Merge pull request #2899 from zxbmmmmmmmmm/feat/ani

Add ANI decoder support

src/ImageSharp/Common/InlineArray.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ internal struct InlineArray8<T>
     private T t;
 }
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 14 elements.
+/// </summary>
+[InlineArray(14)]
+internal struct InlineArray14<T>
+{
+    private T t;
+}
+
 /// <summary>
 /// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 16 elements.
 /// </summary>
@@ -35,4 +44,47 @@ internal struct InlineArray16<T>
     private T t;
 }
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 18 elements.
+/// </summary>
+[InlineArray(18)]
+internal struct InlineArray18<T>
+{
+    private T t;
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 19 elements.
+/// </summary>
+[InlineArray(19)]
+internal struct InlineArray19<T>
+{
+    private T t;
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 26 elements.
+/// </summary>
+[InlineArray(26)]
+internal struct InlineArray26<T>
+{
+    private T t;
+}
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 36 elements.
+/// </summary>
+[InlineArray(36)]
+internal struct InlineArray36<T>
+{
+    private T t;
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a safe, fixed sized buffer of 256 elements.
+/// </summary>
+[InlineArray(256)]
+internal struct InlineArray256<T>
+{
+    private T t;
+}

src/ImageSharp/Common/InlineArray.tt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 <#GenerateInlineArrays();#>
 
 <#+
-private static int[] Lengths = [4, 8, 16 ];
+private static int[] Lengths = [4, 8, 14, 16, 18, 19, 26, 36, 256];
 
 void GenerateInlineArrays()
 {

src/ImageSharp/Compression/Zlib/ChunkedReadStream.cs

@@ -77,13 +77,14 @@ internal sealed class ChunkedReadStream : Stream
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+    public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) => this.Read(buffer.AsSpan(offset, count));
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override int Read(Span<byte> buffer)
     {
-        // Decrement currentDataRemaining only by bytes actually returned by
-        // innerStream.Read; a short read otherwise underflows the segment
-        // counter and triggers getData() before the segment is truly drained.
+        // Decrement currentDataRemaining only by bytes actually returned by innerStream.Read; a short read otherwise advances segments too early.
         int totalBytesRead = 0;
-        while (totalBytesRead < count)
+        while (totalBytesRead < buffer.Length)
         {
             if (this.currentDataRemaining is 0)
             {
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ internal sealed class ChunkedReadStream : Stream
                 }
             }
 
-            int bytesToRead = Math.Min(count - totalBytesRead, this.currentDataRemaining);
-            int bytesRead = this.innerStream.Read(buffer, offset + totalBytesRead, bytesToRead);
+            int bytesToRead = Math.Min(buffer.Length - totalBytesRead, this.currentDataRemaining);
+            int bytesRead = this.innerStream.Read(buffer.Slice(totalBytesRead, bytesToRead));
             if (bytesRead is 0)
             {
                 break;

src/ImageSharp/Compression/Zlib/ZlibInflateReader.cs

@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Compression.Zlib;
 /// </summary>
 internal sealed class ZlibInflateReader : IDisposable
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Used to read the Adler-32 and Crc-32 checksums.
-    /// We don't actually use this for anything so it doesn't
-    /// have to be threadsafe.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static readonly byte[] ChecksumBuffer = new byte[4];
-
     private readonly ChunkedReadStream segmentStream;
 
     public ZlibInflateReader(BufferedReadStream innerStream)
@@ -112,7 +105,9 @@ internal sealed class ZlibInflateReader : IDisposable
         {
             // We don't need this for inflate so simply skip by the next four bytes.
             // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950#page-6
-            if (this.segmentStream.Read(ChecksumBuffer, 0, 4) != 4)
+            InlineArray4<byte> checksumBuffer = default;
+
+            if (this.segmentStream.Read(checksumBuffer) != 4)
             {
                 return false;
             }

src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Advanced;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Exr;
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ public sealed class Configuration
     /// <see cref="WebpConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// <see cref="ExrConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// <see cref="QoiConfigurationModule"/>.
+    /// <see cref="AniConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns>The default configuration of <see cref="Configuration"/>.</returns>
     internal static Configuration CreateDefaultInstance() => new(
@@ -238,5 +240,6 @@ public sealed class Configuration
             new ExrConfigurationModule(),
             new QoiConfigurationModule(),
             new IcoConfigurationModule(),
-            new CurConfigurationModule());
+            new CurConfigurationModule(),
+            new AniConfigurationModule());
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniChunkType.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Identifies top-level ANI RIFF chunks.
+/// </summary>
+internal enum AniChunkType : uint
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The animation header chunk, "anih".
+    /// </summary>
+    Header = 0x68_69_6E_61,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The frame sequence chunk, "seq ".
+    /// </summary>
+    Sequence = 0x20_71_65_73,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The per-step display-rate chunk, "rate".
+    /// </summary>
+    Rate = 0x65_74_61_72,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A RIFF list chunk, "LIST".
+    /// </summary>
+    List = 0x54_53_49_4C
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Identifies ANI RIFF list types.
+/// </summary>
+internal enum AniListType : uint
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The information list, "INFO".
+    /// </summary>
+    Info = 0x4F_46_4E_49,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The embedded frame-resource list, "fram".
+    /// </summary>
+    Frames = 0x6D_61_72_66
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Identifies chunks stored in an ANI information list.
+/// </summary>
+internal enum AniInfoChunkType : uint
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The animation name, "INAM".
+    /// </summary>
+    Name = 0x4D_41_4E_49,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The animation artist, "IART".
+    /// </summary>
+    Artist = 0x54_52_41_49
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Identifies chunks stored in an ANI frame list.
+/// </summary>
+internal enum AniFrameChunkType : uint
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An embedded frame resource, "icon".
+    /// </summary>
+    Icon = 0x6E_6F_63_69
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Registers the image encoder, decoder, and format detector for the ANI format.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AniConfigurationModule : IImageFormatConfigurationModule
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniConfigurationModule"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniConfigurationModule()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
+    {
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(AniFormat.Instance, new AniEncoder());
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(AniFormat.Instance, AniDecoder.Instance);
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new AniImageFormatDetector());
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniConstants.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines constants used by the ANI format.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class AniConstants
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The number of bytes in the RIFF identifier, size, and form type.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const int RiffHeaderSize = 12;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The number of bytes in a RIFF chunk identifier and size.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const int ChunkHeaderSize = 8;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The number of bytes required to identify an embedded ICO or CUR resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const int IconDirHeaderSize = 6;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The maximum number of bytes retained from an ancillary chunk.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Control arrays and information strings come from untrusted input. Bounding them independently of the allocator
+    /// prevents a physically large RIFF chunk from consuming an unreasonable amount of memory.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public const int MaxAncillaryChunkSize = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The list of MIME types that identify ANI data.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes = ["application/x-navi-animation"];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The list of file extensions that identify ANI data.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions = ["ani"];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the RIFF container identifier.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> RiffFourCc => "RIFF"u8;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the ANI RIFF form type.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> AniFormTypeFourCc => "ACON"u8;
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniDecoder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Decodes Windows animated cursor images.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AniDecoder : ImageDecoder
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Prevents a default instance of the <see cref="AniDecoder"/> class from being created.
+    /// </summary>
+    private AniDecoder()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the shared instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static AniDecoder Instance { get; } = new();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(options, nameof(options));
+        Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
+
+        using AniDecoderCore decoder = new(options);
+        Image<TPixel> image = decoder.Decode<TPixel>(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken);
+
+        ScaleToTargetSize(options, image);
+
+        return image;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override Image Decode(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        => this.Decode<Rgba32>(options, stream, cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override ImageInfo Identify(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(options, nameof(options));
+        Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
+
+        using AniDecoderCore decoder = new(options);
+        return decoder.Identify(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken);
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniDecoderCore.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,862 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.IO;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Performs ANI decoding and identification.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class AniDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore, IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly List<(long Start, long End)> frameLists = new(1);
+    private readonly ImageMetadata imageMetadata;
+    private readonly AniMetadata aniMetadata;
+    private AniHeader header;
+    private IMemoryOwner<uint>? sequence;
+    private IMemoryOwner<uint>? rates;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reusable storage for the fixed ANI header and smaller RIFF values.
+    /// </summary>
+    private InlineArray36<byte> buffer;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniDecoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="options">The general decoder options.</param>
+    public AniDecoderCore(DecoderOptions options)
+        : base(options)
+    {
+        // The decoded ANI metadata must belong to the same ImageMetadata instance transferred to Image or ImageInfo.
+        this.imageMetadata = new ImageMetadata();
+        this.aniMetadata = this.imageMetadata.GetAniMetadata();
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        this.ParseContainer(stream);
+
+        DecoderOptions frameOptions = this.CreateFrameDecoderOptions();
+        List<(AniFrameFormat Format, Image<TPixel> Image)?> resources = [];
+        List<ImageFrame<TPixel>> outputFrames = [];
+
+        // Until Image accepts the frame collection, this method remains responsible for disposing every constructed output frame.
+        bool outputFramesOwned = false;
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Container parsing runs first because seq/rate chunks can occur after the frame list and affect how resources are projected.
+            resources.EnsureCapacity((int)Math.Min(this.header.FrameCount, this.Options.MaxFrames));
+            this.ProcessFrameChunks(stream, resources, (format, frameStream) =>
+            {
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                Image<TPixel> resource = DecodeFrame<TPixel>(format, frameOptions, frameStream, cancellationToken);
+                this.Dimensions = new(Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Width, resource.Width), Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Height, resource.Height));
+
+                return resource;
+            });
+
+            if (resources.Count is 0)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file does not contain any frame resources.");
+            }
+
+            // Keep the owners alive and resolve their spans once; sequence and rate lookup occurs for every animation step.
+            IMemoryOwner<uint>? sequenceOwner = this.sequence;
+            bool hasSequence = sequenceOwner is not null;
+            ReadOnlySpan<uint> sequence = sequenceOwner is null ? [] : sequenceOwner.GetSpan();
+            ReadOnlySpan<uint> rates = this.rates is null ? [] : this.rates.GetSpan();
+            int stepCount = hasSequence ? sequence.Length : resources.Count;
+            int maxFrames = (int)this.Options.MaxFrames;
+            outputFrames.EnsureCapacity(Math.Min(maxFrames, resources.Count));
+
+            for (int step = 0; step < stepCount && outputFrames.Count < maxFrames; step++)
+            {
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                uint resourceIndex = hasSequence ? sequence[step] : (uint)step;
+                if (resourceIndex >= resources.Count || resources[(int)resourceIndex] is not { } resource)
+                {
+                    // A bad ordering entry is recoverable ancillary data: the remaining valid steps can still be decoded.
+                    this.ExecuteAncillarySegmentAction(() => throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI sequence references a missing frame resource."));
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                (AniFrameFormat format, Image<TPixel> resourceImage) = resource;
+                uint frameDelay = step < rates.Length ? rates[step] : this.aniMetadata.DisplayRate;
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < resourceImage.Frames.Count && outputFrames.Count < maxFrames; i++)
+                {
+                    ImageFrame<TPixel> source = resourceImage.Frames[i];
+                    ImageFrame<TPixel> target = new(this.Options.Configuration, this.Dimensions);
+
+                    // ANI flattens differently sized ICO/CUR variants into one ImageSharp frame collection.
+                    // The common canvas preserves that invariant, while encoding dimensions retain the source size.
+                    for (int y = 0; y < source.Height; y++)
+                    {
+                        source.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y).CopyTo(target.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y));
+                    }
+
+                    AniFrameMetadata metadata = CreateFrameMetadata(source.Metadata, format, step + 1, frameDelay, source.Size);
+                    target.Metadata.SetFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance, metadata);
+                    outputFrames.Add(target);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (outputFrames.Count is 0)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file does not contain any decodable animation steps.");
+            }
+
+            // Image takes ownership of the supplied frames; only the temporary decoded resources remain locally owned.
+            Image<TPixel> image = new(this.Options.Configuration, this.imageMetadata, outputFrames);
+            outputFramesOwned = true;
+
+            return image;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            // Embedded images are temporary resource containers; their pixels have already been copied to the flattened output frames.
+            foreach ((AniFrameFormat Format, Image<TPixel> Image)? resource in resources)
+            {
+                if (resource is { } value)
+                {
+                    value.Image.Dispose();
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Construction failures occur before Image can own the frames, so the partial collection must be released here.
+            if (!outputFramesOwned)
+            {
+                foreach (ImageFrame<TPixel> frame in outputFrames)
+                {
+                    frame.Dispose();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override ImageInfo Identify(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        this.ParseContainer(stream);
+
+        DecoderOptions frameOptions = this.CreateFrameDecoderOptions();
+        List<(AniFrameFormat Format, ImageInfo Info)?> resources = [];
+        resources.EnsureCapacity((int)Math.Min(this.header.FrameCount, this.Options.MaxFrames));
+        this.ProcessFrameChunks(stream, resources, (format, frameStream) =>
+        {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            ImageInfo info = IdentifyFrame(format, frameOptions, frameStream, cancellationToken);
+            this.Dimensions = new(Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Width, info.Width), Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Height, info.Height));
+
+            return info;
+        });
+
+        if (resources.Count is 0)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file does not contain any frame resources.");
+        }
+
+        // Identification mirrors decode without allocating pixels, while preserving the same step-to-resource projection.
+        List<ImageFrameMetadata> outputFrames = [];
+        IMemoryOwner<uint>? sequenceOwner = this.sequence;
+        bool hasSequence = sequenceOwner is not null;
+        ReadOnlySpan<uint> sequence = sequenceOwner is null ? [] : sequenceOwner.GetSpan();
+        ReadOnlySpan<uint> rates = this.rates is null ? [] : this.rates.GetSpan();
+        int stepCount = hasSequence ? sequence.Length : resources.Count;
+        int maxFrames = (int)this.Options.MaxFrames;
+        _ = outputFrames.EnsureCapacity(Math.Min(maxFrames, resources.Count));
+
+        for (int step = 0; step < stepCount && outputFrames.Count < maxFrames; step++)
+        {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            uint resourceIndex = hasSequence ? sequence[step] : (uint)step;
+            if (resourceIndex >= resources.Count || resources[(int)resourceIndex] is not { } resource)
+            {
+                // Sequence errors are ancillary during identification for the same reason as decoding: other steps remain usable.
+                this.ExecuteAncillarySegmentAction(() => throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI sequence references a missing frame resource."));
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            (AniFrameFormat format, ImageInfo info) = resource;
+            uint frameDelay = step < rates.Length ? rates[step] : this.aniMetadata.DisplayRate;
+
+            if (info.FrameMetadataCollection.Count is 0)
+            {
+                // Some embedded decoders expose only resource-level dimensions, so synthesize the one required ANI frame entry.
+                ImageFrameMetadata target = new();
+                target.SetFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance, CreateFrameMetadata(null, format, step + 1, frameDelay, info.Size));
+                outputFrames.Add(target);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < info.FrameMetadataCollection.Count && outputFrames.Count < maxFrames; i++)
+            {
+                ImageFrameMetadata source = info.FrameMetadataCollection[i];
+                ImageFrameMetadata target = new();
+                target.SetFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance, CreateFrameMetadata(source, format, step + 1, frameDelay, info.Size));
+                outputFrames.Add(target);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (outputFrames.Count is 0)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file does not contain any identifiable animation steps.");
+        }
+
+        return new ImageInfo(this.Dimensions, this.imageMetadata, outputFrames);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses the RIFF container and records frame-list boundaries for subsequent embedded decoding.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    private void ParseContainer(BufferedReadStream stream)
+    {
+        // Parser-owned chunk state is replaced by the container currently being scanned.
+        this.frameLists.Clear();
+        this.sequence?.Dispose();
+        this.rates?.Dispose();
+        this.sequence = null;
+        this.rates = null;
+
+        long containerStart = stream.Position;
+        Span<byte> riffHeader = this.buffer[..AniConstants.RiffHeaderSize];
+        ReadExactly(stream, riffHeader, "RIFF header");
+
+        if (!riffHeader[..4].SequenceEqual(AniConstants.RiffFourCc)
+            || !riffHeader.Slice(8, 4).SequenceEqual(AniConstants.AniFormTypeFourCc))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The stream does not contain an ANI RIFF container.");
+        }
+
+        uint declaredSize = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(riffHeader[4..]);
+        if (declaredSize < sizeof(uint))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI RIFF container size is invalid.");
+        }
+
+        // RIFF size excludes the initial identifier and size field. Some real-world ANI files incorrectly
+        // include those eight bytes, so the physical stream length remains the hard read boundary.
+        long declaredEnd = checked(containerStart + 8 + declaredSize);
+        long containerEnd = Math.Min(declaredEnd, stream.Length);
+        bool headerFound = false;
+
+        while (stream.Position + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize <= containerEnd)
+        {
+            AniRiffChunkHeader chunk = this.ReadChunkHeader(stream);
+            long dataEnd = GetChunkDataEnd(stream, chunk.Size, containerEnd);
+
+            switch ((AniChunkType)chunk.FourCc)
+            {
+                case AniChunkType.Header:
+                    this.ReadAniHeader(stream, chunk.Size);
+                    headerFound = true;
+                    break;
+                case AniChunkType.Sequence:
+                    // Ordering and timing affect presentation, not pixel decoding, so malformed chunks follow ancillary handling.
+                    this.ExecuteAncillarySegmentAction(() => this.ReadUInt32Values(stream, chunk.Size, "sequence", ref this.sequence));
+                    break;
+                case AniChunkType.Rate:
+                    this.ExecuteAncillarySegmentAction(() => this.ReadUInt32Values(stream, chunk.Size, "rate", ref this.rates));
+                    break;
+                case AniChunkType.List:
+                    this.ReadList(stream, dataEnd);
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            stream.Position = GetPaddedEnd(dataEnd, chunk.Size, containerEnd);
+        }
+
+        if (!headerFound)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file does not contain an animation header.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses the mandatory 36-byte ANI header and copies its observable values to image metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="chunkSize">The ANI header chunk size.</param>
