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

So here is how I solved the issue you were having which was the same as what I was having. Everything in csharp looks to return rgb info when you know it's a 100% a cymk image. So what to do, well go to the root and read the file. Here is what I had done and tested to work well and should cover all OS's, and 50 for 50 imgs tested right. This is 2.0 too just in case.

     public bool isByteACMYK(Stream image)
    {
        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(image)) 
        { 
            string contents = sr.ReadToEnd(); 
            if (contents.ToLower().Contains("cmyk")) 
            { 
                return true;
            } 
        }
        return false;
    }

    public bool isFileACMYKJpeg(System.Drawing.Image image)
    {
        System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFlags flagValues = (System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFlags)Enum.Parse(typeof(System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFlags), image.Flags.ToString());
        if (flagValues.ToString().ToLower().IndexOf("ycck") == -1)
        {
            // based on http://www.maxostudio.com/Tut_CS_CMYK.cfm

            bool ret = false;
            try{
                int cmyk = (image.Flags & (int)ImageFlags.ColorSpaceCmyk);
                int ycck = (image.Flags & (int)ImageFlags.ColorSpaceYcck);

                ret = ((cmyk > 0) || (ycck > 0));
            } catch (Exception ex){

            }
            return ret;
        }
        return true;
    } 
    // my upload test .. but you could turn a file to stream and do the same
    public void UpdatePool(HttpPostedFile newimage)
    {
        if (newimage.ContentLength != 0)
        {
            Stream stream = newimage.InputStream;
            MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
            CopyStream(stream,memoryStream);
            memoryStream.Position = 0;
            stream = memoryStream;


            System.Drawing.Image processed_image = null;

            processed_image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(newimage.InputStream);

            if (imageService.isFileACMYKJpeg(processed_image) || imageService.isByteACMYK(stream))
            {
                Flash["error"] = "You have uploaded a CMYK image.  Please conver to RGB first.";
                RedirectToReferrer();
                return;
            }
        }
    }

cheers - Jeremy