public static class ImageExtensions
{
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	public static ImageFormat GetImageFormat(this Image image)
	{
		if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Bmp)) return ImageFormat.Bmp;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Emf)) return ImageFormat.Emf;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Exif)) return ImageFormat.Exif;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Gif)) return ImageFormat.Gif;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Icon)) return ImageFormat.Icon;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Jpeg)) return ImageFormat.Jpeg;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Png)) return ImageFormat.Png;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Tiff)) return ImageFormat.Tiff;
		else if (image.RawFormat.Equals(ImageFormat.Wmf)) return ImageFormat.Wmf;
		throw new NotSupportedException("Invalid/Unsupported ImageFormat");
	}

	public static string ToBase64(this Image image)
	{
		var imageFormat = image.GetImageFormat();
		return image.ToBase64(imageFormat);
	}

	public static string ToBase64(this Image image, ImageFormat format)
	{
		var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
		image.Save(memoryStream, format);
		var imageBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
		string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
		return base64String;
	}
}