+    private void ReadAniHeader(BufferedReadStream stream, uint chunkSize)
+    {
+        if (chunkSize < AniHeader.Size)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI animation header is truncated.");
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> data = this.buffer;
+        ReadExactly(stream, data, "ANI header");
+        this.header = AniHeader.Parse(data);
+
+        if (this.header.BytesInHeader < AniHeader.Size || this.header.BytesInHeader > chunkSize)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI animation header declares an invalid size.");
+        }
+
+        this.aniMetadata.Width = this.header.Width;
+        this.aniMetadata.Height = this.header.Height;
+        this.aniMetadata.BitCount = this.header.BitCount;
+        this.aniMetadata.Planes = this.header.Planes;
+        this.aniMetadata.DisplayRate = this.header.DisplayRate;
+        this.aniMetadata.Flags = this.header.Flags;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a RIFF list type and records or parses its contents.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="listEnd">The exclusive end of the list payload.</param>
+    private void ReadList(BufferedReadStream stream, long listEnd)
+    {
+        if (listEnd - stream.Position < sizeof(uint))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file contains a truncated RIFF list.");
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> typeData = this.buffer[..sizeof(uint)];
+        ReadExactly(stream, typeData, "RIFF list type");
+        AniListType type = (AniListType)BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(typeData);
+
+        switch (type)
+        {
+            case AniListType.Frames:
+                // Defer nested decoding until the complete container has supplied any later seq/rate chunks.
+                this.frameLists.Add((stream.Position, listEnd));
+                break;
+            case AniListType.Info when !this.Options.SkipMetadata:
+                this.ExecuteAncillarySegmentAction(() => this.ReadInfoList(stream, listEnd));
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses the optional ANI name and artist information.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="listEnd">The exclusive end of the information list.</param>
+    private void ReadInfoList(BufferedReadStream stream, long listEnd)
+    {
+        // INAM and IART are consumed sequentially, so one grow-only buffer covers every text chunk in the list.
+        IMemoryOwner<byte>? textOwner = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            while (stream.Position + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize <= listEnd)
+            {
+                AniRiffChunkHeader chunk = this.ReadChunkHeader(stream);
+                long dataEnd = GetChunkDataEnd(stream, chunk.Size, listEnd);
+
+                switch ((AniInfoChunkType)chunk.FourCc)
+                {
+                    case AniInfoChunkType.Name:
+                        if (this.TryReadText(stream, chunk.Size, ref textOwner, out string? name))
+                        {
+                            this.aniMetadata.Name = name;
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    case AniInfoChunkType.Artist:
+                        if (this.TryReadText(stream, chunk.Size, ref textOwner, out string? artist))
+                        {
+                            this.aniMetadata.Artist = artist;
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                stream.Position = GetPaddedEnd(dataEnd, chunk.Size, listEnd);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            textOwner?.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a sequence or rate chunk into reusable allocator-owned memory.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="chunkSize">The chunk payload size.</param>
+    /// <param name="description">The chunk description used in error messages.</param>
+    /// <param name="owner">The buffer to reuse or replace.</param>
+    private void ReadUInt32Values(BufferedReadStream stream, uint chunkSize, string description, ref IMemoryOwner<uint>? owner)
+    {
+        // seq and rate payloads are DWORD arrays; trailing bytes cannot form a valid entry.
+        if (chunkSize % sizeof(uint) is not 0)
+        {
+            this.ThrowOrIgnoreNonStrictSegmentError($"The ANI {description} chunk has an invalid size.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // MaxFrames controls retained animation steps, but its default is intentionally unbounded. Apply a separate
+        // byte limit before allocation so an oversized control chunk follows ancillary integrity handling.
+        if (chunkSize > AniConstants.MaxAncillaryChunkSize)
+        {
+            this.ThrowOrIgnoreNonStrictSegmentError($"The ANI {description} chunk is too large.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int count = (int)Math.Min(chunkSize / sizeof(uint), this.Options.MaxFrames);
+        if (count is 0)
+        {
+            this.ThrowOrIgnoreNonStrictSegmentError($"The ANI {description} chunk does not contain any values.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        IMemoryOwner<uint> valuesOwner;
+        bool replaceOwner;
+
+        // Duplicate chunks can overwrite an equal-sized allocation. A different size uses a replacement so a failed read
+        // leaves the last valid chunk available to non-strict decoding.
+        if (owner is not null && owner.GetSpan().Length == count)
+        {
+            valuesOwner = owner;
+            replaceOwner = false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            valuesOwner = this.Options.Configuration.MemoryAllocator.Allocate<uint>(count);
+            replaceOwner = true;
+        }
+
+        bool success = false;
+
+        // A newly allocated replacement is not published until the entire payload has been read and normalized.
+        try
+        {
+            Span<uint> values = valuesOwner.GetSpan()[..count];
+            Span<byte> data = MemoryMarshal.AsBytes(values);
+            if (stream.Read(data) != data.Length)
+            {
+                this.ThrowOrIgnoreNonStrictSegmentError($"Not enough bytes to read the ANI {description} chunk.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
+            {
+                // RIFF integers are always little-endian; normalize once here so hot step loops use native uint indexing.
+                for (int i = 0; i < values.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    values[i] = BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(values[i]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            success = true;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (!success && replaceOwner)
+            {
+                valuesOwner.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (replaceOwner)
+        {
+            owner?.Dispose();
+            owner = valuesOwner;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        this.sequence?.Dispose();
+        this.rates?.Dispose();
+        this.sequence = null;
+        this.rates = null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tries to read a null-terminated ANI information string.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="chunkSize">The text chunk payload size.</param>
+    /// <param name="owner">The reusable text buffer.</param>
+    /// <param name="value">The decoded ASCII text when successful.</param>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when the text was read successfully; otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.</returns>
+    private bool TryReadText(BufferedReadStream stream, uint chunkSize, ref IMemoryOwner<byte>? owner, out string? value)
+    {
+        value = null;
+
+        // INFO text is optional metadata. Reject or skip oversized values before renting their backing buffer.
+        if (chunkSize > AniConstants.MaxAncillaryChunkSize)
+        {
+            this.ThrowOrIgnoreNonStrictSegmentError("The ANI information text chunk is too large.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        int length = (int)chunkSize;
+
+        // Retain the largest text buffer encountered because INFO values are decoded one at a time.
+        if (owner is null || owner.GetSpan().Length < length)
+        {
+            owner?.Dispose();
+            owner = this.Options.Configuration.MemoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>(length);
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> data = owner.GetSpan()[..length];
+        if (stream.Read(data) != data.Length)
+        {
+            this.ThrowOrIgnoreNonStrictSegmentError("Not enough bytes to read the ANI information text.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // RIFF text is null-terminated, but the declared chunk may include bytes after the first terminator.
+        int terminator = data.IndexOf((byte)0);
+        value = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(terminator < 0 ? data : data[..terminator]);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Processes each embedded frame-resource chunk without allowing its decoder to read adjacent RIFF data.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The parsed resource type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="resources">The destination resource slots.</param>
+    /// <param name="action">The operation to perform for each resource format and bounded stream.</param>
+    private void ProcessFrameChunks<T>(BufferedReadStream stream, List<(AniFrameFormat Format, T Resource)?> resources, Func<AniFrameFormat, Stream, T> action)
+        where T : class
+    {
+        // Child decoding is synchronous, so one bounded stream object can be repositioned for every physical resource.
+        AniFrameStream frameStream = new(stream);
+        ReadOnlySpan<uint> sequence = this.sequence is null ? [] : this.sequence.GetSpan();
+        bool hasSequence = this.sequence is not null;
+        int decodedResourceCount = 0;
+        int maxDecodedResources = (int)this.Options.MaxFrames;
+        IMemoryOwner<uint>? sortedSequenceOwner = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            ReadOnlySpan<uint> requiredResources = sequence;
+            if (hasSequence)
+            {
+                bool isSorted = true;
+                for (int i = 1; i < sequence.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    if (sequence[i] < sequence[i - 1])
+                    {
+                        isSorted = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!isSorted)
+                {
+                    // Playback order can reference resources arbitrarily. A sorted allocator-owned copy turns the physical
+                    // resource scan into a linear merge instead of searching the complete sequence for every icon chunk.
+                    sortedSequenceOwner = this.Options.Configuration.MemoryAllocator.Allocate<uint>(sequence.Length);
+                    Span<uint> sortedSequence = sortedSequenceOwner.GetSpan();
+                    sequence.CopyTo(sortedSequence);
+                    sortedSequence.Sort();
+                    requiredResources = sortedSequence;
+                }
+            }
+
+            int requiredResourceIndex = 0;
+            uint lastRequiredResource = hasSequence ? requiredResources[^1] : 0;
+
+            foreach ((long start, long end) in this.frameLists)
+            {
+                stream.Position = start;
+
+                while (stream.Position + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize <= end)
+                {
+                    AniRiffChunkHeader chunk = this.ReadChunkHeader(stream);
+                    long dataStart = stream.Position;
+                    long dataEnd = GetChunkDataEnd(stream, chunk.Size, end);
+
+                    if ((AniFrameChunkType)chunk.FourCc is AniFrameChunkType.Icon)
+                    {
+                        int resourceIndex = resources.Count;
+
+                        // Sequence entries index the physical resource table, so ignored corrupt resources retain an empty slot.
+                        resources.Add(null);
+
+                        if (hasSequence)
+                        {
+                            while (requiredResourceIndex < requiredResources.Length && requiredResources[requiredResourceIndex] < (uint)resourceIndex)
+                            {
+                                requiredResourceIndex++;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        // Unsequenced resources are consumed in physical order; sequenced files need only the referenced indices.
+                        bool shouldDecode = !hasSequence
+                            || (requiredResourceIndex < requiredResources.Length && requiredResources[requiredResourceIndex] == (uint)resourceIndex);
+
+                        if (shouldDecode)
+                        {
+                            this.ExecuteImageDataSegmentAction(() =>
+                            {
+                                // Child decoders may seek according to embedded offsets; the bounded view prevents crossing the icon chunk.
+                                frameStream.Reset(dataStart, chunk.Size);
+                                AniFrameFormat format = this.GetFrameFormat(frameStream);
+
+                                // Format probing consumes the directory prefix, while the selected child decoder requires the complete resource.
+                                frameStream.Position = 0;
+                                resources[resourceIndex] = (format, action(format, frameStream));
+                            });
+
+                            if (resources[resourceIndex] is not null)
+                            {
+                                decodedResourceCount++;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        // Every decoded resource contributes at least one output frame, while a sequence cannot reference later indices.
+                        if ((!hasSequence && decodedResourceCount == maxDecodedResources)
+                            || (hasSequence && (uint)resourceIndex == lastRequiredResource))
+                        {
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    stream.Position = GetPaddedEnd(dataEnd, chunk.Size, end);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            sortedSequenceOwner?.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines the embedded resource format from the ANI header and ICO/CUR directory prefix.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The bounded frame-resource stream.</param>
+    /// <returns>The embedded resource format.</returns>
+    private AniFrameFormat GetFrameFormat(Stream stream)
+    {
+        // Without AF_ICON, the icon chunk payload is a raw DIB and has no ICO/CUR directory prefix to inspect.
+        if (!this.header.Flags.HasFlag(AniHeaderFlags.IsIcon))
+        {
+            return AniFrameFormat.Bmp;
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> iconHeader = this.buffer[..AniConstants.IconDirHeaderSize];
+        if (stream.Read(iconHeader) != iconHeader.Length)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file contains a truncated ICO or CUR resource.");
+        }
+
+        IconFileType type = (IconFileType)BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(iconHeader[2..]);
+        return type switch
+        {
+            IconFileType.ICO => AniFrameFormat.Ico,
+            IconFileType.CUR => AniFrameFormat.Cur,
+            _ => throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file contains an unsupported icon resource.")
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Decodes one embedded ANI frame resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The destination pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="format">The embedded resource format.</param>
+    /// <param name="options">The nested decoder options.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The bounded resource stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <returns>The decoded resource.</returns>
+    private static Image<TPixel> DecodeFrame<TPixel>(AniFrameFormat format, DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+        => format switch
+        {
+            AniFrameFormat.Ico => new IcoDecoderCore(options).Decode<TPixel>(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken),
+            AniFrameFormat.Cur => new CurDecoderCore(options).Decode<TPixel>(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken),
+            AniFrameFormat.Bmp => new BmpDecoderCore(new BmpDecoderOptions
+            {
+                GeneralOptions = options,
+                SkipFileHeader = true
+            }).Decode<TPixel>(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken),
+            _ => throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file contains an unsupported frame format.")
+        };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Identifies one embedded ANI frame resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="format">The embedded resource format.</param>
+    /// <param name="options">The nested decoder options.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The bounded resource stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <returns>The identified resource.</returns>
+    private static ImageInfo IdentifyFrame(AniFrameFormat format, DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        => format switch
+        {
+            AniFrameFormat.Ico => new IcoDecoderCore(options).Identify(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken),
+            AniFrameFormat.Cur => new CurDecoderCore(options).Identify(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken),
+            AniFrameFormat.Bmp => new BmpDecoderCore(new BmpDecoderOptions
+            {
+                GeneralOptions = options,
+                SkipFileHeader = true
+            }).Identify(options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken),
+            _ => throw new InvalidImageContentException("The ANI file contains an unsupported frame format.")
+        };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates ANI metadata for one flattened output frame.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The embedded frame metadata, when available.</param>
+    /// <param name="format">The embedded resource format.</param>
+    /// <param name="sequenceNumber">The animation sequence number.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameDelay">The display rate in sixtieths of a second.</param>
+    /// <param name="size">The embedded frame size.</param>
+    /// <returns>The ANI frame metadata.</returns>
+    private static AniFrameMetadata CreateFrameMetadata(ImageFrameMetadata? source, AniFrameFormat format, int sequenceNumber, uint frameDelay, Size size)
+    {
+        AniFrameMetadata metadata = new()
+        {
+            FrameDelay = frameDelay,
+            SequenceNumber = sequenceNumber,
+            FrameFormat = format
+        };
+
+        if (source is null)
+        {
+            metadata.EncodingWidth = NarrowDimension(size.Width);
+            metadata.EncodingHeight = NarrowDimension(size.Height);
+
+            return metadata;
+        }
+
+        // ColorTable is managed read-only memory and remains valid after the temporary child image is disposed,
+        // so the flattened metadata can retain the same view without cloning its backing array.
+        switch (format)
+        {
+            case AniFrameFormat.Ico:
+                IcoFrameMetadata icoMetadata = source.GetIcoMetadata();
+                metadata.EncodingWidth = icoMetadata.EncodingWidth;
+                metadata.EncodingHeight = icoMetadata.EncodingHeight;
+                metadata.Compression = icoMetadata.Compression;
+                metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = icoMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel;
+                metadata.ColorTable = icoMetadata.ColorTable;
+
+                break;
+            case AniFrameFormat.Cur:
+                CurFrameMetadata curMetadata = source.GetCurMetadata();
+                metadata.EncodingWidth = curMetadata.EncodingWidth;
+                metadata.EncodingHeight = curMetadata.EncodingHeight;
+                metadata.Compression = curMetadata.Compression;
+                metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = curMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel;
+                metadata.HotspotX = curMetadata.HotspotX;
+                metadata.HotspotY = curMetadata.HotspotY;
+                metadata.ColorTable = curMetadata.ColorTable;
+
+                break;
+            case AniFrameFormat.Bmp:
+                metadata.EncodingWidth = NarrowDimension(size.Width);
+                metadata.EncodingHeight = NarrowDimension(size.Height);
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return metadata;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates decoder options for embedded resources without applying the outer ANI resize twice.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>The embedded frame decoder options.</returns>
+    private DecoderOptions CreateFrameDecoderOptions()
+        => new()
+        {
+            Configuration = this.Options.Configuration,
+            MaxFrames = this.Options.MaxFrames,
+            SkipMetadata = this.Options.SkipMetadata,
+            SegmentIntegrityHandling = this.Options.SegmentIntegrityHandling,
+            ColorProfileHandling = this.Options.ColorProfileHandling
+        };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads one fixed-size RIFF chunk header.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <returns>The parsed chunk header.</returns>
+    private AniRiffChunkHeader ReadChunkHeader(BufferedReadStream stream)
+    {
+        Span<byte> data = this.buffer[..AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize];
+        ReadExactly(stream, data, "RIFF chunk header");
+        return AniRiffChunkHeader.Parse(data);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates and validates the exclusive end of a RIFF chunk payload.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="size">The declared payload size.</param>
+    /// <param name="containerEnd">The exclusive parent-container boundary.</param>
+    /// <returns>The exclusive payload boundary.</returns>
+    private static long GetChunkDataEnd(BufferedReadStream stream, uint size, long containerEnd)
+    {
+        long end = checked(stream.Position + size);
+        if (end > containerEnd)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("An ANI RIFF chunk extends beyond its containing list.");
+        }
+
+        return end;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates and validates the word-aligned end of a RIFF chunk.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dataEnd">The exclusive payload boundary.</param>
+    /// <param name="size">The declared payload size.</param>
+    /// <param name="containerEnd">The exclusive parent-container boundary.</param>
+    /// <returns>The exclusive padded chunk boundary.</returns>
+    private static long GetPaddedEnd(long dataEnd, uint size, long containerEnd)
+    {
+        // RIFF aligns each chunk to a 16-bit boundary without including the optional pad byte in the declared size.
+        long paddedEnd = dataEnd + (size & 1);
+        if (paddedEnd > containerEnd)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("An ANI RIFF chunk is missing its alignment padding.");
+        }
+
+        return paddedEnd;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads an exact number of bytes or reports a truncated ANI file.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The ANI stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The destination buffer.</param>
+    /// <param name="description">The data description used in the error message.</param>
+    private static void ReadExactly(BufferedReadStream stream, Span<byte> destination, string description)
+    {
+        if (stream.Read(destination) != destination.Length)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException($"Not enough bytes to read the {description}.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a pixel dimension to the one-byte ICO/CUR representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The pixel dimension.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded dimension, where zero represents 256 pixels or greater.</returns>
+    private static byte NarrowDimension(int value) => value > byte.MaxValue ? (byte)0 : (byte)value;
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniEncoder.cs

