This method to convert from an image to a byte array uses the System.Drawing.Image.Save method to save the image to a memorystream. The memorystream can then be used to return a byte array using the ToArray() method in the MemoryStream class.
public byte[] ImageToByteArray(System.Drawing.Image imageIn) { MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); imageIn.Save(ms,System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif); return ms.ToArray(); }
This byte array to image method uses the Image.FromStream method in the Image class to create a method from a memorystream which has been created using a byte array. The image thus created is returned in this method.
public Image ByteArrayToImage(byte[] byteArrayIn) { MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(byteArrayIn); Image returnImage = Image.FromStream(ms); return returnImage; }