoderInfo("TIFF");

EncoderParameter ep = new EncoderParameter(Encoder.ColorDepth,24L);

EncoderParameters eps =

new EncoderParameters(1);

eps.Param[0]= ep;

imgTIFF.Save(@"c:test.tiff",ici,eps);

Image imgBMP = Image.FromFile(@"c:test.tiff");

imgBMP.Save(@"c:test.bmp");

 
 
 
 
(for reference:)

private

ImageCodecInfo GetEncoderInfo(string mimeType)

{

ImageCodecInfo[] encs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();

for (int ix = 0; ix <= encs.Length; ix++)

{

if ( encs[ix].CodecName.IndexOf(mimeType) != -1)

{

return encs[ix];

}

}

return null;

}

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