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+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Encodes images as Windows animated cursors.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AniEncoder : QuantizingImageEncoder
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniEncoder"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniEncoder()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        AniEncoderCore encoder = new(this);
+        encoder.Encode(image, stream, cancellationToken);
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniEncoderCore.cs

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+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Text;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Performs ANI encoding.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class AniEncoderCore
+{
+    private readonly AniEncoder encoder;
+
+    // Each nested encoder is configured once and reused for every resource of that type in this ANI operation.
+    private IcoEncoderCore? icoEncoder;
+    private CurEncoderCore? curEncoder;
+    private BmpEncoderCore? bmpEncoder;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reusable storage for the fixed ANI header and smaller RIFF values.
+    /// </summary>
+    private InlineArray36<byte> buffer;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniEncoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder options.</param>
+    public AniEncoderCore(AniEncoder encoder)
+        => this.encoder = encoder;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes an image as ANI data.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
+        Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
+
+        AniMetadata imageMetadata = image.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        AniFrameMetadata firstMetadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        AniFrameFormat firstFormat = firstMetadata.FrameFormat;
+        bool bitmapResources = firstFormat is AniFrameFormat.Bmp;
+        bool writeSequence = imageMetadata.Flags.HasFlag(AniHeaderFlags.ContainsSequence);
+        uint displayRate = firstMetadata.FrameDelay is 0 ? imageMetadata.DisplayRate : firstMetadata.FrameDelay;
+        bool hasVariableRates = false;
+        int groupCount = 0;
+        int maxGroupSize = 1;
+
+        if (bitmapResources && imageMetadata.BitCount is not (0 or 1 or 2 or 4 or 8 or 16 or 24 or 32))
+        {
+            throw new ImageFormatException("ANI bitmap resources require a supported bit depth.");
+        }
+
+        if (bitmapResources && imageMetadata.Planes is not (0 or 1))
+        {
+            throw new ImageFormatException("ANI bitmap resources require exactly one color plane.");
+        }
+
+        // This validation pass derives the fixed ANI header and largest icon directory without allocating a grouping graph.
+        // Encoding repeats the linear grouping scan below, trading a cheap pass for zero per-group collections.
+        for (int frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < image.Frames.Count;)
+        {
+            AniFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames[frameIndex].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+            int groupSize = 1;
+
+            if (metadata.FrameFormat is not (AniFrameFormat.Ico or AniFrameFormat.Cur or AniFrameFormat.Bmp))
+            {
+                // FrameFormat is public metadata and therefore must be validated before any container bytes are written.
+                throw new ImageFormatException("ANI contains an unsupported embedded frame format.");
+            }
+
+            // Positive sequence numbers group adjacent resolution variants; non-positive values form independent steps.
+            if (metadata.SequenceNumber > 0)
+            {
+                while (frameIndex + groupSize < image.Frames.Count && image.Frames[frameIndex + groupSize].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber == metadata.SequenceNumber)
+                {
+                    groupSize++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (bitmapResources != (metadata.FrameFormat is AniFrameFormat.Bmp))
+            {
+                // AF_ICON applies to the complete file, so raw DIB resources cannot coexist with ICO/CUR resources.
+                throw new ImageFormatException("ANI cannot mix bitmap resources with ICO or CUR resources.");
+            }
+
+            if (bitmapResources && groupSize > 1)
+            {
+                // Only ICO/CUR directories can contain multiple resolution variants in one physical resource.
+                throw new ImageFormatException("ANI bitmap resources cannot contain resolution variants.");
+            }
+
+            // All variants share one animation step, which requires one child format and one rate value.
+            for (int i = 1; i < groupSize; i++)
+            {
+                AniFrameMetadata current = image.Frames[frameIndex + i].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+                if (current.FrameFormat != metadata.FrameFormat)
+                {
+                    throw new ImageFormatException("ANI resolution variants must use the same embedded format.");
+                }
+
+                if (current.FrameDelay != metadata.FrameDelay)
+                {
+                    throw new ImageFormatException("ANI resolution variants must use the same frame delay.");
+                }
+            }
+
+            uint frameDelay = metadata.FrameDelay is 0 ? displayRate : metadata.FrameDelay;
+            hasVariableRates |= frameDelay != displayRate;
+            maxGroupSize = Math.Max(maxGroupSize, groupSize);
+            groupCount++;
+            frameIndex += groupSize;
+        }
+
+        // Icon-based ANI files leave global geometry and pixel layout at zero because each ICO/CUR entry owns those values.
+        AniHeader header = new()
+        {
+            BytesInHeader = AniHeader.Size,
+            FrameCount = (uint)groupCount,
+            StepCount = (uint)groupCount,
+            Width = bitmapResources ? imageMetadata.Width is 0 ? (uint)image.Width : imageMetadata.Width : 0,
+            Height = bitmapResources ? imageMetadata.Height is 0 ? (uint)image.Height : imageMetadata.Height : 0,
+            BitCount = bitmapResources ? imageMetadata.BitCount is 0 ? 32U : imageMetadata.BitCount : 0,
+            Planes = bitmapResources ? 1U : 0,
+            DisplayRate = displayRate,
+            Flags = (bitmapResources ? 0 : AniHeaderFlags.IsIcon) | (writeSequence ? AniHeaderFlags.ContainsSequence : 0)
+        };
+
+        // One allocator-owned directory buffer is sliced and reused for every icon resource; its capacity is the largest group.
+        using IMemoryOwner<IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata>? iconEntriesOwner = bitmapResources ? null : image.Configuration.MemoryAllocator.Allocate<IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata>(maxGroupSize);
+        Span<IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata> iconEntries = iconEntriesOwner is null ? [] : iconEntriesOwner.GetSpan();
+
+        // ImageEncoder guarantees a seekable destination, allowing direct nested encoding and RIFF size backpatching.
+        long riffSizePosition = this.BeginContainer(stream, AniConstants.RiffFourCc, AniConstants.AniFormTypeFourCc);
+        this.WriteHeader(stream, header);
+
+        if (writeSequence)
+        {
+            this.WriteSequence(stream, groupCount);
+        }
+
+        if (hasVariableRates)
+        {
+            this.WriteRates(stream, image, displayRate);
+        }
+
+        if (!this.encoder.SkipMetadata && (imageMetadata.Name is not null || imageMetadata.Artist is not null))
+        {
+            this.WriteInfoList(stream, imageMetadata, image.Configuration.MemoryAllocator);
+        }
+
+        long frameListSizePosition = this.BeginContainer(stream, "LIST"u8, "fram"u8);
+
+        // Repeat the allocation-free adjacent grouping scan used by the validation pass.
+        for (int frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < image.Frames.Count;)
+        {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            AniFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames[frameIndex].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+            int groupSize = 1;
+            if (metadata.SequenceNumber > 0)
+            {
+                while (frameIndex + groupSize < image.Frames.Count && image.Frames[frameIndex + groupSize].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber == metadata.SequenceNumber)
+                {
+                    groupSize++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            long frameSizePosition = this.BeginChunk(stream, "icon"u8);
+            this.WriteFrameResource(image, stream, frameIndex, groupSize, metadata.FrameFormat, header.BitCount, iconEntries, cancellationToken);
+            this.EndChunk(stream, frameSizePosition);
+            frameIndex += groupSize;
+        }
+
+        this.EndChunk(stream, frameListSizePosition);
+        this.EndChunk(stream, riffSizePosition);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the fixed-size ANI animation header chunk.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="header">The animation header.</param>
+    private void WriteHeader(Stream stream, AniHeader header)
+    {
+        long sizePosition = this.BeginChunk(stream, "anih"u8);
+        Span<byte> data = this.buffer;
+        header.WriteTo(data);
+        stream.Write(data);
+        this.EndChunk(stream, sizePosition);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes an identity sequence table when the source metadata declares an explicit sequence.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="stepCount">The number of animation steps.</param>
+    private void WriteSequence(Stream stream, int stepCount)
+    {
+        long sizePosition = this.BeginChunk(stream, "seq "u8);
+        Span<byte> value = this.buffer[..sizeof(uint)];
+
+        // Decoding expands source resource references into presentation order. Encoding writes those expanded steps as
+        // distinct resources, so an identity table preserves the explicit-sequence flag without changing playback.
+        for (uint i = 0; i < stepCount; i++)
+        {
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(value, i);
+            stream.Write(value);
+        }
+
+        this.EndChunk(stream, sizePosition);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes per-step rates when they cannot be represented by one header value.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="displayRate">The default header display rate.</param>
+    private void WriteRates(Stream stream, Image image, uint displayRate)
+    {
+        long sizePosition = this.BeginChunk(stream, "rate"u8);
+        Span<byte> value = this.buffer[..sizeof(uint)];
+
+        // The rate table contains one DWORD per animation step, not one value per resolution variant.
+        for (int frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < image.Frames.Count;)
+        {
+            AniFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames[frameIndex].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+            uint frameDelay = metadata.FrameDelay;
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(value, frameDelay is 0 ? displayRate : frameDelay);
+            stream.Write(value);
+
+            frameIndex++;
+            if (metadata.SequenceNumber > 0)
+            {
+                while (frameIndex < image.Frames.Count && image.Frames[frameIndex].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber == metadata.SequenceNumber)
+                {
+                    frameIndex++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.EndChunk(stream, sizePosition);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the optional ANI name and artist list.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="metadata">The ANI image metadata.</param>
+    /// <param name="memoryAllocator">The allocator used for the text buffer.</param>
+    private void WriteInfoList(Stream stream, AniMetadata metadata, MemoryAllocator memoryAllocator)
+    {
+        long sizePosition = this.BeginContainer(stream, "LIST"u8, "INFO"u8);
+        int nameLength = metadata.Name is null ? 0 : Encoding.ASCII.GetByteCount(metadata.Name);
+        int artistLength = metadata.Artist is null ? 0 : Encoding.ASCII.GetByteCount(metadata.Artist);
+
+        // Name and artist are emitted sequentially, so a single buffer sized for the larger value avoids a second allocation.
+        using IMemoryOwner<byte> owner = memoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>(Math.Max(nameLength, artistLength));
+        Span<byte> buffer = owner.GetSpan();
+
+        if (metadata.Name is not null)
+        {
+            this.WriteTextChunk(stream, "INAM"u8, metadata.Name, buffer);
+        }
+
+        if (metadata.Artist is not null)
+        {
+            this.WriteTextChunk(stream, "IART"u8, metadata.Artist, buffer);
+        }
+
+        this.EndChunk(stream, sizePosition);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes a null-terminated ASCII RIFF information chunk.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="fourCc">The chunk identifier.</param>
+    /// <param name="value">The text value.</param>
+    /// <param name="buffer">The reusable text buffer.</param>
+    private void WriteTextChunk(Stream stream, ReadOnlySpan<byte> fourCc, string value, Span<byte> buffer)
+    {
+        long sizePosition = this.BeginChunk(stream, fourCc);
+        int written = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(value, buffer);
+        stream.Write(buffer[..written]);
+
+        // The terminating zero belongs to the RIFF text payload and is therefore included in the backpatched chunk size.
+        stream.WriteByte(0);
+
+        this.EndChunk(stream, sizePosition);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes one ANI frame resource using the existing ICO, CUR, or BMP encoder.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameIndex">The first source-frame index.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameCount">The number of source frames in this resource.</param>
+    /// <param name="format">The embedded resource format.</param>
+    /// <param name="bitCount">The bitmap bit depth declared by the ANI header.</param>
+    /// <param name="iconEntries">The reusable icon directory metadata buffer.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    private void WriteFrameResource<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, int frameIndex, int frameCount, AniFrameFormat format, uint bitCount, Span<IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata> iconEntries, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+        switch (format)
+        {
+            case AniFrameFormat.Ico:
+            case AniFrameFormat.Cur:
+                // Only the active prefix is exposed to the child encoder; the same backing allocation serves later resources.
+                Span<IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata> entries = iconEntries[..frameCount];
+                AniIconFrameMetadataProvider provider = new(format);
+
+                if (format is AniFrameFormat.Ico)
+                {
+                    this.icoEncoder ??= new IcoEncoderCore(new IcoEncoder
+                    {
+                        PixelSamplingStrategy = this.encoder.PixelSamplingStrategy,
+                        Quantizer = this.encoder.Quantizer,
+                        SkipMetadata = this.encoder.SkipMetadata,
+                        TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode
+                    });
+
+                    this.icoEncoder.Encode(image, stream, frameIndex, entries, provider, cancellationToken);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    this.curEncoder ??= new CurEncoderCore(new CurEncoder
+                    {
+                        PixelSamplingStrategy = this.encoder.PixelSamplingStrategy,
+                        Quantizer = this.encoder.Quantizer,
+                        SkipMetadata = this.encoder.SkipMetadata,
+                        TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode
+                    });
+
+                    this.curEncoder.Encode(image, stream, frameIndex, entries, provider, cancellationToken);
+                }
+
+                break;
+            case AniFrameFormat.Bmp:
+                if (this.bmpEncoder is null)
+                {
+                    BmpEncoder bmpEncoder = new()
+                    {
+                        BitsPerPixel = GetBmpBitsPerPixel(bitCount),
+                        PixelSamplingStrategy = this.encoder.PixelSamplingStrategy,
+                        Quantizer = this.encoder.Quantizer,
+                        SkipFileHeader = true,
+                        SkipMetadata = this.encoder.SkipMetadata,
+                        SupportTransparency = bitCount is 32,
+                        TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode
+                    };
+
+                    this.bmpEncoder = new BmpEncoderCore(bmpEncoder, image.Configuration.MemoryAllocator);
+                }
+
+                // The frame overload writes the raw DIB directly and avoids constructing a temporary single-frame Image.
+                this.bmpEncoder.Encode(image.Frames[frameIndex], image.Metadata, stream, cancellationToken);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates an icon directory entry from ANI-owned frame metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="metadata">The ANI frame metadata.</param>
+    /// <param name="format">The embedded icon format.</param>
+    /// <param name="size">The source frame size.</param>
+    /// <returns>The icon directory entry.</returns>
+    private static IconDirEntry CreateIconDirEntry(AniFrameMetadata metadata, AniFrameFormat format, Size size)
+    {
+        // PNG and direct-color bitmap entries do not declare a palette; indexed bitmap entries advertise their color count.
+        byte colorCount = metadata.Compression is IconFrameCompression.Png || metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel > BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8
+            ? (byte)0
+            : (byte)ColorNumerics.GetColorCountForBitDepth((int)metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel);
+
+        // ICO stores planes/BPP in these fields, while CUR reuses the same two words for the hotspot coordinates.
+        return new IconDirEntry
+        {
+            Width = metadata.EncodingWidth ?? NarrowDimension(size.Width),
+            Height = metadata.EncodingHeight ?? NarrowDimension(size.Height),
+            ColorCount = colorCount,
+            Planes = format is AniFrameFormat.Ico ? (ushort)1 : metadata.HotspotX,
+            BitCount = format is AniFrameFormat.Ico
+                ? metadata.Compression is IconFrameCompression.Bmp ? (ushort)metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel : (ushort)32
+                : metadata.HotspotY
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts an ANI bitmap bit depth to a supported BMP encoder value.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="bitCount">The ANI bit depth.</param>
+    /// <returns>The BMP encoder bit depth.</returns>
+    private static BmpBitsPerPixel GetBmpBitsPerPixel(uint bitCount)
+        => bitCount switch
+        {
+            1 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit1,
+            2 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit2,
+            4 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit4,
+            8 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8,
+            16 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit16,
+            24 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit24,
+            _ => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32
+        };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a pixel dimension to the one-byte ICO/CUR representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The pixel dimension.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded dimension, where zero represents 256 pixels or greater.</returns>
+    private static byte NarrowDimension(int value) => value > byte.MaxValue ? (byte)0 : (byte)value;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Begins a RIFF chunk whose size will be backpatched after its payload is written.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="fourCc">The chunk identifier.</param>
+    /// <returns>The stream position of the chunk-size field.</returns>
+    private long BeginChunk(Stream stream, ReadOnlySpan<byte> fourCc)
+    {
+        stream.Write(fourCc);
+        long sizePosition = stream.Position;
+
+        // Payload length is unknown until nested encoding completes, so reserve the DWORD and remember its absolute position.
+        Span<byte> size = this.buffer[..sizeof(uint)];
+        size.Clear();
+        stream.Write(size);
+
+        return sizePosition;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Begins a RIFF container chunk and writes its form or list type.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="fourCc">The container identifier.</param>
+    /// <param name="type">The container form or list type.</param>
+    /// <returns>The stream position of the container-size field.</returns>
+    private long BeginContainer(Stream stream, ReadOnlySpan<byte> fourCc, ReadOnlySpan<byte> type)
+    {
+        long sizePosition = this.BeginChunk(stream, fourCc);
+        stream.Write(type);
+        return sizePosition;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Word-aligns a RIFF chunk and writes its payload size into the reserved field.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="sizePosition">The stream position of the reserved size field.</param>
+    private void EndChunk(Stream stream, long sizePosition)
+    {
+        long endPosition = stream.Position;
+
+        // sizePosition addresses the size DWORD itself; subtracting its four bytes yields payload length.
+        uint dataSize = checked((uint)(endPosition - sizePosition - sizeof(uint)));
+
+        // RIFF chunk sizes exclude the optional padding byte used to align the next chunk to a WORD boundary.
+        if ((dataSize & 1) is 1)
+        {
+            stream.WriteByte(0);
+            endPosition++;
+        }
+
+        Span<byte> size = this.buffer[..sizeof(uint)];
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(size, dataSize);
+
+        // Backpatch only the reserved DWORD, then restore the append position after any alignment byte.
+        stream.Position = sizePosition;
+        stream.Write(size);
+        stream.Position = endPosition;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Projects ANI-owned metadata into the icon encoder without allocating intermediary metadata objects.
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly struct AniIconFrameMetadataProvider : IconEncoderCore.IEncodingFrameMetadataProvider
+    {
+        private readonly AniFrameFormat format;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniIconFrameMetadataProvider"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="format">The embedded icon format.</param>
+        public AniIconFrameMetadataProvider(AniFrameFormat format)
+            => this.format = format;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata GetEncodingFrameMetadata(ImageFrame frame, out ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable)
+        {
+            AniFrameMetadata metadata = frame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+            colorTable = metadata.ColorTable;
+            return new IconEncoderCore.EncodingFrameMetadata(metadata.Compression, metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel, CreateIconDirEntry(metadata, this.format, frame.Size));
+        }
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniFormat.cs

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+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Describes the ANI image format.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AniFormat : IImageFormat<AniMetadata, AniFrameMetadata>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Prevents a default instance of the <see cref="AniFormat"/> class from being created.
+    /// </summary>
+    private AniFormat()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the shared instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static AniFormat Instance { get; } = new();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public string Name => "ANI";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public string DefaultMimeType => "application/x-navi-animation";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => AniConstants.MimeTypes;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => AniConstants.FileExtensions;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public AniMetadata CreateDefaultFormatMetadata() => new();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public AniFrameMetadata CreateDefaultFormatFrameMetadata() => new();
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniFrameFormat.cs

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+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Specifies the format of the frame data.
+/// </summary>
+public enum AniFrameFormat : byte
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The frame resource is encoded as a Windows cursor.
+    /// </summary>
+    Cur,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The frame resource is encoded as a Windows icon.
+    /// </summary>
+    Ico,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The frame resource is encoded as a Windows bitmap.
+    /// </summary>
+    Bmp
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniFrameMetadata.cs

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+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Numerics;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides ANI-specific metadata for an image frame.
+/// </summary>
+public class AniFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<AniFrameMetadata>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniFrameMetadata"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniFrameMetadata()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniFrameMetadata"/> class by copying another instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="other">The metadata to copy.</param>
+    private AniFrameMetadata(AniFrameMetadata other)
+    {
+        this.FrameDelay = other.FrameDelay;
+        this.SequenceNumber = other.SequenceNumber;
+        this.EncodingWidth = other.EncodingWidth;
+        this.EncodingHeight = other.EncodingHeight;
+        this.FrameFormat = other.FrameFormat;
+        this.Compression = other.Compression;
+        this.BmpBitsPerPixel = other.BmpBitsPerPixel;
+        this.HotspotX = other.HotspotX;
+        this.HotspotY = other.HotspotY;
+
+        if (other.ColorTable?.Length > 0)
+        {
+            this.ColorTable = other.ColorTable.Value.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the frame display time in sixtieths of a second.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint FrameDelay { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the animation sequence number.
+    /// Adjacent frames with the same positive value are grouped as resolution variants in one ANI frame resource.
+    /// A non-positive value encodes the frame as its own animation step.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int SequenceNumber { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded frame width.
+    /// A value of zero represents 256 pixels or greater in ICO and CUR resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    public byte? EncodingWidth { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded frame height.
+    /// A value of zero represents 256 pixels or greater in ICO and CUR resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    public byte? EncodingHeight { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the format used for this frame resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniFrameFormat FrameFormat { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the embedded ICO or CUR compression format.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IconFrameCompression Compression { get; set; } = IconFrameCompression.Png;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the embedded bitmap bits per pixel.
+    /// </summary>
+    public BmpBitsPerPixel BmpBitsPerPixel { get; set; } = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the embedded bitmap color table.
+    /// The underlying pixel format is represented by <see cref="Bgr24"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? ColorTable { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the horizontal cursor hotspot in pixels from the left.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ushort HotspotX { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the vertical cursor hotspot in pixels from the top.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ushort HotspotY { get; set; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public static AniFrameMetadata FromFormatConnectingFrameMetadata(FormatConnectingFrameMetadata metadata)
+    {
+        int bitsPerPixel = metadata.PixelTypeInfo?.BitsPerPixel ?? 32;
+        BmpBitsPerPixel bmpBitsPerPixel = bitsPerPixel switch
+        {
+            1 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit1,
+            2 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit2,
+            <= 4 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit4,
+            <= 8 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8,
+            <= 16 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit16,
+            <= 24 => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit24,
+            _ => BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32
+        };
+
+        return new AniFrameMetadata
+        {
+            FrameDelay = (uint)Math.Round(metadata.Duration.TotalSeconds * 60),
+            EncodingWidth = ClampEncodingDimension(metadata.EncodingWidth),
+            EncodingHeight = ClampEncodingDimension(metadata.EncodingHeight),
+            Compression = bmpBitsPerPixel is BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32 ? IconFrameCompression.Png : IconFrameCompression.Bmp,
+            BmpBitsPerPixel = bmpBitsPerPixel
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public FormatConnectingFrameMetadata ToFormatConnectingFrameMetadata()
+        => new()
+        {
+            Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(this.FrameDelay / 60D),
+            EncodingWidth = this.EncodingWidth,
+            EncodingHeight = this.EncodingHeight,
+            PixelTypeInfo = this.GetPixelTypeInfo()
+        };
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void AfterFrameApply<TPixel>(ImageFrame<TPixel> source, ImageFrame<TPixel> destination, Matrix4x4 matrix)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+        float ratioX = destination.Width / (float)source.Width;
+        float ratioY = destination.Height / (float)source.Height;
+
+        this.EncodingWidth = ScaleEncodingDimension(this.EncodingWidth, destination.Width, ratioX);
+        this.EncodingHeight = ScaleEncodingDimension(this.EncodingHeight, destination.Height, ratioY);
+        this.ColorTable = null;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    IDeepCloneable IDeepCloneable.DeepClone() => this.DeepClone();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public AniFrameMetadata DeepClone() => new(this);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the pixel layout represented by the embedded resource metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>The represented pixel layout.</returns>
+    private PixelTypeInfo GetPixelTypeInfo()
+    {
+        int bitsPerPixel = (int)this.BmpBitsPerPixel;
+        PixelComponentInfo componentInfo;
+        PixelColorType colorType;
+        PixelAlphaRepresentation alphaRepresentation = PixelAlphaRepresentation.None;
+
+        if (this.Compression is IconFrameCompression.Png)
+        {
+            bitsPerPixel = 32;
+            componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(4, bitsPerPixel, 8, 8, 8, 8);
+            colorType = PixelColorType.RGB | PixelColorType.Alpha;
+            alphaRepresentation = PixelAlphaRepresentation.Unassociated;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            switch (this.BmpBitsPerPixel)
+            {
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit1:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(1, bitsPerPixel, 1);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.Binary;
+                    break;
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit2:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(1, bitsPerPixel, 2);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.Indexed;
+                    break;
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit4:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(1, bitsPerPixel, 4);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.Indexed;
+                    break;
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(1, bitsPerPixel, 8);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.Indexed;
+                    break;
+
+                // Windows bitmaps commonly use a 5-6-5 layout for 16-bit color.
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit16:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(3, bitsPerPixel, 5, 6, 5);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.RGB;
+                    break;
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit24:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(3, bitsPerPixel, 8, 8, 8);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.RGB;
+                    break;
+                case BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32 or _:
+                    componentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(4, bitsPerPixel, 8, 8, 8, 8);
+                    colorType = PixelColorType.RGB | PixelColorType.Alpha;
+                    alphaRepresentation = PixelAlphaRepresentation.Unassociated;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new PixelTypeInfo(bitsPerPixel)
+        {
+            AlphaRepresentation = alphaRepresentation,
+            ComponentInfo = componentInfo,
+            ColorType = colorType
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Scales an encoded dimension after an image transform.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The encoded source dimension.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The full destination dimension.</param>
+    /// <param name="ratio">The destination-to-source scale ratio.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded destination dimension.</returns>
+    private static byte ScaleEncodingDimension(byte? value, int destination, float ratio)
+    {
+        if (value is null)
+        {
+            return ClampEncodingDimension(destination);
+        }
+
+        // ICO and CUR encode dimensions in one byte, where zero represents 256 pixels or greater.
+        int source = value.Value is 0 ? 256 : value.Value;
+        return ClampEncodingDimension(MathF.Ceiling(source * ratio));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a pixel dimension to the one-byte ICO/CUR representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dimension">The pixel dimension.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded dimension.</returns>
+    private static byte ClampEncodingDimension(float? dimension)
+        => dimension switch
+        {
+            > 255 => 0,
+            >= 1 => (byte)dimension,
+            _ => 0
+        };
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniFrameStream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Exposes one ANI frame-resource chunk as an isolated seekable stream.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Embedded decoders accept arbitrary seek offsets from their own headers. Bounding those seeks to the
+/// current RIFF chunk prevents malformed ICO, CUR, or BMP offsets from reading neighboring ANI chunks.
+/// </remarks>
+internal sealed class AniFrameStream : Stream
+{
+    private readonly Stream stream;
+
+    // start is absolute in the containing stream; position is always relative to this bounded resource.
+    private long start;
+    private long length;
+    private long position;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniFrameStream"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The containing ANI stream.</param>
+    public AniFrameStream(Stream stream)
+        => this.stream = stream;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanRead => true;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanSeek => true;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanWrite => false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Length => this.length;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Position
+    {
+        get => this.position;
+        set => this.Seek(value, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Repositions this stream over another frame-resource payload in the same containing stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="start">The absolute start of the frame-resource payload.</param>
+    /// <param name="length">The frame-resource payload length.</param>
+    public void Reset(long start, long length)
+    {
+        this.start = start;
+        this.length = length;
+        this.position = 0;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Flush()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        => this.Read(buffer.AsSpan(offset, count));
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override int Read(Span<byte> buffer)
+    {
+        // Clamp every read to the resource boundary so a child decoder cannot consume the next RIFF chunk.
+        int count = (int)Math.Min(buffer.Length, this.length - this.position);
+        if (count is 0)
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        // The containing stream is shared by all resources, so synchronize its absolute position immediately before reading.
+        this.stream.Position = this.start + this.position;
+        int read = this.stream.Read(buffer[..count]);
+        this.position += read;
+
+        return read;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
+    {
+        long target = origin switch
+        {
+            SeekOrigin.Begin => offset,
+            SeekOrigin.Current => this.position + offset,
+            SeekOrigin.End => this.length + offset,
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(origin))
+        };
+
+        // Casting rejects both negative offsets and offsets beyond Length with one bounds check.
+        if ((ulong)target > (ulong)this.length)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The embedded ANI frame resource contains an invalid seek offset.");
+        }
+
+        // Delay moving the containing stream until Read; this keeps logical seeks isolated from sibling resource processing.
+        this.position = target;
+        return target;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void SetLength(long value) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniHeader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents the data stored in an ANI "anih" chunk.
+/// </summary>
+internal struct AniHeader
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The number of bytes in the ANI header.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const int Size = 9 * sizeof(uint);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the declared ANI header size.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint BytesInHeader { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the number of embedded frame resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint FrameCount { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the number of animation steps.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint StepCount { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the frame width used by bitmap-based animations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint Width { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the frame height used by bitmap-based animations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint Height { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded bits per pixel.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint BitCount { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the number of color planes.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint Planes { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default display rate in sixtieths of a second.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint DisplayRate { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the ANI header flags.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniHeaderFlags Flags { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses an ANI header from its little-endian byte representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="data">The ANI header data.</param>
+    /// <returns>The parsed ANI header.</returns>
+    public static AniHeader Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+        => new()
+        {
+            BytesInHeader = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data),
+            FrameCount = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[4..]),
+            StepCount = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[8..]),
+            Width = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[12..]),
+            Height = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[16..]),
+            BitCount = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[20..]),
+            Planes = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[24..]),
+            DisplayRate = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[28..]),
+            Flags = (AniHeaderFlags)BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[32..])
+        };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the ANI header to its little-endian byte representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="destination">The destination buffer.</param>
+    public readonly void WriteTo(Span<byte> destination)
+    {
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination, this.BytesInHeader);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[4..], this.FrameCount);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[8..], this.StepCount);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[12..], this.Width);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[16..], this.Height);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[20..], this.BitCount);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[24..], this.Planes);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[28..], this.DisplayRate);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(destination[32..], (uint)this.Flags);
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniHeaderFlags.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Flags for the ANI header.
+/// </summary>
+[Flags]
+public enum AniHeaderFlags : uint
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The "icon" chunks contain ICO or CUR resources. Without this flag, they contain BMP resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    IsIcon = 1,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The ANI file contains a "seq " chunk that maps animation steps to frame resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    ContainsSequence = 2
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Detects ANI file headers.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AniImageFormatDetector : IImageFormatDetector
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniImageFormatDetector"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniImageFormatDetector()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public int HeaderSize => AniConstants.RiffHeaderSize;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public bool TryDetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IImageFormat? format)
+    {
+        format = this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? AniFormat.Instance : null;
+        return format is not null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines whether the supplied header is a RIFF container with the ANI "ACON" form type.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="header">The candidate file header.</param>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when the header identifies ANI data.</returns>
+    private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
+        => header.Length >= this.HeaderSize
+        && header[..4].SequenceEqual(AniConstants.RiffFourCc)
+        && header.Slice(8, 4).SequenceEqual(AniConstants.AniFormTypeFourCc);
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniMetadata.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Numerics;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides ANI-specific metadata for an image.
+/// </summary>
+public class AniMetadata : IFormatMetadata<AniMetadata>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniMetadata"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniMetadata()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AniMetadata"/> class by copying another instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="other">The metadata to copy.</param>
+    private AniMetadata(AniMetadata other)
+    {
+        this.Width = other.Width;
+        this.Height = other.Height;
+        this.BitCount = other.BitCount;
+        this.Planes = other.Planes;
+        this.DisplayRate = other.DisplayRate;
+        this.Flags = other.Flags;
+        this.Name = other.Name;
+        this.Artist = other.Artist;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the frame width declared by the ANI header.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Icon-based ANI files commonly store zero because each embedded resource declares its own dimensions.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public uint Width { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the frame height declared by the ANI header.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Icon-based ANI files commonly store zero because each embedded resource declares its own dimensions.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public uint Height { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the bits per pixel declared by the ANI header.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Bitmap-based ANI files use this value to describe their raw frame data. Icon-based files commonly store zero
+    /// because each embedded ICO or CUR entry declares its own pixel layout.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public uint BitCount { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the number of independently addressable color planes declared by the ANI header.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Bitmap-based ANI files use the Windows DIB plane value, which must be one. Icon-based ANI files use zero because
+    /// each embedded ICO or CUR entry describes its own pixel layout. No other values are defined by the format.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public uint Planes { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default frame display rate in sixtieths of a second.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint DisplayRate { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the ANI header flags.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AniHeaderFlags Flags { get; set; } = AniHeaderFlags.IsIcon;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the animation name.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Name { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the animation artist.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Artist { get; set; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public static AniMetadata FromFormatConnectingMetadata(FormatConnectingMetadata metadata)
+        => new()
+        {
+            BitCount = (uint)metadata.PixelTypeInfo.BitsPerPixel,
+            Planes = 1,
+            Flags = AniHeaderFlags.IsIcon
+        };
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public PixelTypeInfo GetPixelTypeInfo()
+    {
+        // Icon-based files are allowed to leave the global bit depth unspecified. Their embedded
+        // ICO/CUR metadata carries the exact value, while 32-bit is the least lossy conversion default.
+        int bitsPerPixel = this.BitCount is > 0 and <= 32 ? (int)this.BitCount : 32;
+        return new PixelTypeInfo(bitsPerPixel);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public FormatConnectingMetadata ToFormatConnectingMetadata()
+        => new()
+        {
+            AnimateRootFrame = true,
+            EncodingType = EncodingType.Lossless,
+            PixelTypeInfo = this.GetPixelTypeInfo()
+        };
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void AfterImageApply<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> destination, Matrix4x4 matrix)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+        if (!this.Flags.HasFlag(AniHeaderFlags.IsIcon))
+        {
+            this.Width = (uint)destination.Width;
+            this.Height = (uint)destination.Height;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    IDeepCloneable IDeepCloneable.DeepClone() => this.DeepClone();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public AniMetadata DeepClone() => new(this);
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ani/AniRiffChunkHeader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a RIFF chunk identifier and payload size.
+/// </summary>
+internal struct AniRiffChunkHeader
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the chunk identifier.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint FourCc { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the chunk payload size in bytes, excluding alignment padding.
+    /// </summary>
+    public uint Size { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses a RIFF chunk header from its little-endian byte representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="data">The RIFF chunk header data.</param>
+    /// <returns>The parsed RIFF chunk header.</returns>
+    public static AniRiffChunkHeader Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+        => new()
+        {
+            FourCc = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data),
+            Size = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[4..])
+        };
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
     /// <inheritdoc cref="BmpDecoderOptions.SkipFileHeader"/>
     private readonly bool skipFileHeader;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Whether optional image metadata should be omitted.
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly bool skipMetadata;
+
     /// <inheritdoc cref="BmpDecoderOptions.UseDoubleHeight"/>
     private readonly bool isDoubleHeight;
 
