The conversion between different graphical image formats using the C# programming language and the .NET Framework is very easy in comparison with the Windows API case where no direct support for such an operation is provided. You can open any image file format from the ones specified by a group of properties of ImageFormat class:
Bmp - Bitmap image format (extension .bmp)
Emf - Enhanced Windows metafile image format
Exif - Exchangable Image Format
Gif - Graphics Interchange Format image format (extension .gif)
Icon - Windows icon image format (extension .ico)
Jpeg - Joint Photographic Experts Group image format (extensions .jpg, .jpeg)
MemoryBmp - Specifies a memory bitmap image format
Png - Specifies the W3C Portable Network Graphics image format (extension .png)
Tiff - Tag Image File Format (extension .tif)
Wmf - Windows metafile image format (extension .wmf)
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