C# .NET: Compress an Image in .NET

The following will take a Bitmap and save and compress the image to a file.

To change the compression, change the compression parameter to a value between 0 and 100. The higher number being higher quality and less compression.

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using System.Drawing.Imaging;

....

public static Bitmap GetBitmap(string path)
{
	Bitmap source = null;

	try
	{
		byte[] imageData = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(path);
		System.IO.MemoryStream stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream(imageData, false);
		source = new Bitmap(stream);
	}
	catch { }

	return source;
}


public void CompressImage(string fullFilePath, string fileName, string destinationFolder, long compression)
{
	Bitmap bitmap = GetBitmap(fullFilePath);
	
	if (bitmap == null)
	{
		return;
	}
	
	bool encoderFound = false;
	System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageCodecInfo encoder = null;

	if (fileName.ToLower().EndsWith(".jpg") || fileName.ToLower().EndsWith(".jpeg"))
	{						
		encoderFound = true;
		encoder = GetEncoder(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
	}
	else if (fileName.ToLower().EndsWith(".bmp"))
	{
		encoderFound = true;
		encoder = GetEncoder(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);
	}
	else if (fileName.ToLower().EndsWith(".tiff"))
	{
		encoderFound = true;
		encoder = GetEncoder(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Tiff);
	}
	else if (fileName.ToLower().EndsWith(".gif"))
	{
		encoderFound = true;
		encoder = GetEncoder(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif);
	}
	else if (fileName.ToLower().EndsWith(".png"))
	{
		encoderFound = true;
		encoder = GetEncoder(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
	}

	if (encoderFound)
	{
		System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder myEncoder = System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder.Quality;
		System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameters myEncoderParameters = new System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameters(1);
		System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameter myEncoderParameter = new System.Drawing.Imaging.EncoderParameter(myEncoder, compression);
		myEncoderParameters.Param[0] = myEncoderParameter;

		newImage.Save(System.IO.Path.Combine(destinationFolder, fileName), encoder, myEncoderParameters);
	}
	else
	{
		newImage.Save(System.IO.Path.Combine(destinationFolder, fileName));
	}
}


public static ImageCodecInfo GetEncoder(string mimeType)
{
	ImageCodecInfo[] encoders;
	encoders = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
	for (int x = 0; x < encoders.Length; x++)
	{
		if (encoders[x].MimeType == mimeType)
		{
			return encoders[x];
		}
	}
	return null;
}


public static ImageCodecInfo GetEncoder(ImageFormat format)
{
	ImageCodecInfo[] codecs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders();

	foreach (ImageCodecInfo codec in codecs)
	{
		if (codec.FormatID == format.Guid)
		{
			return codec;
		}
	}
	return null;
}