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
         this.infoHeaderType = encoder.SupportTransparency ? BmpInfoHeaderType.WinVersion4 : BmpInfoHeaderType.WinVersion3;
         this.processedAlphaMask = encoder.ProcessedAlphaMask;
         this.skipFileHeader = encoder.SkipFileHeader;
+        this.skipMetadata = encoder.SkipMetadata;
         this.isDoubleHeight = encoder.UseDoubleHeight;
     }
 
@@ -138,17 +144,30 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
         Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
         Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
 
-        // Stream may not at 0.
+        this.Encode(image.Frames.RootFrame, image.Metadata, stream, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes a source frame using the supplied image metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="frame">The source frame.</param>
+    /// <param name="metadata">The source image metadata.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to request cancellation.</param>
+    internal void Encode<TPixel>(ImageFrame<TPixel> frame, ImageMetadata metadata, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+        // Nested ANI/ICO/CUR encoding starts inside a parent stream, so all later profile offsets use this local base.
         long basePosition = stream.Position;
 
-        Configuration configuration = image.Configuration;
-        ImageMetadata metadata = image.Metadata;
+        Configuration configuration = frame.Configuration;
         BmpMetadata bmpMetadata = metadata.GetBmpMetadata();
         this.bitsPerPixel ??= bmpMetadata.BitsPerPixel;
 
         ushort bpp = (ushort)this.bitsPerPixel;
-        int bytesPerLine = (int)(4 * ((((uint)image.Width * bpp) + 31) / 32));
-        this.padding = bytesPerLine - (int)(image.Width * (bpp / 8F));
+        int bytesPerLine = (int)(4 * ((((uint)frame.Width * bpp) + 31) / 32));
+        this.padding = bytesPerLine - (int)(frame.Width * (bpp / 8F));
 
         int colorPaletteSize = this.bitsPerPixel switch
         {
@@ -161,7 +180,7 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
 
         byte[]? iccProfileData = null;
         int iccProfileSize = 0;
-        if (metadata.IccProfile != null)
+        if (!this.skipMetadata && metadata.IccProfile != null)
         {
             this.infoHeaderType = BmpInfoHeaderType.WinVersion5;
             iccProfileData = metadata.IccProfile.ToByteArray();
@@ -176,25 +195,25 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
             _ => BmpInfoHeader.SizeV3
         };
 
-        // for ico/cur encoder.
-        int height = image.Height;
+        // ICO/CUR DIB headers include the XOR bitmap and following AND mask in one doubled height.
+        int height = frame.Height;
         if (this.isDoubleHeight)
         {
             height <<= 1;
         }
 
-        BmpInfoHeader infoHeader = this.CreateBmpInfoHeader(image.Width, height, infoHeaderSize, bpp, bytesPerLine, metadata, iccProfileData);
+        BmpInfoHeader infoHeader = this.CreateBmpInfoHeader(frame.Width, height, infoHeaderSize, bpp, bytesPerLine, metadata, iccProfileData);
 
         Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[infoHeaderSize];
 
-        // For ico/cur encoder.
+        // ICO/CUR resources contain a DIB directly; standalone BMP files additionally require BITMAPFILEHEADER.
         if (!this.skipFileHeader)
         {
             WriteBitmapFileHeader(stream, infoHeaderSize, colorPaletteSize, iccProfileSize, infoHeader, buffer);
         }
 
         this.WriteBitmapInfoHeader(stream, infoHeader, buffer, infoHeaderSize);
-        this.WriteImage(configuration, stream, image, cancellationToken);
+        this.WriteImage(configuration, stream, frame, cancellationToken);
         WriteColorProfile(stream, iccProfileData, buffer, basePosition);
 
         stream.Flush();
@@ -216,7 +235,8 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
         int hResolution = 0;
         int vResolution = 0;
 
-        if (metadata.ResolutionUnits != PixelResolutionUnit.AspectRatio
+        if (!this.skipMetadata
+            && metadata.ResolutionUnits != PixelResolutionUnit.AspectRatio
             && metadata.HorizontalResolution > 0
             && metadata.VerticalResolution > 0)
         {
@@ -348,15 +368,11 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
     /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
     /// <param name="configuration">The global configuration.</param>
     /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to write to.</param>
-    /// <param name="image">
+    /// <param name="frame">
     /// The <see cref="ImageFrame{TPixel}"/> containing pixel data.
     /// </param>
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
-    private void WriteImage<TPixel>(
-        Configuration configuration,
-        Stream stream,
-        Image<TPixel> image,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    private void WriteImage<TPixel>(Configuration configuration, Stream stream, ImageFrame<TPixel> frame, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
         ImageFrame<TPixel>? clonedFrame = null;
@@ -367,11 +383,11 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
             int bpp = this.bitsPerPixel != null ? (int)this.bitsPerPixel : 32;
             if (bpp > 8 && EncodingUtilities.ShouldReplaceTransparentPixels<TPixel>(this.transparentColorMode))
             {
-                clonedFrame = image.Frames.RootFrame.Clone();
+                clonedFrame = frame.Clone();
                 EncodingUtilities.ReplaceTransparentPixels(clonedFrame);
             }
 
-            ImageFrame<TPixel> encodingFrame = clonedFrame ?? image.Frames.RootFrame;
+            ImageFrame<TPixel> encodingFrame = clonedFrame ?? frame;
             Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels = encodingFrame.PixelBuffer;
 
             switch (this.bitsPerPixel)
@@ -864,10 +880,17 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
         stream.WriteByte(indices);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the bottom-up 1-bit transparency mask required by an ICO/CUR bitmap resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="encodingFrame">The source frame.</param>
     private static void ProcessedAlphaMask<TPixel>(Stream stream, ImageFrame<TPixel> encodingFrame)
-         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+          where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
-        int arrayWidth = encodingFrame.Width / 8;
+        // Each byte represents eight pixels and every scanline is padded to a 4-byte DIB boundary.
+        int arrayWidth = (encodingFrame.Width + 7) / 8;
         int padding = arrayWidth % 4;
         if (padding is not 0)
         {
@@ -875,6 +898,9 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
         }
 
         Span<byte> mask = stackalloc byte[arrayWidth];
+        Span<byte> paddingBytes = stackalloc byte[3];
+        paddingBytes.Clear();
+
         for (int y = encodingFrame.Height - 1; y >= 0; y--)
         {
             mask.Clear();
@@ -884,19 +910,30 @@ internal sealed class BmpEncoderCore
             {
                 int x = i * 8;
 
-                for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
+                // The final byte can represent fewer than eight pixels when the image width is not byte-aligned.
+                int pixelCount = Math.Min(8, encodingFrame.Width - x);
+                for (int j = 0; j < pixelCount; j++)
                 {
                     WriteAlphaMask(row[x + j], ref mask[i], j);
                 }
             }
 
             stream.Write(mask);
-            stream.Skip(padding);
+
+            // Alpha-mask rows are DWORD-aligned, and the final row padding must extend the stream.
+            stream.Write(paddingBytes[..padding]);
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets one most-significant-bit-first transparency flag in an ICO/CUR AND-mask byte.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="pixel">The source pixel.</param>
+    /// <param name="mask">The destination mask byte.</param>
+    /// <param name="index">The pixel index within the byte.</param>
     private static void WriteAlphaMask<TPixel>(in TPixel pixel, ref byte mask, in int index)
-         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+          where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
         Rgba32 rgba = pixel.ToRgba32();
         if (rgba.A is 0)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
-
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the Ico format.
+/// Registers the image encoder, decoder, and format detector for the CUR format.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class CurConfigurationModule : IImageFormatConfigurationModule
 {
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ public sealed class CurConfigurationModule : IImageFormatConfigurationModule
     {
         configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(CurFormat.Instance, new CurEncoder());
         configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(CurFormat.Instance, CurDecoder.Instance);
-        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new IconImageFormatDetector());
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new CurImageFormatDetector());
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurConstants.cs

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Defines constants relating to ICOs
+/// Defines constants used by the CUR format.
 /// </summary>
 internal static class CurConstants
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The list of mime types that equate to a cur.
+    /// The MIME types that identify CUR data.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// See <see href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format)#MIME_type"/>
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ internal static class CurConstants
         "image/ico",
         "image/icon",
         "text/ico",
-        "application/ico",
+        "application/ico"
     ];
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// The list of file extensions that equate to a cur.
+    /// The file extensions that identify CUR data.
     /// </summary>
     public static readonly IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions = ["cur"];
-
-    public const uint FileHeader = 0x00_02_00_00;
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurDecoder.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Decoder for generating an image out of a ico encoded stream.
+/// Decoder for generating an image from a CUR encoded stream.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class CurDecoder : ImageDecoder
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CurDecoder"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
     private CurDecoder()
     {
     }
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ public sealed class CurDecoder : ImageDecoder
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override Image Decode(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-            => this.Decode<Rgba32>(options, stream, cancellationToken);
+        => this.Decode<Rgba32>(options, stream, cancellationToken);
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override ImageInfo Identify(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurDecoderCore.cs

@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Decodes CUR containers and maps directory metadata to CUR metadata.
+/// </summary>
 internal sealed class CurDecoderCore : IconDecoderCore
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CurDecoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="options">The decoder options.</param>
     public CurDecoderCore(DecoderOptions options)
-        : base(options)
+        : base(options, IconFileType.CUR)
     {
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override void SetFrameMetadata(
         ImageMetadata imageMetadata,
         ImageFrameMetadata frameMetadata,

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurEncoder.cs

@@ -10,8 +10,5 @@ public sealed class CurEncoder : QuantizingImageEncoder
 {
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        CurEncoderCore encoderCore = new(this);
-        encoderCore.Encode(image, stream, cancellationToken);
-    }
+        => new CurEncoderCore(this).Encode(image, stream, cancellationToken);
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurEncoderCore.cs

@@ -2,13 +2,46 @@
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Encodes CUR containers using CUR frame metadata.
+/// </summary>
 internal sealed class CurEncoderCore : IconEncoderCore
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CurEncoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder options.</param>
     public CurEncoderCore(QuantizingImageEncoder encoder)
         : base(encoder, IconFileType.CUR)
     {
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes all source frames as a CUR resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+        => this.Encode(image, stream, default(CurFrameMetadataProvider), cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Supplies CUR frame metadata to the shared container encoder.
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly struct CurFrameMetadataProvider : IEncodingFrameMetadataProvider
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public EncodingFrameMetadata GetEncodingFrameMetadata(ImageFrame frame, out ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable)
+        {
+            CurFrameMetadata metadata = frame.Metadata.GetCurMetadata();
+            colorTable = metadata.ColorTable;
+            return new EncodingFrameMetadata(metadata.Compression, metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel, metadata.ToIconDirEntry(frame.Size));
+        }
+    }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurFormat.cs

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the ICO format.
+/// Describes the CUR image format.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class CurFormat : IImageFormat<CurMetadata, CurFrameMetadata>
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Prevents a default instance of the <see cref="CurFormat"/> class from being created.
+    /// </summary>
     private CurFormat()
     {
     }
@@ -18,10 +21,10 @@ public sealed class CurFormat : IImageFormat<CurMetadata, CurFrameMetadata>
     public static CurFormat Instance { get; } = new();
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string Name => "ICO";
+    public string Name => "CUR";
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string DefaultMimeType => CurConstants.MimeTypes.First();
+    public string DefaultMimeType => "image/vnd.microsoft.icon";
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => CurConstants.MimeTypes;

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurFrameMetadata.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// IcoFrameMetadata.
+/// Provides CUR-specific metadata for an image frame.
 /// </summary>
 public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
 {
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
     {
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CurFrameMetadata"/> class by copying another instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="other">The metadata to copy.</param>
     private CurFrameMetadata(CurFrameMetadata other)
     {
         this.Compression = other.Compression;
@@ -28,10 +32,15 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
         this.EncodingWidth = other.EncodingWidth;
         this.EncodingHeight = other.EncodingHeight;
         this.BmpBitsPerPixel = other.BmpBitsPerPixel;
+
+        if (other.ColorTable?.Length > 0)
+        {
+            this.ColorTable = other.ColorTable.Value.ToArray();
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the frame compressions format.
+    /// Gets or sets the frame compression format.
     /// </summary>
     public IconFrameCompression Compression { get; set; }
 
@@ -46,14 +55,14 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
     public ushort HotspotY { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the encoding width. <br />
-    /// Can be any number between 0 and 255. Value 0 means a frame height of 256 pixels or greater.
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded width.
+    /// A value of zero represents 256 pixels or greater.
     /// </summary>
     public byte? EncodingWidth { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the encoding height. <br />
-    /// Can be any number between 0 and 255. Value 0 means a frame height of 256 pixels or greater.
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded height.
+    /// A value of zero represents 256 pixels or greater.
     /// </summary>
     public byte? EncodingHeight { get; set; }
 
@@ -104,7 +113,7 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
             BmpBitsPerPixel = bbpp,
             Compression = compression,
             EncodingWidth = ClampEncodingDimension(metadata.EncodingWidth),
-            EncodingHeight = ClampEncodingDimension(metadata.EncodingHeight),
+            EncodingHeight = ClampEncodingDimension(metadata.EncodingHeight)
         };
     }
 
@@ -134,6 +143,10 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public CurFrameMetadata DeepClone() => new(this);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the observable CUR directory values from an entry.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="entry">The source directory entry.</param>
     internal void FromIconDirEntry(IconDirEntry entry)
     {
         this.EncodingWidth = entry.Width;
@@ -142,6 +155,11 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
         this.HotspotY = entry.BitCount;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a CUR directory entry from this metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="size">The source frame size.</param>
+    /// <returns>The CUR directory entry.</returns>
     internal IconDirEntry ToIconDirEntry(Size size)
     {
         byte colorCount = this.Compression == IconFrameCompression.Png || this.BmpBitsPerPixel > BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8
@@ -158,6 +176,10 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
         };
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the pixel layout represented by this metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>The represented pixel layout.</returns>
     private PixelTypeInfo GetPixelTypeInfo()
     {
         int bpp = (int)this.BmpBitsPerPixel;
@@ -219,6 +241,13 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
         };
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Scales an encoded dimension after an image transform.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The encoded source dimension.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The full destination dimension.</param>
+    /// <param name="ratio">The destination-to-source scale ratio.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded destination dimension.</returns>
     private static byte ScaleEncodingDimension(byte? value, int destination, float ratio)
     {
         if (value is null)
@@ -226,9 +255,16 @@ public class CurFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<CurFrameMetadata>
             return ClampEncodingDimension(destination);
         }
 
