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Compress ICO images via C#

Build your own .NET apps to compress ICO files using server-side APIs

How to Compress ICO Files Using C#

Preparing images for publication involves both creative and technical aspects, including file compression. While high-resolution images are crucial for print or outdoor advertising, they might reduce web performance due to their large file size. The appropriate image compression technique varies depending on the purpose and publishing platform. Large files can slow down loading times, particularly on mobile connections, leading to a poor user experience. Users might abandon a site that takes too long to load and seek a faster alternative. Conversely, excessive image compression can result in blurriness and pixelation, degrading the viewing experience. The right choice of compression algorithms and ratios is essential to strike a balance between file size and image quality. In order to compress ICO files, we’ll use Aspose.Imaging for .NET API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use image manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.Imaging and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command


PM> Install-Package Aspose.Imaging

Steps to Compress ICO via C#

You need the aspose.imaging.dll to try the following workflow in your own environment.

  • load ICO files with Image.Load method;
  • compress images;
  • save compressed image to disc in the supported by Aspose.Imaging format.

System Requirements

Aspose.Imaging for .NET is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Windows Application, ASP.NET Web Application.
  • Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
  • Aspose.Imaging for .NET referenced in your project.
 

Compress ICO images - .NET

 
  • About Aspose.Imaging for .NET API

    Aspose.Imaging API is an image processing solution to create, modify, draw or convert images (photos) within applications. It offers: cross-platform Image processing, including but not limited to conversions between various image formats (including uniform multi-page or multi-frame image processing), modifications such as drawing, working with graphic primitives, transformations (resize, crop, flip&rotate, binarization, grayscale, adjust), advanced image manipulation features (filtering, dithering, masking, deskewing), and memory optimization strategies. It’s a standalone library and does not depend on any software for image operations. One can easily add high-performance image conversion features with native APIs within projects. These are 100% private on-premise APIs and images are processed at your servers.

    Compress ICO via Online App

    Compress ICO documents by visiting our Live Demos website The live demo has the following benefits

      No need to download or setup anything
      No need to write any code
      Just upload your ICO files and hit "Compress now" button
      Instantly get the download link for the resultant file

    ICO What is ICO File Format

    The ICO file format is an image file format for computer icons in Microsoft Windows. ICO files contain one or more small images at multiple sizes and color depths, such that they may be scaled appropriately. In Windows, all executables that display an icon to the user, on the desktop, in the Start Menu, or in Windows Explorer, must carry the icon in ICO format.

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    Other Supported Compress Formats

    Using C#, one can easily compress different formats including:

    APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics)
    BMP (Bitmap Picture)
    JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
    JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
    DIB (Device Independent Bitmap)
    DICOM (Digital Imaging & Communications)
    DJVU (Graphics Format)
    DNG (Digital Camera Image)
    EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)
    EMZ (Windows Compressed Enhanced Metafile)
    GIF (Graphical Interchange Format)
    JP2 (JPEG 2000)
    J2K (Wavelet Compressed Image)
    PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
    TIFF (Tagged Image Format)
    TIF (Tagged Image Format)
    WEBP (Raster Web Image)
    WMF (Microsoft Windows Metafile)
    WMZ (Compressed Windows Media Player Skin)
    TGA (Targa Graphic)
    SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
    EPS (Encapsulated PostScript Language)
    CDR (Vector Drawing Image)
    CMX (Corel Exchange Image)
    OTG (OpenDocument Standard)
    ODG (Apache OpenOffice Draw Format)