{"id":4232,"date":"2024-03-13T08:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-implement-compressing-images-to-a-fixed-size-in-c\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:03:13","slug":"how-to-implement-compressing-images-to-a-fixed-size-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-implement-compressing-images-to-a-fixed-size-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"C# Image Compression Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the System.Drawing namespace in C# to compress images. Here is a simple example code demonstrating how to compress an image to a specified size:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System.Drawing;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System.Drawing.Imaging;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System.IO;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">ImageCompressor<\/span>\r\n{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">CompressImage<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">string<\/span> sourcePath, <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">string<\/span> outputPath, <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> maxWidth, <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> maxHeight<\/span>)<\/span>\r\n    {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> (Image sourceImage = Image.FromFile(sourcePath))\r\n        {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">double<\/span> aspectRatio = (<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">double<\/span>)sourceImage.Width \/ sourceImage.Height;\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> newWidth = maxWidth;\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> newHeight = (<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span>)(maxWidth \/ aspectRatio);\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (newHeight &gt; maxHeight)\r\n            {\r\n                newHeight = maxHeight;\r\n                newWidth = (<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span>)(maxHeight * aspectRatio);\r\n            }\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> (Bitmap compressedImage = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> Bitmap(newWidth, newHeight))\r\n            {\r\n                <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(compressedImage))\r\n                {\r\n                    graphics.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;\r\n                    graphics.DrawImage(sourceImage, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, newWidth, newHeight);\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                compressedImage.Save(outputPath, ImageFormat.Jpeg);\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Program<\/span>\r\n{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Main<\/span>()<\/span>\r\n    {\r\n        ImageCompressor compressor = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> ImageCompressor();\r\n        compressor.CompressImage(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"source.jpg\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"compressed.jpg\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">800<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">600<\/span>);\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the provided example code, the CompressImage method takes the source image path, output path, and target width and height as parameters. 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