-        return ClampEncodingDimension(MathF.Ceiling(value.Value * ratio));
+        // A stored zero represents 256 pixels, so scaling must expand it before applying the transform ratio.
+        int source = value.Value is 0 ? 256 : value.Value;
+        return ClampEncodingDimension(MathF.Ceiling(source * ratio));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a pixel dimension to the one-byte CUR representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dimension">The pixel dimension.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded dimension.</returns>
     private static byte ClampEncodingDimension(float? dimension)
         => dimension switch
         {

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Detects CUR file headers.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class CurImageFormatDetector : IImageFormatDetector
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public int HeaderSize => IconDir.Size + IconDirEntry.Size;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public bool TryDetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IImageFormat? format)
+    {
+        format = this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? CurFormat.Instance : null;
+        return format is not null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines whether the supplied header contains a valid CUR directory and first entry.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="header">The candidate file header.</param>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when the header identifies CUR data.</returns>
+    private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
+    {
+        if (header.Length < this.HeaderSize)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        IconDir dir = IconDir.Parse(header);
+        if (dir is not { Reserved: 0, Type: IconFileType.CUR } || dir.Count is 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        IconDirEntry entry = IconDirEntry.Parse(header[IconDir.Size..]);
+
+        // The first payload must begin after the complete directory, even when the caller supplied only the detection prefix.
+        return entry.Reserved is 0
+            && entry.BytesInRes is not 0
+            && entry.ImageOffset >= IconDir.Size + (dir.Count * IconDirEntry.Size);
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Cur/CurMetadata.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Provides Cur specific metadata information for the image.
+/// Provides CUR-specific metadata for an image.
 /// </summary>
 public class CurMetadata : IFormatMetadata<CurMetadata>
 {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class CurMetadata : IFormatMetadata<CurMetadata>
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the frame compressions format. Derived from the root frame.
+    /// Gets or sets the root frame compression format.
     /// </summary>
     public IconFrameCompression Compression { get; set; }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class CurMetadata : IFormatMetadata<CurMetadata>
     public BmpBitsPerPixel BmpBitsPerPixel { get; set; } = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the color table, if any. Derived from the root frame.<br/>
+    /// Gets or sets the root frame color table, if any.<br/>
     /// The underlying pixel format is represented by <see cref="Bgr24"/>.
     /// </summary>
     public ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? ColorTable { get; set; }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Exr/Compression/Decompressors/B44ExrCompression.cs

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ internal class B44ExrCompression : ExrBaseDecompressor
 {
     private readonly int channelCount;
 
-    private readonly byte[] scratch = new byte[14];
+    // B44 encodes each 4x4 block in either 3 or 14 bytes, so both representations share this inline storage.
+    private InlineArray14<byte> scratch;
 
-    private readonly ushort[] s = new ushort[16];
+    private InlineArray16<ushort> s;
 
     private readonly IMemoryOwner<ushort> tmpBuffer;
 
@@ -42,8 +43,11 @@ internal class B44ExrCompression : ExrBaseDecompressor
     {
         Span<ushort> outputBuffer = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ushort>(buffer);
         Span<ushort> decompressed = this.tmpBuffer.GetSpan();
+        Span<byte> scratch = this.scratch;
+        Span<ushort> samples = this.s;
         int outputOffset = 0;
         int bytesLeft = (int)compressedBytes;
+
         for (int i = 0; i < this.channelCount && bytesLeft > 0; i++)
         {
             for (int y = 0; y < this.RowsPerBlock; y += 4)
@@ -60,49 +64,49 @@ internal class B44ExrCompression : ExrBaseDecompressor
                 int rowOffset = 0;
                 for (int x = 0; x < this.Width && bytesLeft > 0; x += 4)
                 {
-                    int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.scratch, 0, 3);
+                    int bytesRead = stream.Read(scratch[..3]);
                     if (bytesRead == 0)
                     {
                         ExrThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Could not read enough data from the stream!");
                     }
 
                     // Check if 3-byte encoded flat field.
-                    if (this.scratch[2] >= 13 << 2)
+                    if (scratch[2] >= 13 << 2)
                     {
-                        Unpack3(this.scratch, this.s);
+                        Unpack3(scratch, samples);
                         bytesLeft -= 3;
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        bytesRead = stream.Read(this.scratch, 3, 11);
+                        bytesRead = stream.Read(scratch.Slice(3, 11));
                         if (bytesRead == 0)
                         {
                             ExrThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Could not read enough data from the stream!");
                         }
 
-                        Unpack14(this.scratch, this.s);
+                        Unpack14(scratch, samples);
                         bytesLeft -= 14;
                     }
 
                     int n = x + 3 < this.Width ? 4 : this.Width - x;
                     if (y + 3 < this.RowsPerBlock)
                     {
-                        this.s.AsSpan(0, n).CopyTo(row0[rowOffset..]);
-                        this.s.AsSpan(4, n).CopyTo(row1[rowOffset..]);
-                        this.s.AsSpan(8, n).CopyTo(row2[rowOffset..]);
-                        this.s.AsSpan(12, n).CopyTo(row3[rowOffset..]);
+                        samples[..n].CopyTo(row0[rowOffset..]);
+                        samples.Slice(4, n).CopyTo(row1[rowOffset..]);
+                        samples.Slice(8, n).CopyTo(row2[rowOffset..]);
+                        samples.Slice(12, n).CopyTo(row3[rowOffset..]);
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        this.s.AsSpan(0, n).CopyTo(row0[rowOffset..]);
+                        samples[..n].CopyTo(row0[rowOffset..]);
                         if (y + 1 < this.RowsPerBlock)
                         {
-                            this.s.AsSpan(4, n).CopyTo(row1[rowOffset..]);
+                            samples.Slice(4, n).CopyTo(row1[rowOffset..]);
                         }
 
                         if (y + 2 < this.RowsPerBlock)
                         {
-                            this.s.AsSpan(8, n).CopyTo(row2[rowOffset..]);
+                            samples.Slice(8, n).CopyTo(row2[rowOffset..]);
                         }
                     }
 

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Exr/ExrDecoderCore.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
     /// <summary>
     /// Reusable buffer.
     /// </summary>
-    private readonly byte[] buffer = new byte[8];
+    private InlineArray8<byte> buffer;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Used for allocating memory during processing operations.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Exr/ExrEncoderCore.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
     /// <summary>
     /// Reusable buffer.
     /// </summary>
-    private readonly byte[] buffer = new byte[8];
+    private InlineArray8<byte> buffer;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Used for allocating memory during processing operations.
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
 
         // Write magick bytes.
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, ExrConstants.MagickBytes);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         // Version number.
         this.buffer[0] = 2;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
         this.buffer[1] = 0;
         this.buffer[2] = 0;
         this.buffer[3] = 0;
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         // Write EXR header.
         this.WriteHeader(stream, header);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
 
             // Write row index.
             BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, y);
-            stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+            stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
             // At this point, it is not yet known how much bytes the compressed data will take up, keep stream position.
             long pixelDataSizePos = stream.Position;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
             // Write pixel row data size.
             BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, compressedBytes);
             stream.Position = pixelDataSizePos;
-            stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+            stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
             stream.Position = positionAfterPixelData;
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
 
             // Write row index.
             BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, y);
-            stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+            stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
             // At this point, it is not yet known how much bytes the compressed data will take up, keep stream position.
             long pixelDataSizePos = stream.Position;
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
             // Write pixel row data size.
             BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, compressedBytes);
             stream.Position = pixelDataSizePos;
-            stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+            stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
             stream.Position = positionAfterPixelData;
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
         WriteString(stream, channelInfo.ChannelName);
 
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, (int)channelInfo.PixelType);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         stream.WriteByte(channelInfo.Linear);
 
@@ -528,10 +528,10 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
         stream.WriteByte(0);
 
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, channelInfo.XSampling);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, channelInfo.YSampling);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
 
         // Write attribute size.
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, (uint)size);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -656,16 +656,16 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
     private void WriteBoxInteger(Stream stream, ExrBox2i box)
     {
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, box.XMin);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, box.YMin);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, box.XMax);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
 
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, box.YMax);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ internal sealed class ExrEncoderCore
     private unsafe void WriteSingle(Stream stream, float value)
     {
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, *(int*)&value);
-        stream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
+        stream.Write(this.buffer[..4]);
     }
 
     /// <summary>

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
     /// <summary>
     /// The temp buffer used to reduce allocations.
     /// </summary>
-    private ScratchBuffer buffer;   // mutable struct, don't make readonly
+    private InlineArray16<byte> buffer; // mutable struct, don't make readonly
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The global color table.
@@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
     /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="BufferedReadStream"/> containing image data.</param>
     private void ReadGraphicalControlExtension(BufferedReadStream stream)
     {
-        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer.Span, 0, 6);
+        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer, 0, 6);
         if (bytesRead != 6)
         {
             GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Not enough data to read the graphic control extension");
         }
 
-        this.graphicsControlExtension = GifGraphicControlExtension.Parse(this.buffer.Span);
+        this.graphicsControlExtension = GifGraphicControlExtension.Parse(this.buffer);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
     /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="BufferedReadStream"/> containing image data.</param>
     private void ReadImageDescriptor(BufferedReadStream stream)
     {
-        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer.Span, 0, 9);
+        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer, 0, 9);
         if (bytesRead != 9)
         {
             GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Not enough data to read the image descriptor");
         }
 
-        this.imageDescriptor = GifImageDescriptor.Parse(this.buffer.Span);
+        this.imageDescriptor = GifImageDescriptor.Parse(this.buffer);
         if (this.imageDescriptor.Height == 0 || this.imageDescriptor.Width == 0)
         {
             GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Width or height should not be 0");
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
     /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="BufferedReadStream"/> containing image data.</param>
     private void ReadLogicalScreenDescriptor(BufferedReadStream stream)
     {
-        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer.Span, 0, 7);
+        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer, 0, 7);
         if (bytesRead != 7)
         {
             GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Not enough data to read the logical screen descriptor");
         }
 
-        this.logicalScreenDescriptor = GifLogicalScreenDescriptor.Parse(this.buffer.Span);
+        this.logicalScreenDescriptor = GifLogicalScreenDescriptor.Parse(this.buffer);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -353,13 +353,13 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
         // If the length is 11 then it's a valid extension and most likely
         // a NETSCAPE, XMP or ANIMEXTS extension. We want the loop count from this.
         long position = stream.Position;
-        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer.Span, 0, GifConstants.ApplicationBlockSize);
+        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer, 0, GifConstants.ApplicationBlockSize);
         if (bytesRead != GifConstants.ApplicationBlockSize)
         {
             GifThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidImageContentException("Unexpected end of stream while reading gif application extension");
         }
 
-        bool isXmp = this.buffer.Span.StartsWith(GifConstants.XmpApplicationIdentificationBytes);
+        bool isXmp = ((ReadOnlySpan<byte>)this.buffer).StartsWith(GifConstants.XmpApplicationIdentificationBytes);
         if (isXmp)
         {
             this.ReadXmpApplicationExtension(stream, position, appLength);
@@ -447,13 +447,13 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
     /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="BufferedReadStream"/> containing image data.</param>
     private void ReadNetscapeApplicationExtensionData(BufferedReadStream stream)
     {
-        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer.Span, 0, GifConstants.NetscapeLoopingSubBlockSize);
+        int bytesRead = stream.Read(this.buffer, 0, GifConstants.NetscapeLoopingSubBlockSize);
         if (bytesRead != GifConstants.NetscapeLoopingSubBlockSize)
         {
             throw new InvalidImageContentException("Unexpected end of stream while reading gif application extension");
         }
 
-        this.gifMetadata!.RepeatCount = GifNetscapeLoopingApplicationExtension.Parse(this.buffer.Span[1..]).RepeatCount;
+        this.gifMetadata!.RepeatCount = GifNetscapeLoopingApplicationExtension.Parse(this.buffer[1..]).RepeatCount;
 
         int terminator = stream.ReadByte();
         if (terminator == -1)
@@ -996,12 +996,4 @@ internal sealed class GifDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
             this.gifMetadata.BackgroundColor = globalColorTable.Value.Span[index];
         }
     }
-
-    private unsafe struct ScratchBuffer
-    {
-        private const int Size = 16;
-        private fixed byte scratch[Size];
-
-        public Span<byte> Span => MemoryMarshal.CreateSpan(ref this.scratch[0], Size);
-    }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
-
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the Ico format.
+/// Registers the image encoder, decoder, and format detector for the ICO format.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class IcoConfigurationModule : IImageFormatConfigurationModule
 {
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ public sealed class IcoConfigurationModule : IImageFormatConfigurationModule
     {
         configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(IcoFormat.Instance, new IcoEncoder());
         configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(IcoFormat.Instance, IcoDecoder.Instance);
-        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new IconImageFormatDetector());
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new IcoImageFormatDetector());
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoConstants.cs

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Defines constants relating to ICOs
+/// Defines constants used by the ICO format.
 /// </summary>
 internal static class IcoConstants
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The list of mime types that equate to a ico.
+    /// The MIME types that identify ICO data.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// See <see href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format)#MIME_type"/>
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ internal static class IcoConstants
         "image/ico",
         "image/icon",
         "text/ico",
-        "application/ico",
+        "application/ico"
     ];
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// The list of file extensions that equate to a ico.
+    /// The file extensions that identify ICO data.
     /// </summary>
     public static readonly IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions = ["ico"];
-
-    public const uint FileHeader = 0x00_01_00_00;
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoDecoder.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Decoder for generating an image out of a ico encoded stream.
+/// Decoder for generating an image from an ICO encoded stream.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class IcoDecoder : ImageDecoder
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IcoDecoder"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
     private IcoDecoder()
     {
     }
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ public sealed class IcoDecoder : ImageDecoder
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override Image Decode(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-            => this.Decode<Rgba32>(options, stream, cancellationToken);
+        => this.Decode<Rgba32>(options, stream, cancellationToken);
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override ImageInfo Identify(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoDecoderCore.cs

@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Decodes ICO containers and maps directory metadata to ICO metadata.
+/// </summary>
 internal sealed class IcoDecoderCore : IconDecoderCore
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IcoDecoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="options">The decoder options.</param>
     public IcoDecoderCore(DecoderOptions options)
-        : base(options)
+        : base(options, IconFileType.ICO)
     {
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override void SetFrameMetadata(
         ImageMetadata imageMetadata,
         ImageFrameMetadata frameMetadata,
@@ -31,10 +39,10 @@ internal sealed class IcoDecoderCore : IconDecoderCore
 
         if (index == 0)
         {
-            IcoMetadata curMetadata = imageMetadata.GetIcoMetadata();
-            curMetadata.Compression = compression;
-            curMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = bitsPerPixel;
-            curMetadata.ColorTable = colorTable;
+            IcoMetadata icoMetadata = imageMetadata.GetIcoMetadata();
+            icoMetadata.Compression = compression;
+            icoMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = bitsPerPixel;
+            icoMetadata.ColorTable = colorTable;
         }
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoEncoder.cs

@@ -10,8 +10,5 @@ public sealed class IcoEncoder : QuantizingImageEncoder
 {
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        IcoEncoderCore encoderCore = new(this);
-        encoderCore.Encode(image, stream, cancellationToken);
-    }
+        => new IcoEncoderCore(this).Encode(image, stream, cancellationToken);
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoEncoderCore.cs

@@ -2,13 +2,46 @@
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Encodes ICO containers using ICO frame metadata.
+/// </summary>
 internal sealed class IcoEncoderCore : IconEncoderCore
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IcoEncoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder options.</param>
     public IcoEncoderCore(QuantizingImageEncoder encoder)
         : base(encoder, IconFileType.ICO)
     {
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes all source frames as an ICO resource.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+        => this.Encode(image, stream, default(IcoFrameMetadataProvider), cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Supplies ICO frame metadata to the shared container encoder.
+    /// </summary>
+    private readonly struct IcoFrameMetadataProvider : IEncodingFrameMetadataProvider
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public EncodingFrameMetadata GetEncodingFrameMetadata(ImageFrame frame, out ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable)
+        {
+            IcoFrameMetadata metadata = frame.Metadata.GetIcoMetadata();
+            colorTable = metadata.ColorTable;
+            return new EncodingFrameMetadata(metadata.Compression, metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel, metadata.ToIconDirEntry(frame.Size));
+        }
+    }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoFormat.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class IcoFormat : IImageFormat<IcoMetadata, IcoFrameMetadata>
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Prevents a default instance of the <see cref="IcoFormat"/> class from being created.
+    /// </summary>
     private IcoFormat()
     {
     }
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ public sealed class IcoFormat : IImageFormat<IcoMetadata, IcoFrameMetadata>
     public string Name => "ICO";
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string DefaultMimeType => IcoConstants.MimeTypes.First();
+    public string DefaultMimeType => "image/vnd.microsoft.icon";
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => IcoConstants.MimeTypes;

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoFrameMetadata.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Provides Ico specific metadata information for the image frame.
+/// Provides ICO-specific metadata for an image frame.
 /// </summary>
 public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
 {
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
     {
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IcoFrameMetadata"/> class by copying another instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="other">The metadata to copy.</param>
     private IcoFrameMetadata(IcoFrameMetadata other)
     {
         this.Compression = other.Compression;
@@ -34,19 +38,19 @@ public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the frame compressions format.
+    /// Gets or sets the frame compression format.
     /// </summary>
     public IconFrameCompression Compression { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the encoding width. <br />
-    /// Can be any number between 0 and 255. Value 0 means a frame height of 256 pixels or greater.
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded width.
+    /// A value of zero represents 256 pixels or greater.
     /// </summary>
     public byte? EncodingWidth { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the encoding height. <br />
-    /// Can be any number between 0 and 255. Value 0 means a frame height of 256 pixels or greater.
+    /// Gets or sets the encoded height.
+    /// A value of zero represents 256 pixels or greater.
     /// </summary>
     public byte? EncodingHeight { get; set; }
 
@@ -127,12 +131,21 @@ public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public IcoFrameMetadata DeepClone() => new(this);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the observable ICO directory values from an entry.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="entry">The source directory entry.</param>
     internal void FromIconDirEntry(IconDirEntry entry)
     {
         this.EncodingWidth = entry.Width;
         this.EncodingHeight = entry.Height;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates an ICO directory entry from this metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="size">The source frame size.</param>
+    /// <returns>The ICO directory entry.</returns>
     internal IconDirEntry ToIconDirEntry(Size size)
     {
         byte colorCount = this.Compression == IconFrameCompression.Png || this.BmpBitsPerPixel > BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8
@@ -148,11 +161,15 @@ public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
             BitCount = this.Compression switch
             {
                 IconFrameCompression.Bmp => (ushort)this.BmpBitsPerPixel,
-                IconFrameCompression.Png or _ => 32,
-            },
+                IconFrameCompression.Png or _ => 32
+            }
         };
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the pixel layout represented by this metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>The represented pixel layout.</returns>
     private PixelTypeInfo GetPixelTypeInfo()
     {
         int bpp = (int)this.BmpBitsPerPixel;
@@ -214,6 +231,13 @@ public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
         };
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Scales an encoded dimension after an image transform.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The encoded source dimension.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The full destination dimension.</param>
+    /// <param name="ratio">The destination-to-source scale ratio.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded destination dimension.</returns>
     private static byte ScaleEncodingDimension(byte? value, int destination, float ratio)
     {
         if (value is null)
@@ -221,9 +245,16 @@ public class IcoFrameMetadata : IFormatFrameMetadata<IcoFrameMetadata>
             return ClampEncodingDimension(destination);
         }
 
-        return ClampEncodingDimension(MathF.Ceiling(value.Value * ratio));
+        // A stored zero represents 256 pixels, so scaling must expand it before applying the transform ratio.
+        int source = value.Value is 0 ? 256 : value.Value;
+        return ClampEncodingDimension(MathF.Ceiling(source * ratio));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a pixel dimension to the one-byte ICO representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dimension">The pixel dimension.</param>
+    /// <returns>The encoded dimension.</returns>
     private static byte ClampEncodingDimension(float? dimension)
         => dimension switch
         {

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Detects ICO file headers.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class IcoImageFormatDetector : IImageFormatDetector
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public int HeaderSize => IconDir.Size + IconDirEntry.Size;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public bool TryDetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IImageFormat? format)
+    {
+        format = this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? IcoFormat.Instance : null;
+        return format is not null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines whether the supplied header contains a valid ICO directory and first entry.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="header">The candidate file header.</param>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when the header identifies ICO data.</returns>
+    private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
+    {
+        if (header.Length < this.HeaderSize)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        IconDir dir = IconDir.Parse(header);
+        if (dir is not { Reserved: 0, Type: IconFileType.ICO } || dir.Count is 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        IconDirEntry entry = IconDirEntry.Parse(header[IconDir.Size..]);
+
+        // The first payload must begin after the complete directory, even when the caller supplied only the detection prefix.
+        return entry is { Reserved: 0, Planes: 0 or 1, BitCount: 1 or 4 or 8 or 16 or 24 or 32 }
+            && entry.BytesInRes is not 0
+            && entry.ImageOffset >= IconDir.Size + (dir.Count * IconDirEntry.Size);
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Ico/IcoMetadata.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Provides Ico specific metadata information for the image.
+/// Provides ICO-specific metadata for an image.
 /// </summary>
 public class IcoMetadata : IFormatMetadata<IcoMetadata>
 {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class IcoMetadata : IFormatMetadata<IcoMetadata>
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the frame compressions format. Derived from the root frame.
+    /// Gets or sets the root frame compression format.
     /// </summary>
     public IconFrameCompression Compression { get; set; }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class IcoMetadata : IFormatMetadata<IcoMetadata>
     public BmpBitsPerPixel BmpBitsPerPixel { get; set; } = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the color table, if any. Derived from the root frame.<br/>
+    /// Gets or sets the root frame color table, if any.<br/>
     /// The underlying pixel format is represented by <see cref="Bgr24"/>.
     /// </summary>
     public ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? ColorTable { get; set; }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconDecoderCore.cs

@@ -9,15 +9,28 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Decodes the shared ICO/CUR directory and embedded BMP or PNG frame payloads.
+/// </summary>
 internal abstract class IconDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
 {
+    private readonly IconFileType iconFileType;
     private IconDir fileHeader;
     private IconDirEntry[]? entries;
 
-    protected IconDecoderCore(DecoderOptions options)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reusable storage for an icon directory entry and smaller fixed values.
+    /// </summary>
+    private InlineArray16<byte> buffer;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IconDecoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="options">The decoder options.</param>
+    /// <param name="iconFileType">The expected icon container type.</param>
+    protected IconDecoderCore(DecoderOptions options, IconFileType iconFileType)
         : base(options)
-    {
-    }
+        => this.iconFileType = iconFileType;
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     protected override Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -26,108 +39,125 @@ internal abstract class IconDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
         long basePosition = stream.Position;
         this.ReadHeader(stream);
 
-        Span<byte> flag = stackalloc byte[PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length];
-
-        List<(Image<TPixel> Image, IconFrameCompression Compression, int Index)> decodedEntries
-            = new((int)Math.Min(this.entries.Length, this.Options.MaxFrames));
+        int entryCount = this.entries.Length;
+        (int EntryIndex, Image<TPixel> Image, IconFrameCompression Compression)[] decodedEntries = new (int, Image<TPixel>, IconFrameCompression)[entryCount];
+        int decodedCount = 0;
+        IconFrameStream frameStream = new(stream);
+        this.Dimensions = default;
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < this.entries.Length; i++)
+        try
         {
-            if (i == this.Options.MaxFrames)
+            for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; i++)
             {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            ref IconDirEntry entry = ref this.entries[i];
+                int entryIndex = i;
 
-            // If we hit the end of the stream we should break.
-            if (stream.Seek(basePosition + entry.ImageOffset, SeekOrigin.Begin) >= stream.Length)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            // There should always be enough bytes for this regardless of the entry type.
-            if (stream.Read(flag) != PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
+                this.ExecuteImageDataSegmentAction(() =>
+                {
+                    cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            // Reset the stream position.
-            _ = stream.Seek(-PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length, SeekOrigin.Current);
+                    ref IconDirEntry entry = ref this.entries[entryIndex];
+                    this.SetFrameStreamBounds(frameStream, stream, basePosition, entry);
+                    Span<byte> flag = this.buffer[..PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length];
+                    CheckEndOfStream(frameStream.Read(flag), flag.Length);
+                    frameStream.Position = 0;
 
-            bool isPng = flag.SequenceEqual(PngConstants.HeaderBytes);
+                    bool isPng = flag.SequenceEqual(PngConstants.HeaderBytes);
+                    IconFrameCompression compression = isPng ? IconFrameCompression.Png : IconFrameCompression.Bmp;
 
-            // Decode the frame into a temp image buffer. This is disposed after the frame is copied to the result.
-            Image<TPixel> temp = this.GetDecoder(isPng).Decode<TPixel>(this.Options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken);
-            decodedEntries.Add((temp, isPng ? IconFrameCompression.Png : IconFrameCompression.Bmp, i));
+                    // Frames remain alive until the largest decoded dimensions are known and the common canvas can be allocated.
+                    Image<TPixel> decoded = this.GetDecoder(isPng).Decode<TPixel>(this.Options.Configuration, frameStream, cancellationToken);
+                    decodedEntries[decodedCount++] = (entryIndex, decoded, compression);
 
-            // Since Windows Vista, the size of an image is determined from the BITMAPINFOHEADER structure or PNG image data
-            // which technically allows storing icons with larger than 256 pixels, but such larger sizes are not recommended by Microsoft.
-            this.Dimensions = new Size(Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Width, temp.Size.Width), Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Height, temp.Size.Height));
-        }
+                    // The embedded header is authoritative because a zero directory dimension can represent 256 pixels or a larger Vista-era PNG.
+                    this.Dimensions = new(Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Width, decoded.Width), Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Height, decoded.Height));
+                });
+            }
 
-        ImageMetadata metadata = new();
-        BmpMetadata? bmpMetadata = null;
-        PngMetadata? pngMetadata = null;
-        Image<TPixel> result = new(this.Options.Configuration, metadata, decodedEntries.Select(x =>
-        {
-            BmpBitsPerPixel bitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
-            ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable = null;
-            ImageFrame<TPixel> target = new(this.Options.Configuration, this.Dimensions);
-            ImageFrame<TPixel> source = x.Image.Frames.RootFrameUnsafe;
-            for (int y = 0; y < source.Height; y++)
+            if (decodedCount is 0)
             {
-                source.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y).CopyTo(target.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y));
+                throw new InvalidImageContentException("The icon file does not contain any decodable image entries.");
             }
 
-            // Copy the format specific frame metadata to the image.
-            if (x.Compression is IconFrameCompression.Png)
+            // General profiles belong to the icon result even though the first successfully decoded child image is temporary.
+            ImageMetadata metadata = decodedEntries[0].Image.Metadata.DeepClone();
+            BmpMetadata? bmpMetadata = null;
+            PngMetadata? pngMetadata = null;
+            ImageFrame<TPixel>[] frames = new ImageFrame<TPixel>[decodedCount];
+            int initializedFrameCount = 0;
+
+            try
             {
-                if (x.Index == 0)
+                for (int i = 0; i < decodedCount; i++)
                 {
-                    pngMetadata = x.Image.Metadata.GetPngMetadata();
+                    BmpBitsPerPixel bitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
+                    ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable = null;
+                    Image<TPixel> decoded = decodedEntries[i].Image;
+                    ref IconDirEntry entry = ref this.entries[decodedEntries[i].EntryIndex];
+                    ImageFrame<TPixel> source = decoded.Frames.RootFrameUnsafe;
+                    ImageFrame<TPixel> target = new(this.Options.Configuration, this.Dimensions, source.Metadata.DeepClone());
+                    frames[i] = target;
+                    initializedFrameCount++;
+
+                    for (int y = 0; y < source.Height; y++)
+                    {
+                        source.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y).CopyTo(target.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y));
+                    }
+
+                    // Preserve both the embedded format metadata and the ICO/CUR directory metadata on the output frame.
+                    if (decodedEntries[i].Compression is IconFrameCompression.Png)
+                    {
+                        if (i == 0)
+                        {
+                            pngMetadata = decoded.Metadata.GetPngMetadata();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        BmpMetadata currentBmpMetadata = decoded.Metadata.GetBmpMetadata();
+                        bitsPerPixel = currentBmpMetadata.BitsPerPixel;
+                        colorTable = currentBmpMetadata.ColorTable;
+
+                        if (i == 0)
+                        {
+                            bmpMetadata = currentBmpMetadata;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    this.SetFrameMetadata(metadata, target.Metadata, i, entry, decodedEntries[i].Compression, bitsPerPixel, colorTable);
                 }
 
-                target.Metadata.SetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance, target.Metadata.GetPngMetadata());
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                BmpMetadata meta = x.Image.Metadata.GetBmpMetadata();
-                bitsPerPixel = meta.BitsPerPixel;
-                colorTable = meta.ColorTable;
-
-                if (x.Index == 0)
+                // Embedded metadata belongs to the container even though the temporary decoded images are disposed below.
+                if (bmpMetadata is not null)
                 {
-                    bmpMetadata = meta;
+                    metadata.SetFormatMetadata(BmpFormat.Instance, bmpMetadata);
                 }
-            }
-
-            this.SetFrameMetadata(
-                metadata,
-                target.Metadata,
-                x.Index,
-                this.entries[x.Index],
-                x.Compression,
-                bitsPerPixel,
-                colorTable);
 
-            x.Image.Dispose();
+                if (pngMetadata is not null)
+                {
+                    metadata.SetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance, pngMetadata);
+                }
 
-            return target;
-        }).ToArray());
+                Image<TPixel> result = new(this.Options.Configuration, metadata, frames);
 
-        // Copy the format specific metadata to the image.
-        if (bmpMetadata != null)
-        {
-            result.Metadata.SetFormatMetadata(BmpFormat.Instance, bmpMetadata);
+                // Ownership of every output frame transfers to the result only after construction succeeds.
+                initializedFrameCount = 0;
+                return result;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < initializedFrameCount; i++)
+                {
+                    frames[i].Dispose();
+                }
+            }
         }
-
-        if (pngMetadata != null)
+        finally
         {
-            result.Metadata.SetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance, pngMetadata);
+            for (int i = 0; i < decodedCount; i++)
+            {
+                decodedEntries[i].Image.Dispose();
+            }
         }
-
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -137,87 +167,94 @@ internal abstract class IconDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
         long basePosition = stream.Position;
         this.ReadHeader(stream);
 
-        Span<byte> flag = stackalloc byte[PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length];
-
         ImageMetadata metadata = new();
         BmpMetadata? bmpMetadata = null;
         PngMetadata? pngMetadata = null;
-        ImageFrameMetadata[] frames = new ImageFrameMetadata[Math.Min(this.fileHeader.Count, this.Options.MaxFrames)];
-        int bpp = 0;
+        ImageFrameMetadata[] frames = new ImageFrameMetadata[this.entries.Length];
+        int frameCount = 0;
+        IconFrameStream frameStream = new(stream);
+        this.Dimensions = default;
+
         for (int i = 0; i < frames.Length; i++)
         {
-            BmpBitsPerPixel bitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
-            ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable = null;
-            ref IconDirEntry entry = ref this.entries[i];
+            int entryIndex = i;
 
-            // If we hit the end of the stream we should break.
-            if (stream.Seek(basePosition + entry.ImageOffset, SeekOrigin.Begin) >= stream.Length)
+            this.ExecuteImageDataSegmentAction(() =>
             {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            // There should always be enough bytes for this regardless of the entry type.
-            if (stream.Read(flag) != PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            // Reset the stream position.
-            _ = stream.Seek(-PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length, SeekOrigin.Current);
+                BmpBitsPerPixel bitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
+                ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable = null;
+                ref IconDirEntry entry = ref this.entries[entryIndex];
+                this.SetFrameStreamBounds(frameStream, stream, basePosition, entry);
+                Span<byte> flag = this.buffer[..PngConstants.HeaderBytes.Length];
+                CheckEndOfStream(frameStream.Read(flag), flag.Length);
+                frameStream.Position = 0;
 
-            bool isPng = flag.SequenceEqual(PngConstants.HeaderBytes);
+                bool isPng = flag.SequenceEqual(PngConstants.HeaderBytes);
+                ImageInfo frameInfo = this.GetDecoder(isPng).Identify(this.Options.Configuration, frameStream, cancellationToken);
+                ImageFrameMetadata frameMetadata = frameInfo.FrameMetadataCollection.Count is 0 ? new ImageFrameMetadata() : frameInfo.FrameMetadataCollection[0].DeepClone();
 
-            // Decode the frame into a temp image buffer. This is disposed after the frame is copied to the result.
-            ImageInfo frameInfo = this.GetDecoder(isPng).Identify(this.Options.Configuration, stream, cancellationToken);
-
-            ImageFrameMetadata frameMetadata = new();
-
-            if (isPng)
-            {
-                if (i == 0)
+                if (frameCount is 0)
                 {
-                    pngMetadata = frameInfo.Metadata.GetPngMetadata();
+                    // The container has one image-level metadata object, so the first valid entry supplies general profiles and resolution.
+                    ImageMetadata sourceMetadata = frameInfo.Metadata;
+                    metadata.HorizontalResolution = sourceMetadata.HorizontalResolution;
+                    metadata.VerticalResolution = sourceMetadata.VerticalResolution;
+                    metadata.ResolutionUnits = sourceMetadata.ResolutionUnits;
+                    metadata.ExifProfile = sourceMetadata.ExifProfile?.DeepClone();
+                    metadata.IccProfile = sourceMetadata.IccProfile?.DeepClone();
+                    metadata.IptcProfile = sourceMetadata.IptcProfile?.DeepClone();
+                    metadata.XmpProfile = sourceMetadata.XmpProfile?.DeepClone();
+                    metadata.CicpProfile = sourceMetadata.CicpProfile?.DeepClone();
                 }
 
-                frameMetadata.SetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance, frameInfo.FrameMetadataCollection[0].GetPngMetadata());
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                BmpMetadata meta = frameInfo.Metadata.GetBmpMetadata();
-                bitsPerPixel = meta.BitsPerPixel;
-                colorTable = meta.ColorTable;
-
-                if (i == 0)
+                if (isPng)
                 {
-                    bmpMetadata = meta;
+                    if (frameCount is 0)
+                    {
+                        pngMetadata = frameInfo.Metadata.GetPngMetadata();
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    BmpMetadata currentBmpMetadata = frameInfo.Metadata.GetBmpMetadata();
+                    bitsPerPixel = currentBmpMetadata.BitsPerPixel;
+                    colorTable = currentBmpMetadata.ColorTable;
+
+                    if (frameCount is 0)
+                    {
+                        bmpMetadata = currentBmpMetadata;
+                    }
                 }
-            }
 
-            bpp = Math.Max(bpp, (int)bitsPerPixel);
+                IconFrameCompression compression = isPng ? IconFrameCompression.Png : IconFrameCompression.Bmp;
+                this.SetFrameMetadata(metadata, frameMetadata, frameCount, entry, compression, bitsPerPixel, colorTable);
+                frames[frameCount++] = frameMetadata;
 
-            frames[i] = frameMetadata;
+                // Identification uses the same embedded-header dimensions as decoding, without allocating pixel buffers.
+                this.Dimensions = new(Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Width, frameInfo.Width), Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Height, frameInfo.Height));
+            });
+        }
 
-            this.SetFrameMetadata(
-                metadata,
-                frames[i],
-                i,
-                this.entries[i],
-                isPng ? IconFrameCompression.Png : IconFrameCompression.Bmp,
-                bitsPerPixel,
-                colorTable);
+        if (frameCount is 0)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The icon file does not contain any identifiable image entries.");
+        }
 
-            // Since Windows Vista, the size of an image is determined from the BITMAPINFOHEADER structure or PNG image data
-            // which technically allows storing icons with larger than 256 pixels, but such larger sizes are not recommended by Microsoft.
-            this.Dimensions = new Size(Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Width, frameInfo.Size.Width), Math.Max(this.Dimensions.Height, frameInfo.Size.Height));
+        if (frameCount != frames.Length)
+        {
+            // Preserve successfully identified frames when truncated image data ends the scan before the declared directory count.
+            Array.Resize(ref frames, frameCount);
         }
 
         // Copy the format specific metadata to the image.
-        if (bmpMetadata != null)
+        if (bmpMetadata is not null)
         {
             metadata.SetFormatMetadata(BmpFormat.Instance, bmpMetadata);
         }
 
-        if (pngMetadata != null)
+        if (pngMetadata is not null)
         {
             metadata.SetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance, pngMetadata);
         }
@@ -225,6 +262,16 @@ internal abstract class IconDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
         return new ImageInfo(this.Dimensions, metadata, frames);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies format-specific directory and embedded-frame metadata to an output frame.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="imageMetadata">The output image metadata.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameMetadata">The output frame metadata.</param>
+    /// <param name="index">The directory entry index.</param>
+    /// <param name="entry">The directory entry.</param>
+    /// <param name="compression">The embedded frame compression.</param>
+    /// <param name="bitsPerPixel">The embedded bitmap bit depth.</param>
+    /// <param name="colorTable">The embedded bitmap color table.</param>
     protected abstract void SetFrameMetadata(
         ImageMetadata imageMetadata,
         ImageFrameMetadata frameMetadata,
@@ -234,58 +281,45 @@ internal abstract class IconDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
         BmpBitsPerPixel bitsPerPixel,
         ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads the icon directory entries needed by the configured frame limit.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The source stream.</param>
     [MemberNotNull(nameof(entries))]
-    protected void ReadHeader(Stream stream)
+    private void ReadHeader(Stream stream)
     {
-        Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[IconDirEntry.Size];
+        Span<byte> buffer = this.buffer;
 
         // ICONDIR
-        _ = CheckEndOfStream(stream.Read(buffer[..IconDir.Size]), IconDir.Size);
+        CheckEndOfStream(stream.Read(buffer[..IconDir.Size]), IconDir.Size);
         this.fileHeader = IconDir.Parse(buffer);
+        if (this.fileHeader.Reserved != 0 || this.fileHeader.Type != this.iconFileType || this.fileHeader.Count == 0)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The icon directory header is invalid.");
+        }
 
         // ICONDIRENTRY
-        this.entries = new IconDirEntry[this.fileHeader.Count];
+        int entryCount = (int)Math.Min(this.fileHeader.Count, this.Options.MaxFrames);
+        this.entries = new IconDirEntry[entryCount];
         for (int i = 0; i < this.entries.Length; i++)
         {
-            _ = CheckEndOfStream(stream.Read(buffer[..IconDirEntry.Size]), IconDirEntry.Size);
+            CheckEndOfStream(stream.Read(buffer[..IconDirEntry.Size]), IconDirEntry.Size);
             this.entries[i] = IconDirEntry.Parse(buffer);
         }
-
-        int width = 0;
-        int height = 0;
-        foreach (IconDirEntry entry in this.entries)
-        {
-            // Since Windows 95 size of an image in the ICONDIRENTRY structure might
-            // be set to zero, which means 256 pixels.
-            if (entry.Width == 0)
-            {
-                width = 256;
-            }
-
-            if (entry.Height == 0)
-            {
-                height = 256;
-            }
-
-            if (width == 256 && height == 256)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            width = Math.Max(width, entry.Width);
-            height = Math.Max(height, entry.Height);
-        }
-
-        this.Dimensions = new Size(width, height);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates the decoder configured for an embedded PNG or headerless, double-height bitmap frame.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="isPng">Whether the embedded frame has a PNG signature.</param>
+    /// <returns>The configured frame decoder.</returns>
     private ImageDecoderCore GetDecoder(bool isPng)
     {
         if (isPng)
         {
             return new PngDecoderCore(new PngDecoderOptions
             {
-                GeneralOptions = this.Options,
+                GeneralOptions = this.Options
             });
         }
 
@@ -294,17 +328,59 @@ internal abstract class IconDecoderCore : ImageDecoderCore
             GeneralOptions = this.Options,
             ProcessedAlphaMask = true,
             SkipFileHeader = true,
-            UseDoubleHeight = true,
+            UseDoubleHeight = true
         });
     }
 
-    private static int CheckEndOfStream(int v, int length)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a seekable view bounded to one directory entry's declared payload.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="frameStream">The reusable bounded payload stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The containing icon stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="basePosition">The absolute start of the icon resource.</param>
+    /// <param name="entry">The directory entry describing the payload.</param>
+    private void SetFrameStreamBounds(IconFrameStream frameStream, BufferedReadStream stream, long basePosition, in IconDirEntry entry)
     {
-        if (v != length)
+        long available = stream.Length - basePosition;
+        uint directorySize = (uint)(IconDir.Size + (this.fileHeader.Count * IconDirEntry.Size));
+
+        // Offsets are relative to the icon resource and must not point into its directory or beyond its containing stream.
+        if (entry.Reserved is not 0
+            || entry.BytesInRes is 0
+            || entry.ImageOffset < directorySize
+            || entry.ImageOffset > available)
         {
-            throw new InvalidImageContentException("Not enough bytes to read icon header.");
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The icon directory contains an invalid image resource range.");
         }
 
-        return v;
+        long remaining = available - entry.ImageOffset;
+        long length = entry.BytesInRes;
+        if (length > remaining)
+        {
+            if (this.fileHeader.Count is not 1)
+            {
+                // Clamping a multi-entry resource could expose the next image payload to the current child decoder.
+                throw new InvalidImageContentException("The icon directory contains an invalid image resource range.");
+            }
+
+            // Some established single-image ICO files overstate BytesInRes but contain a complete payload.
+            // The containing stream is still a safe hard boundary because no sibling image can follow it.
+            length = remaining;
+        }
+
+        frameStream.Reset(basePosition + entry.ImageOffset, length);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ensures that a complete fixed-size directory structure was read.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="bytesRead">The number of bytes read.</param>
+    /// <param name="expectedLength">The required structure length.</param>
+    private static void CheckEndOfStream(int bytesRead, int expectedLength)
+    {
+        if (bytesRead != expectedLength)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("Not enough bytes to read icon header.");
+        }
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconDir.cs

