How to identify CMYK images in ASP.NET using C#

Question

Does anybody know how to properly identify CMYK images in ASP.NET using C#? When I check the Flags attribute of a Bitmap instance, I get incorrect resu

Answer 1

I use a combination of the ImageFlags and PixelFormat values. Note that PixelFormat.Forma32bppCMYK is missing from .NET - I grabbed it out of GdiPlusPixelFormats.h in the Windows SDK.

The trick is that Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 returns the correct pixel format but is missing the image flags. Vista and Server 2008 return an invalid pixel format but the correct image flags. Insanity.

public ImageColorFormat GetColorFormat(this Bitmap bitmap)
{
    const int pixelFormatIndexed = 0x00010000;
    const int pixelFormat32bppCMYK = 0x200F;
    const int pixelFormat16bppGrayScale = (4 | (16 << 8);

    // Check image flags
    var flags = (ImageFlags)bitmap.Flags;
    if (flags.HasFlag(ImageFlags.ColorSpaceCmyk) || flags.HasFlag(ImageFlags.ColorSpaceYcck))
    {
        return ImageColorFormat.Cmyk;
    }
    else if (flags.HasFlag(ImageFlags.ColorSpaceGray))
    {
        return ImageColorFormat.Grayscale;
    }

    // Check pixel format
    var pixelFormat = (int)bitmap.PixelFormat;
    if (pixelFormat == pixelFormat32bppCMYK)
    {
        return ImageColorFormat.Cmyk;
    }
    else if ((pixelFormat & pixelFormatIndexed) != 0)
    {
        return ImageColorFormat.Indexed;
    }
    else if (pixelFormat == pixelFormat16bppGrayScale)
    {
        return ImageColorFormat.Grayscale;
    }

    // Default to RGB
    return ImageColorFormat.Rgb;
}    

public enum ImageColorFormat
{
    Rgb,
    Cmyk,
    Indexed,
    Grayscale
}