how to get Bitsperpixel from a bitmap

Question

I have a 3rd party component which requires me to give it the bitsperpixel from a bitmap.

What\'s the best way to get \"bits per pixel\"?

My starting point is th

Answer 1

var source = new BitmapImage(new System.Uri(pathToImageFile));
int bitsPerPixel = source.Format.BitsPerPixel;

The code above requires at least .NET 3.0

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.imaging.bitmapimage.aspx