@@ -5,39 +5,65 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents an ICO or CUR file directory header.
+/// </summary>
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1, Size = Size)]
-internal struct IconDir(ushort reserved, IconFileType type, ushort count)
+internal struct IconDir
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The serialized directory-header size in bytes.
+    /// </summary>
     public const int Size = 3 * sizeof(ushort);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Reserved. Must always be 0.
     /// </summary>
-    public ushort Reserved = reserved;
+    public ushort Reserved;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Specifies image type: 1 for icon (.ICO) image, 2 for cursor (.CUR) image. Other values are invalid.
     /// </summary>
-    public IconFileType Type = type;
+    public IconFileType Type;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Specifies number of images in the file.
     /// </summary>
-    public ushort Count = count;
+    public ushort Count;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IconDir"/> struct.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="type">The icon file type.</param>
     public IconDir(IconFileType type)
         : this(type, 0)
     {
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IconDir"/> struct.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="type">The icon file type.</param>
+    /// <param name="count">The number of directory entries.</param>
     public IconDir(IconFileType type, ushort count)
-        : this(0, type, count)
     {
+        this.Reserved = 0;
+        this.Type = type;
+        this.Count = count;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses an icon directory header from its byte representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="data">The icon directory header data.</param>
+    /// <returns>The parsed icon directory header.</returns>
     public static IconDir Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
         => MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, IconDir>(data)[0];
 
-    public readonly unsafe void WriteTo(Stream stream)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the icon directory header to the destination stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    public readonly void WriteTo(Stream stream)
         => stream.Write(MemoryMarshal.Cast<IconDir, byte>([this]));
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconDirEntry.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1, Size = Size)]
 internal struct IconDirEntry
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The serialized directory-entry size in bytes.
+    /// </summary>
     public const int Size = (4 * sizeof(byte)) + (2 * sizeof(ushort)) + (2 * sizeof(uint));
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ internal struct IconDirEntry
     public byte Width;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Specifies image height in pixels. Can be any number between 0 and 255. Value 0 means image height is 256 pixels.[
+    /// Specifies image height in pixels. Can be any number between 0 and 255. Value 0 means image height is 256 pixels.
     /// </summary>
     public byte Height;
 
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ internal struct IconDirEntry
     public ushort BitCount;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Specifies the size of the image's data in bytes
+    /// Specifies the size of the image's data in bytes.
     /// </summary>
     public uint BytesInRes;
 
@@ -52,9 +55,18 @@ internal struct IconDirEntry
     /// </summary>
     public uint ImageOffset;
 
-    public static IconDirEntry Parse(in ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parses an icon directory entry from its byte representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="data">The icon directory entry data.</param>
+    /// <returns>The parsed icon directory entry.</returns>
+    public static IconDirEntry Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
         => MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, IconDirEntry>(data)[0];
 
-    public readonly unsafe void WriteTo(in Stream stream)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the icon directory entry to the destination stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    public readonly void WriteTo(Stream stream)
         => stream.Write(MemoryMarshal.Cast<IconDirEntry, byte>([this]));
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconEncoderCore.cs

@@ -1,111 +1,216 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Buffers;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Quantization;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Encodes ICO and CUR containers.
+/// </summary>
 internal abstract class IconEncoderCore
 {
     private readonly QuantizingImageEncoder encoder;
     private readonly IconFileType iconFileType;
-    private IconDir fileHeader;
-    private EncodingFrameMetadata[]? entries;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IconEncoderCore"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder options.</param>
+    /// <param name="iconFileType">The icon container type.</param>
     protected IconEncoderCore(QuantizingImageEncoder encoder, IconFileType iconFileType)
     {
         this.encoder = encoder;
         this.iconFileType = iconFileType;
     }
 
-    public void Encode<TPixel>(
-        Image<TPixel> image,
-        Stream stream,
-        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Supplies icon directory and color-table metadata without allocating intermediary metadata objects.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal interface IEncodingFrameMetadataProvider
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the encoding metadata for a source frame.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="frame">The source frame.</param>
+        /// <param name="colorTable">The optional bitmap color table.</param>
+        /// <returns>The encoding metadata.</returns>
+        public EncodingFrameMetadata GetEncodingFrameMetadata(ImageFrame frame, out ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes all source frames using the metadata provider owned by the concrete icon format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="TProvider">The metadata provider type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="provider">The frame metadata provider.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    protected void Encode<TPixel, TProvider>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, TProvider provider, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+        where TProvider : struct, IEncodingFrameMetadataProvider
     {
         Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
         Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
 
-        // Stream may not at 0.
+        // Directory metadata is unmanaged and short-lived, so allocator-owned storage avoids an array plus one object per frame.
+        using IMemoryOwner<EncodingFrameMetadata> owner = image.Configuration.MemoryAllocator.Allocate<EncodingFrameMetadata>(image.Frames.Count);
+        Span<EncodingFrameMetadata> entries = owner.GetSpan()[..image.Frames.Count];
+        this.Encode(image, stream, 0, entries, provider, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes a contiguous source-frame range using a stack-only metadata provider.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The source pixel type.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="TProvider">The metadata provider type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="image">The source image.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The destination stream.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameIndex">The first source-frame index.</param>
+    /// <param name="entries">The directory metadata for the source frames.</param>
+    /// <param name="provider">The frame metadata provider.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    internal void Encode<TPixel, TProvider>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, int frameIndex, Span<EncodingFrameMetadata> entries, TProvider provider, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+        where TProvider : struct, IEncodingFrameMetadataProvider
+    {
+        if ((uint)entries.Length > ushort.MaxValue)
+        {
+            throw new ImageFormatException("ICO and CUR resources cannot contain more than 65535 directory entries.");
+        }
+
+        // Offsets stored in ICO/CUR entries are relative to the start of this child resource, not the containing ANI stream.
         long basePosition = stream.Position;
-        this.InitHeader(image);
+        IconDir fileHeader = new(this.iconFileType, (ushort)entries.Length);
 
-        // We don't write the header and entries yet as we need to write the image data first.
-        int dataOffset = IconDir.Size + (IconDirEntry.Size * this.entries.Length);
+        // Reserve the directory first because BytesInRes and ImageOffset are known only after each payload is encoded.
+        int dataOffset = IconDir.Size + (IconDirEntry.Size * entries.Length);
         _ = stream.Seek(dataOffset, SeekOrigin.Current);
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < entries.Length; i++)
         {
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
             // Since Windows Vista, the size of an image is determined from the BITMAPINFOHEADER structure or PNG image data
             // which technically allows storing icons with larger than 256 pixels, but such larger sizes are not recommended by Microsoft.
-            ImageFrame<TPixel> frame = image.Frames[i];
-            int width = this.entries[i].Entry.Width;
+            ImageFrame<TPixel> frame = image.Frames[frameIndex + i];
+
+            // The struct provider is statically dispatched, avoiding boxing and intermediary ICO/CUR metadata allocations.
+            // Only unmanaged directory data survives until backpatching; the managed color table is consumed for this frame.
+            entries[i] = provider.GetEncodingFrameMetadata(frame, out ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable);
+            int width = entries[i].Entry.Width;
             if (width is 0)
             {
                 width = frame.Width;
             }
 
-            int height = this.entries[i].Entry.Height;
+            int height = entries[i].Entry.Height;
             if (height is 0)
             {
                 height = frame.Height;
             }
 
-            this.entries[i].Entry.ImageOffset = (uint)stream.Position;
-
-            // We crop the frame to the size specified in the metadata.
-            using Image<TPixel> encodingFrame = new(width, height);
-            for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
+            if (width > frame.Width || height > frame.Height)
             {
-                frame.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y)[..width]
-                     .CopyTo(encodingFrame.GetRootFramePixelBuffer().DangerousGetRowSpan(y));
+                // EncodingWidth and EncodingHeight are public metadata, so reject a crop that exceeds the source frame here.
+                throw new ImageFormatException("The icon encoding dimensions exceed the source frame dimensions.");
             }
 
-            ref EncodingFrameMetadata encodingMetadata = ref this.entries[i];
+            long imageStart = stream.Position;
+            entries[i].Entry.ImageOffset = checked((uint)(imageStart - basePosition));
+            ref EncodingFrameMetadata encodingMetadata = ref entries[i];
+            Image<TPixel>? encodingImage = null;
 
-            QuantizingImageEncoder encoder = encodingMetadata.Compression switch
+            try
             {
-                IconFrameCompression.Bmp => new BmpEncoder()
+                bool requiresCrop = width != frame.Width || height != frame.Height;
+                bool requiresIsolatedImage = encodingMetadata.Compression is IconFrameCompression.Png && image.Frames.Count > 1;
+
+                if (requiresCrop || requiresIsolatedImage)
                 {
-                    Quantizer = this.GetQuantizer(encodingMetadata),
-                    ProcessedAlphaMask = true,
-                    UseDoubleHeight = true,
-                    SkipFileHeader = true,
-                    SupportTransparency = false,
-                    TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode,
-                    PixelSamplingStrategy = this.encoder.PixelSamplingStrategy,
-                    BitsPerPixel = encodingMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel
-                },
-                IconFrameCompression.Png => new PngEncoder()
+                    // PNG accepts Image rather than ImageFrame, and ANI variants may occupy only part of their common canvas.
+                    // Allocate only for those cases; full-sized BMP frames can be encoded directly from their existing storage.
+                    ImageMetadata? metadata = this.encoder.SkipMetadata || encodingMetadata.Compression is not IconFrameCompression.Png ? null : image.Metadata.DeepClone();
+                    encodingImage = new Image<TPixel>(image.Configuration, width, height, metadata);
+
+                    for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
+                    {
+                        frame.PixelBuffer.DangerousGetRowSpan(y)[..width].CopyTo(encodingImage.GetRootFramePixelBuffer().DangerousGetRowSpan(y));
+                    }
+
+                    if (!this.encoder.SkipMetadata && encodingMetadata.Compression is IconFrameCompression.Png)
+                    {
+                        encodingImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.SetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance, frame.Metadata.GetPngMetadata().DeepClone());
+                    }
+                }
+
+                ImageFrame<TPixel> sourceFrame = encodingImage?.Frames.RootFrame ?? frame;
+
+                // Compression and bitmap depth are per-entry, so the concrete encoder configuration must be selected per frame.
+                switch (encodingMetadata.Compression)
                 {
-                    // Only 32bit Png supported.
-                    // https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20101022-00/?p=12473
-                    BitDepth = PngBitDepth.Bit8,
-                    ColorType = PngColorType.RgbWithAlpha,
-                    TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode,
-                    CompressionLevel = PngCompressionLevel.BestCompression
-                },
-                _ => throw new NotSupportedException(),
-            };
-
-            encoder.Encode(encodingFrame, stream);
-            encodingMetadata.Entry.BytesInRes = (uint)stream.Position - encodingMetadata.Entry.ImageOffset;
+                    case IconFrameCompression.Bmp:
+                    {
+                        BmpEncoder bmpEncoder = new()
+                        {
+                            Quantizer = this.GetQuantizer(encodingMetadata, colorTable),
+                            ProcessedAlphaMask = true,
+                            UseDoubleHeight = true,
+                            SkipFileHeader = true,
+                            SupportTransparency = false,
+                            TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode,
+                            PixelSamplingStrategy = this.encoder.PixelSamplingStrategy,
+                            BitsPerPixel = encodingMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel,
+                            SkipMetadata = this.encoder.SkipMetadata
+                        };
+
+                        BmpEncoderCore bmpEncoderCore = new(bmpEncoder, image.Configuration.MemoryAllocator);
+                        bmpEncoderCore.Encode(sourceFrame, image.Metadata, stream, cancellationToken);
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    case IconFrameCompression.Png:
+                    {
+                        PngEncoder pngEncoder = new()
+                        {
+                            // Only 32bit Png supported.
+                            // https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20101022-00/?p=12473
+                            BitDepth = PngBitDepth.Bit8,
+                            ColorType = PngColorType.RgbWithAlpha,
+                            TransparentColorMode = this.encoder.TransparentColorMode,
+                            CompressionLevel = PngCompressionLevel.BestCompression,
+                            SkipMetadata = this.encoder.SkipMetadata
+                        };
+
+                        using PngEncoderCore pngEncoderCore = new(image.Configuration, pngEncoder);
+                        pngEncoderCore.Encode(encodingImage ?? image, stream, cancellationToken);
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    default:
+                        throw new NotSupportedException();
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                encodingImage?.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            encodingMetadata.Entry.BytesInRes = checked((uint)(stream.Position - imageStart));
         }
 
-        // We now need to rewind the stream and write the header and the entries.
+        // Backpatch the reserved directory after every relative offset and payload length has been measured.
         long endPosition = stream.Position;
         _ = stream.Seek(basePosition, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-        this.fileHeader.WriteTo(stream);
-        foreach (EncodingFrameMetadata frame in this.entries)
+        fileHeader.WriteTo(stream);
+        foreach (EncodingFrameMetadata frame in entries)
         {
             frame.Entry.WriteTo(stream);
         }
@@ -113,31 +218,16 @@ internal abstract class IconEncoderCore
         _ = stream.Seek(endPosition, SeekOrigin.Begin);
     }
 
-    [MemberNotNull(nameof(entries))]
-    private void InitHeader(Image image)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the quantizer for an embedded bitmap frame.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="metadata">The frame encoding metadata.</param>
+    /// <param name="colorTable">The optional bitmap color table.</param>
+    /// <returns>The configured quantizer, or <see langword="null"/> when quantization is not required.</returns>
+    private IQuantizer? GetQuantizer(EncodingFrameMetadata metadata, ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable)
     {
-        this.fileHeader = new IconDir(this.iconFileType, (ushort)image.Frames.Count);
-        this.entries = this.iconFileType switch
-        {
-            IconFileType.ICO =>
-            [.. image.Frames.Select(i =>
-            {
-                IcoFrameMetadata metadata = i.Metadata.GetIcoMetadata();
-                return new EncodingFrameMetadata(metadata.Compression, metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel, metadata.ColorTable, metadata.ToIconDirEntry(i.Size));
-            })],
-            IconFileType.CUR =>
-            [.. image.Frames.Select(i =>
-            {
-                CurFrameMetadata metadata = i.Metadata.GetCurMetadata();
-                return new EncodingFrameMetadata(metadata.Compression, metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel, metadata.ColorTable, metadata.ToIconDirEntry(i.Size));
-            })],
-            _ => throw new NotSupportedException(),
-        };
-    }
-
-    private IQuantizer? GetQuantizer(EncodingFrameMetadata metadata)
-    {
-        if (metadata.Entry.BitCount > 8)
+        // CUR stores its vertical hotspot in Entry.BitCount, so quantization must use the independent bitmap depth.
+        if (metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel > BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8)
         {
             return null;
         }
@@ -147,7 +237,7 @@ internal abstract class IconEncoderCore
             return this.encoder.Quantizer;
         }
 
-        if (metadata.ColorTable is null)
+        if (colorTable is null)
         {
             int count = metadata.Entry.ColorCount;
             if (count == 0)
@@ -162,33 +252,42 @@ internal abstract class IconEncoderCore
         }
 
         // Don't dither if we have a palette. We want to preserve as much information as possible.
-        return new PaletteQuantizer(metadata.ColorTable.Value, new QuantizerOptions { Dither = null });
+        return new PaletteQuantizer(colorTable.Value, new QuantizerOptions { Dither = null });
     }
 
-    internal sealed class EncodingFrameMetadata
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stores the unmanaged per-frame state required while an icon directory is backpatched.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal struct EncodingFrameMetadata
     {
-        private IconDirEntry iconDirEntry;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The icon directory entry.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IconDirEntry Entry;
 
-        public EncodingFrameMetadata(
-            IconFrameCompression compression,
-            BmpBitsPerPixel bmpBitsPerPixel,
-            ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? colorTable,
-            IconDirEntry iconDirEntry)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="EncodingFrameMetadata"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="compression">The embedded image compression.</param>
+        /// <param name="bmpBitsPerPixel">The bitmap bit depth.</param>
+        /// <param name="iconDirEntry">The icon directory entry.</param>
+        public EncodingFrameMetadata(IconFrameCompression compression, BmpBitsPerPixel bmpBitsPerPixel, IconDirEntry iconDirEntry)
         {
             this.Compression = compression;
             this.BmpBitsPerPixel = compression == IconFrameCompression.Png
                 ? BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32
                 : bmpBitsPerPixel;
-            this.ColorTable = colorTable;
-            this.iconDirEntry = iconDirEntry;
+            this.Entry = iconDirEntry;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the embedded image compression.
+        /// </summary>
         public IconFrameCompression Compression { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the bitmap bit depth.
+        /// </summary>
         public BmpBitsPerPixel BmpBitsPerPixel { get; }
-
-        public ReadOnlyMemory<Color>? ColorTable { get; set; }
-
-        public ref IconDirEntry Entry => ref this.iconDirEntry;
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconFileType.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Ico file type
+/// Identifies the type stored in an ICO or CUR directory header.
 /// </summary>
 internal enum IconFileType : ushort
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// ICO file
+    /// A Windows icon file.
     /// </summary>
     ICO = 1,
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// CUR file
+    /// A Windows cursor file.
     /// </summary>
-    CUR = 2,
+    CUR = 2
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconFrameCompression.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// IconFrameCompression
+/// Specifies the encoding used for an image embedded in an ICO or CUR resource.
 /// </summary>
 public enum IconFrameCompression
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Bmp
+    /// The image is encoded as a headerless Windows bitmap with an AND transparency mask.
     /// </summary>
     Bmp,
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Png
+    /// The image is encoded as PNG data.
     /// </summary>
     Png
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconFrameStream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Exposes one ICO or CUR directory entry as an isolated seekable stream.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Embedded decoders accept seek offsets from their own headers. Bounding those seeks to <c>BytesInRes</c>
+/// prevents a malformed BMP or PNG payload from consuming an adjacent icon resource.
+/// </remarks>
+internal sealed class IconFrameStream : Stream
+{
+    private readonly Stream stream;
+
+    // start is absolute in the containing stream; position is always relative to this bounded resource.
+    private long start;
+    private long length;
+    private long position;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IconFrameStream"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">The containing icon stream.</param>
+    public IconFrameStream(Stream stream)
+        => this.stream = stream;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanRead => true;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanSeek => true;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanWrite => false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Length => this.length;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Position
+    {
+        get => this.position;
+        set => this.Seek(value, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Repositions this stream over another image payload in the same containing stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="start">The absolute start of the image payload.</param>
+    /// <param name="length">The image payload length.</param>
+    public void Reset(long start, long length)
+    {
+        this.start = start;
+        this.length = length;
+        this.position = 0;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Flush()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        => this.Read(buffer.AsSpan(offset, count));
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override int Read(Span<byte> buffer)
+    {
+        // Clamp every read to the entry boundary so a child decoder cannot consume the next resource.
+        int count = (int)Math.Min(buffer.Length, this.length - this.position);
+        if (count is 0)
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        // The containing stream is shared by all entries, so synchronize its absolute position immediately before reading.
+        this.stream.Position = this.start + this.position;
+        int read = this.stream.Read(buffer[..count]);
+        this.position += read;
+
+        return read;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
+    {
+        long target = origin switch
+        {
+            SeekOrigin.Begin => offset,
+            SeekOrigin.Current => this.position + offset,
+            SeekOrigin.End => this.length + offset,
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(origin))
+        };
+
+        // Casting rejects both negative offsets and offsets beyond Length with one bounds check.
+        if ((ulong)target > (ulong)this.length)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidImageContentException("The embedded icon resource contains an invalid seek offset.");
+        }
+
+        // Delay moving the containing stream until Read; this keeps logical seeks isolated from sibling resources.
+        this.position = target;
+        return target;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void SetLength(long value) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Icon/IconImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
-// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
-
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Detects ico file headers.
-/// </summary>
-public class IconImageFormatDetector : IImageFormatDetector
-{
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public int HeaderSize { get; } = IconDir.Size + IconDirEntry.Size;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool TryDetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IImageFormat? format)
-    {
-        format = this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) switch
-        {
-            true => Ico.IcoFormat.Instance,
-            false => Cur.CurFormat.Instance,
-            null => default
-        };
-
-        return format is not null;
-    }
-
-    private bool? IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
-    {
-        // There are no magic bytes in the first few bytes of a tga file,
-        // so we try to figure out if its a valid tga by checking for valid tga header bytes.
-        if (header.Length < this.HeaderSize)
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        IconDir dir = IconDir.Parse(header);
-        if (dir is not { Reserved: 0 } // Should be 0.
-            or not { Type: IconFileType.ICO or IconFileType.CUR } // Unknown Type.
-            or { Count: 0 })
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        IconDirEntry entry = IconDirEntry.Parse(header[IconDir.Size..]);
-        if (entry is not { Reserved: 0 } // Should be 0.
-            or { BytesInRes: 0 } // Should not be 0.
-            || entry.ImageOffset < IconDir.Size + (dir.Count * IconDirEntry.Size))
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        if (dir.Type is IconFileType.ICO)
-        {
-            if (entry is not { BitCount: 1 or 4 or 8 or 16 or 24 or 32 } or not { Planes: 0 or 1 })
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Decoder/ArithmeticScanDecoder.cs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ internal class ArithmeticScanDecoder : IJpegScanDecoder
     private ArithmeticDecodingTable[] acDecodingTables;
 
     // Don't make this a ReadOnlySpan<byte>, as the values need to get updated.
-    private readonly byte[] fixedBin = [113, 0, 0, 0];
+    private InlineArray4<byte> fixedBin;
 
     private readonly CancellationToken cancellationToken;
 
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ internal class ArithmeticScanDecoder : IJpegScanDecoder
         this.spectralConverter = converter;
         this.cancellationToken = cancellationToken;
 
