How to crop an image to the face using C# in .NET Framework

Automatic image cropping can save you a ton of time, but setting it up manually can be difficult if you lack experience in training an AI. Thankfully there is a shortcut, which we will be exploring today. Let’s get started.

First, install the API client we will be using via NuGet:

Install-Package Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.ImageRecognition -Version 1.3.5

Now we can call either of two functions depending on whether we want a round or square cropped image: FaceCropFirstRound and FaceCropFirst, respectively. In this example we will be using the round option:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.ImageRecognition.Api;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.ImageRecognition.Client;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.ImageRecognition.Model;
namespace Example
{
    public class FaceCropFirstRoundExample
    {
        public void main()
        {
            // Configure API key authorization: Apikey
            Configuration.Default.AddApiKey("Apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
            // Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
            // Configuration.Default.AddApiKeyPrefix("Apikey", "Bearer");
var apiInstance = new FaceApi();
            var imageFile = new System.IO.Stream(); // System.IO.Stream | Image file to perform the operation on.  Common file formats such as PNG, JPEG are supported.
try
            {
                // Crop image to face (round)
                byte[] result = apiInstance.FaceCropFirstRound(imageFile);
                Debug.WriteLine(result);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Debug.Print("Exception when calling FaceApi.FaceCropFirstRound: " + e.Message );
            }
        }
    }
}

Done! Let’s look at an example using this image:

And here is the resulting circle-cropped image: