Convert an image to a 16bit color image

Question

I\'m looking for a way to optimize my images by converting its color from 32bit to 16bit rather than just solely resize it. So this is what I\'m doing:

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Answer 1

So I've found my answer in Mac Developer Library. There's a table for the supported pixel formats and this is what I'm looking for:

RGB - 16 bpp, 5 bpc, kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst

So I've changed my bitmapInfo and the context's created just fine. Hopefully this is useful for someone.