As the subject says ... if you want to convert an Image to an array of bytes to save it in the database or in a file or send it to a web service or another application , just put the following extension method in a static class and call it from the Image object like :
byte[] mImageBytes = img.ToBytes(ImageFormat.Png); public static byte[] ToBytes(this Image image, ImageFormat format) { if (image == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("image"); if (format == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("format"); using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) { image.Save(stream, format); return stream.ToArray(); } }