How to read the colorspace being used in an image

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How, in C#, can I define the colorspace a JPG is in? I am trying to create a small app to automatically convert to sRGB any image submitted in AdobeRGB colorspace.

Thank you for your help.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Converting JPEG colorspace (Adobe RGB to sRGB) on Windows (.Net)

If you are running a server side component to this application, then making a call to the ImageMagick convert command would be a very easy option.

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Daniel, before running the conversion, I want to make sure the image is actually in the wrong colorspace. I know how to convert, I just need to find out if the image does indeed need to be converted. – Raf Jun 07 '10 at 22:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 06 '12 at 23:36

I've approached this problem on OSX by shelling out to sips and examining the result:

sips -g space /your/imagePath/here.jpg | tail -n1 | awk '{print $2}'

I compare the second return value to "CMYK" to determine whether I need to convert to RGB.

Not useful if you're on a different OS, though.

How to read the colorspace being used in an image

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