+        // Inline storage is zero-initialized with the decoder; only the arithmetic probability state starts nonzero.
+        this.fixedBin[0] = 113;
+
         this.c = 0;
         this.a = 0;
         this.ct = -16; // Force reading 2 initial bytes to fill C.
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ internal class ArithmeticScanDecoder : IJpegScanDecoder
         }
     }
 
-    private ref byte GetFixedBinReference() => ref MemoryMarshal.GetArrayDataReference(this.fixedBin);
+    private ref byte GetFixedBinReference() => ref this.fixedBin[0];
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public void ParseEntropyCodedData(int scanComponentCount, IccProfile iccProfile)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/Components/Decoder/HuffmanTable.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg.Components.Decoder;
 /// Represents a Huffman coding table containing basic coding data plus tables for accelerated computation.
 /// </summary>
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-internal unsafe struct HuffmanTable
+internal struct HuffmanTable
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Memory workspace buffer size used in <see cref="HuffmanTable"/> ctor.
@@ -20,25 +20,25 @@ internal unsafe struct HuffmanTable
     /// <summary>
     /// Derived from the DHT marker. Contains the symbols, in order of incremental code length.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed byte Values[256];
+    public InlineArray256<byte> Values;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Contains the largest code of length k (0 if none). MaxCode[17] is a sentinel to
     /// ensure <see cref="JpegBitReader.DecodeHuffman"/> terminates.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed ulong MaxCode[18];
+    public InlineArray18<ulong> MaxCode;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Values[] offset for codes of length k  ValOffset[k] = Values[] index of 1st symbol of code length
     /// k, less the smallest code of length k; so given a code of length k, the corresponding symbol is
     /// Values[code + ValOffset[k]].
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed int ValOffset[19];
+    public InlineArray19<int> ValOffset;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Contains the length of bits for the given k value.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed byte LookaheadSize[JpegConstants.Huffman.LookupSize];
+    public InlineArray256<byte> LookaheadSize;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Lookahead table: indexed by the next <see cref="JpegConstants.Huffman.LookupBits"/> bits of
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ internal unsafe struct HuffmanTable
     /// bits in the corresponding Huffman code, or <see cref="JpegConstants.Huffman.LookupBits"/> + 1
     /// if too long.  The next 8 bits of each entry contain the symbol.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed byte LookaheadValue[JpegConstants.Huffman.LookupSize];
+    public InlineArray256<byte> LookaheadValue;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HuffmanTable"/> struct.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderCore.cs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
     /// <summary>
     /// Reusable buffer for writing chunk data.
     /// </summary>
-    private ScratchBuffer chunkDataBuffer;  // mutable struct, don't make readonly
+    private InlineArray26<byte> chunkDataBuffer; // mutable struct, don't make readonly
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The encoder with options
@@ -734,9 +734,9 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             filterMethod: 0,
             interlaceMethod: this.interlaceMode);
 
-        header.WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer.Span);
+        header.WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer);
 
-        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Header, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, PngHeader.Size);
+        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Header, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, PngHeader.Size);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -749,9 +749,9 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
     {
         AnimationControl acTL = new(framesCount, playsCount);
 
-        acTL.WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer.Span);
+        acTL.WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer);
 
-        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.AnimationControl, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, AnimationControl.Size);
+        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.AnimationControl, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, AnimationControl.Size);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -820,9 +820,9 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             return;
         }
 
-        PngPhysical.FromMetadata(meta).WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer.Span);
+        PngPhysical.FromMetadata(meta).WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer);
 
-        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Physical, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, PngPhysical.Size);
+        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Physical, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, PngPhysical.Size);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             throw new NotSupportedException("CICP matrix coefficients other than Identity are not supported in PNG");
         }
 
-        Span<byte> outputBytes = this.chunkDataBuffer.Span[..4];
+        Span<byte> outputBytes = this.chunkDataBuffer[..4];
         outputBytes[0] = (byte)metaData.CicpProfile.ColorPrimaries;
         outputBytes[1] = (byte)metaData.CicpProfile.TransferCharacteristics;
         outputBytes[2] = (byte)metaData.CicpProfile.MatrixCoefficients;
@@ -1222,9 +1222,9 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             // 4-byte unsigned integer of gamma * 100,000.
             uint gammaValue = (uint)(this.gamma * 100_000F);
 
-            BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32BigEndian(this.chunkDataBuffer.Span[..4], gammaValue);
+            BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32BigEndian(this.chunkDataBuffer[..4], gammaValue);
 
-            this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Gamma, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, 4);
+            this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Gamma, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, 4);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             return;
         }
 
-        Span<byte> alpha = this.chunkDataBuffer.Span;
+        Span<byte> alpha = this.chunkDataBuffer;
         if (pngMetadata.ColorType == PngColorType.Rgb)
         {
             if (this.use16Bit)
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
                 BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(alpha.Slice(2, 2), rgb.G);
                 BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(alpha.Slice(4, 2), rgb.B);
 
-                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, 6);
+                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, 6);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
                 alpha[1] = rgb.R;
                 alpha[3] = rgb.G;
                 alpha[5] = rgb.B;
-                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, 6);
+                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, 6);
             }
         }
         else if (pngMetadata.ColorType == PngColorType.Grayscale)
@@ -1269,14 +1269,14 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             {
                 L16 l16 = pngMetadata.TransparentColor.Value.ToPixel<L16>();
                 BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(alpha, l16.PackedValue);
-                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, 2);
+                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, 2);
             }
             else
             {
                 L8 l8 = pngMetadata.TransparentColor.Value.ToPixel<L8>();
                 alpha.Clear();
                 alpha[1] = l8.PackedValue;
-                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, 2);
+                this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.Transparency, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, 2);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1301,9 +1301,9 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             disposalMode: frameMetadata.DisposalMode,
             blendMode: frameMetadata.BlendMode);
 
-        fcTL.WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer.Span);
+        fcTL.WriteTo(this.chunkDataBuffer);
 
-        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.FrameControl, this.chunkDataBuffer.Span, 0, FrameControl.Size);
+        this.WriteChunk(stream, PngChunkType.FrameControl, this.chunkDataBuffer, 0, FrameControl.Size);
 
         return fcTL;
     }
@@ -1834,12 +1834,4 @@ internal sealed class PngEncoderCore : IDisposable
             // PngColorType.RgbWithAlpha
             _ => use16Bit ? 8 : 4,
         };
-
-    private unsafe struct ScratchBuffer
-    {
-        private const int Size = 26;
-        private fixed byte scratch[Size];
-
-        public Span<byte> Span => MemoryMarshal.CreateSpan(ref this.scratch[0], Size);
-    }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/Lossless/Vp8LEncoder.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ internal class Vp8LEncoder : IDisposable
     /// <summary>
     /// Scratch buffer to reduce allocations.
     /// </summary>
-    private ScratchBuffer scratch;  // mutable struct, don't make readonly
+    private InlineArray256<int> scratch; // mutable struct, don't make readonly
 
     private readonly int[][] histoArgb = [new int[256], new int[256], new int[256], new int[256]];
 
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ internal class Vp8LEncoder : IDisposable
         int transformWidth = LosslessUtils.SubSampleSize(width, colorTransformBits);
         int transformHeight = LosslessUtils.SubSampleSize(height, colorTransformBits);
 
-        PredictorEncoder.ColorSpaceTransform(width, height, colorTransformBits, this.quality, this.EncodedData.GetSpan(), this.TransformData.GetSpan(), this.scratch.Span);
+        PredictorEncoder.ColorSpaceTransform(width, height, colorTransformBits, this.quality, this.EncodedData.GetSpan(), this.TransformData.GetSpan(), this.scratch);
 
         this.bitWriter.PutBits(WebpConstants.TransformPresent, 1);
         this.bitWriter.PutBits((uint)Vp8LTransformType.CrossColorTransform, 2);
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ internal class Vp8LEncoder : IDisposable
     private void StoreHuffmanCode(Span<HuffmanTree> huffTree, HuffmanTreeToken[] tokens, HuffmanTreeCode huffmanCode)
     {
         int count = 0;
-        Span<int> symbols = this.scratch.Span[..2];
+        Span<int> symbols = this.scratch[..2];
         symbols.Clear();
         const int maxBits = 8;
         const int maxSymbol = 1 << maxBits;
@@ -1915,15 +1915,4 @@ internal class Vp8LEncoder : IDisposable
 
         this.HashChain.Dispose();
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Scratch buffer to reduce allocations.
-    /// </summary>
-    private unsafe struct ScratchBuffer
-    {
-        private const int Size = 256;
-        private fixed int scratch[Size];
-
-        public Span<int> Span => MemoryMarshal.CreateSpan(ref this.scratch[0], Size);
-    }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/Lossy/QuantEnc.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ internal static unsafe class QuantEnc
         int lambda = dqm.LambdaI16;
         int tlambda = dqm.TLambda;
         Span<byte> src = it.YuvIn.AsSpan(Vp8EncIterator.YOffEnc);
-        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3;
+        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan();
         Vp8ModeScore rdTmp = new();
         Vp8Residual res = new();
         Vp8ModeScore rdCur = rdTmp;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ internal static unsafe class QuantEnc
         int tlambda = dqm.TLambda;
         Span<byte> src0 = it.YuvIn.AsSpan(Vp8EncIterator.YOffEnc);
         Span<byte> bestBlocks = it.YuvOut2.AsSpan(Vp8EncIterator.YOffEnc);
-        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3;
+        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan();
         int totalHeaderBits = 0;
         Vp8ModeScore rdBest = new();
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ internal static unsafe class QuantEnc
         int nz = 0;
         int n;
         Span<short> shortScratchSpan = it.Scratch2.AsSpan();
-        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan(0, 16);
+        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan();
         shortScratchSpan.Clear();
         scratch.Clear();
         Span<short> dcTmp = shortScratchSpan[..16];
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ internal static unsafe class QuantEnc
     {
         Span<byte> reference = it.YuvP.AsSpan(Vp8Encoding.Vp8I4ModeOffsets[mode]);
         Span<short> tmp = it.Scratch2.AsSpan(0, 16);
-        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan(0, 16);
+        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan();
         Vp8Encoding.FTransform(src, reference, tmp, scratch);
         int nz = QuantizeBlock(tmp, levels, ref dqm.Y1);
         Vp8Encoding.ITransformOne(reference, tmp, yuvOut, scratch);
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ internal static unsafe class QuantEnc
         int nz = 0;
         int n;
         Span<short> tmp = it.Scratch2.AsSpan(0, 8 * 16);
-        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan(0, 16);
+        Span<int> scratch = it.Scratch3.AsSpan();
 
         for (n = 0; n < 8; n += 2)
         {

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/Lossy/Vp8Decoder.cs

@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp.Lossy;
 /// </summary>
 internal class Vp8Decoder : IDisposable
 {
+    private const int UpsamplingBufferSize = (14 * 32) + 15;
+
     private Vp8MacroBlock leftMacroBlock;
 
+    // Vector upsampling needs 15 bytes of left padding, 128 interleaved UV bytes, two 128-byte BGR rows, and two 32-byte luma rows.
+    private readonly IMemoryOwner<byte> upsamplingBuffer;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Vp8Decoder"/> class.
     /// </summary>
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ internal class Vp8Decoder : IDisposable
         this.TmpYBuffer = memoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>((int)width);
         this.TmpUBuffer = memoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>((int)width);
         this.TmpVBuffer = memoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>((int)width);
+        this.upsamplingBuffer = memoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>(UpsamplingBufferSize);
         this.Pixels = memoryAllocator.Allocate<byte>((int)(width * height * 4), AllocationOptions.Clean);
 
 #if DEBUG
@@ -238,6 +244,11 @@ internal class Vp8Decoder : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     public IMemoryOwner<byte> Pixels { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the reusable workspace used while upsampling YUV rows.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Span<byte> UpsamplingBuffer => this.upsamplingBuffer.Memory.Span[..UpsamplingBufferSize];
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets filter info.
     /// </summary>
@@ -339,6 +350,7 @@ internal class Vp8Decoder : IDisposable
         this.TmpYBuffer.Dispose();
         this.TmpUBuffer.Dispose();
         this.TmpVBuffer.Dispose();
+        this.upsamplingBuffer.Dispose();
         this.Pixels.Dispose();
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/Lossy/Vp8Matrix.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp.Lossy;
 
-internal unsafe struct Vp8Matrix
+internal struct Vp8Matrix
 {
     // [luma-ac,luma-dc,chroma][dc,ac]
     private static readonly int[][] BiasMatrices =
@@ -21,27 +21,27 @@ internal unsafe struct Vp8Matrix
     /// <summary>
     /// The quantizer steps.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed ushort Q[16];
+    public InlineArray16<ushort> Q;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The reciprocals, fixed point.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed ushort IQ[16];
+    public InlineArray16<ushort> IQ;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The rounding bias.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed uint Bias[16];
+    public InlineArray16<uint> Bias;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The value below which a coefficient is zeroed.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed uint ZThresh[16];
+    public InlineArray16<uint> ZThresh;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The frequency boosters for slight sharpening.
     /// </summary>
-    public fixed short Sharpen[16];
+    public InlineArray16<short> Sharpen;
 
     // Sharpening by (slightly) raising the hi-frequency coeffs.
     // Hack-ish but helpful for mid-bitrate range. Use with care.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/Lossy/WebpLossyDecoder.cs

@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ internal sealed class WebpLossyDecoder
         int mbw = io.MbW;
         int uvw = (mbw + 1) >> 1;   // >> 1 is bit-hack for / 2
         int y = io.MbY;
-        byte[] uvBuffer = new byte[(14 * 32) + 15];
+        Span<byte> uvBuffer = dec.UpsamplingBuffer;
 
         if (y == 0)
         {

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/Lossy/YuvConversion.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ internal static class YuvConversion
     // we interpolate u/v as:
     //  ([9*a + 3*b + 3*c +   d    3*a + 9*b + 3*c +   d] + [8 8]) / 16
     //  ([3*a +   b + 9*c + 3*d      a + 3*b + 3*c + 9*d]   [8 8]) / 16
-    public static void UpSample(Span<byte> topY, Span<byte> bottomY, Span<byte> topU, Span<byte> topV, Span<byte> curU, Span<byte> curV, Span<byte> topDst, Span<byte> bottomDst, int len, byte[] uvBuffer)
+    public static void UpSample(Span<byte> topY, Span<byte> bottomY, Span<byte> topU, Span<byte> topV, Span<byte> curU, Span<byte> curV, Span<byte> topDst, Span<byte> bottomDst, int len, Span<byte> uvBuffer)
     {
         if (Vector128.IsHardwareAccelerated)
         {
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ internal static class YuvConversion
     //
     // Then m can be written as
     // m = (k + t + 1) / 2 - (((b^c) & (s^t)) | (k^t)) & 1
-    private static void UpSampleVector128(Span<byte> topY, Span<byte> bottomY, Span<byte> topU, Span<byte> topV, Span<byte> curU, Span<byte> curV, Span<byte> topDst, Span<byte> bottomDst, int len, byte[] uvBuffer)
+    private static void UpSampleVector128(Span<byte> topY, Span<byte> bottomY, Span<byte> topU, Span<byte> topV, Span<byte> curU, Span<byte> curV, Span<byte> topDst, Span<byte> bottomDst, int len, Span<byte> uvBuffer)
     {
         const int xStep = 3;
-        Array.Clear(uvBuffer);
-        Span<byte> ru = uvBuffer.AsSpan(15);
+        uvBuffer.Clear();
+        Span<byte> ru = uvBuffer[15..];
         Span<byte> rv = ru[32..];
 
         // Treat the first pixel in regular way.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/_Generated/ImageExtensions.Save.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
 // <auto-generated />
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif;
@@ -22,6 +23,108 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 /// </summary>
 public static partial class ImageExtensions
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="path">The file path to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the path is null.</exception>
+    public static void SaveAsAni(this Image source, string path) => SaveAsAni(source, path, default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="path">The file path to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the path is null.</exception>
+    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    public static Task SaveAsAniAsync(this Image source, string path) => SaveAsAniAsync(source, path, default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="path">The file path to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the path is null.</exception>
+    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    public static Task SaveAsAniAsync(this Image source, string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        => SaveAsAniAsync(source, path, default, cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="path">The file path to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder to save the image with.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the path is null.</exception>
+    public static void SaveAsAni(this Image source, string path, AniEncoder encoder) =>
+        source.Save(
+            path,
+            encoder ?? source.Configuration.ImageFormatsManager.GetEncoder(AniFormat.Instance));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="path">The file path to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder to save the image with.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the path is null.</exception>
+    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    public static Task SaveAsAniAsync(this Image source, string path, AniEncoder encoder, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        => source.SaveAsync(
+              path,
+              encoder ?? source.Configuration.ImageFormatsManager.GetEncoder(AniFormat.Instance),
+              cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The stream to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
+    public static void SaveAsAni(this Image source, Stream stream)
+        => SaveAsAni(source, stream, default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The stream to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
+    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    public static Task SaveAsAniAsync(this Image source, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        => SaveAsAniAsync(source, stream, default, cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The stream to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder to save the image with.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
+    public static void SaveAsAni(this Image source, Stream stream, AniEncoder encoder)
+        => source.Save(
+              stream,
+              encoder ?? source.Configuration.ImageFormatsManager.GetEncoder(AniFormat.Instance));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Ani format.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">The stream to save the image to.</param>
+    /// <param name="encoder">The encoder to save the image with.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
+    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    public static Task SaveAsAniAsync(this Image source, Stream stream, AniEncoder encoder, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        => source.SaveAsync(
+              stream,
+              encoder ?? source.Configuration.ImageFormatsManager.GetEncoder(AniFormat.Instance),
+              cancellationToken);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Saves the image to the given stream with the Bmp format.
     /// </summary>

src/ImageSharp/Formats/_Generated/ImageMetadataExtensions.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 // <auto-generated />
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif;
@@ -23,6 +24,26 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp;
 /// </summary>
 public static class ImageMetadataExtensions
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the <see cref="AniMetadata"/> from <paramref name="source"/>.<br/>
+    /// If none is found, an instance is created either by conversion from the decoded image format metadata
+    /// or the requested format default constructor.
+    /// This instance will be added to the metadata for future requests.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image metadata.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// The <see cref="AniMetadata"/>
+    /// </returns>
+    public static AniMetadata GetAniMetadata(this ImageMetadata source) => source.GetFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a new cloned instance of <see cref="AniMetadata"/> from the <paramref name="source"/>.
+    /// The instance is created via <see cref="GetAniMetadata(ImageMetadata)"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image metadata.</param>
+    /// <returns>The new <see cref="AniMetadata"/></returns>
+    public static AniMetadata CloneAniMetadata(this ImageMetadata source) => source.CloneFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the <see cref="BmpMetadata"/> from <paramref name="source"/>.<br/>
     /// If none is found, an instance is created either by conversion from the decoded image format metadata
@@ -264,6 +285,26 @@ public static class ImageMetadataExtensions
     public static ExrMetadata CloneExrMetadata(this ImageMetadata source) => source.CloneFormatMetadata(ExrFormat.Instance);
 
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the <see cref="AniFrameMetadata"/> from <paramref name="source"/>.<br/>
+    /// If none is found, an instance is created either by conversion from the decoded image format metadata
+    /// or the requested format default constructor.
+    /// This instance will be added to the metadata for future requests.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image frame metadata.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// The <see cref="AniFrameMetadata"/>
+    /// </returns>
+    public static AniFrameMetadata GetAniMetadata(this ImageFrameMetadata source) => source.GetFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a new cloned instance of <see cref="AniMetadata"/> from the <paramref name="source"/>.
+    /// The instance is created via <see cref="GetAniMetadata(ImageFrameMetadata)"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="source">The image frame metadata.</param>
+    /// <returns>The new <see cref="AniFrameMetadata"/></returns>
+    public static AniFrameMetadata CloneAniMetadata(this ImageFrameMetadata source) => source.CloneFormatMetadata(AniFormat.Instance);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the <see cref="CurFrameMetadata"/> from <paramref name="source"/>.<br/>
     /// If none is found, an instance is created either by conversion from the decoded image format metadata

src/ImageSharp/Formats/_Generated/_Formats.ttinclude

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 <#+
     private static readonly string[] formats = [
+        "Ani",
         "Bmp",
         "Cur",
         "Gif",
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
         ];
 
     private static readonly string[] frameFormats = [
+        "Ani",
         "Cur",
         "Ico",
         "Gif",

tests/Directory.Build.targets

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->
     <PackageReference Update="Colourful" Version="3.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Update="Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU" Version="14.11.1" />
+    <!--
+      Magick.NET 14.15.0 disables WebP-compressed TIFF support on Windows.
+      https://github.com/ImageMagick/tiff/commit/978181b6c999ee013f1b6df0a010d8c550d378cf
+    -->
+    <PackageReference Update="Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU" Version="14.14.0" />
     <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.DotNet.RemoteExecutor" Version="10.0.0-beta.25563.105" />
     <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.DotNet.XUnitExtensions" Version="8.0.0-beta.23580.1" />
     <PackageReference Update="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/ConfigurationTests.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class ConfigurationTests
 
     public Configuration DefaultConfiguration { get; }
 
-    private readonly int expectedDefaultConfigurationCount = 12;
+    private readonly int expectedDefaultConfigurationCount = 13;
 
     public ConfigurationTests()
     {

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Ani/AniDecoderTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using static SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestImages.Ani;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Ani;
+
+[Trait("Format", "Ani")]
+[ValidateDisposedMemoryAllocations]
+public class AniDecoderTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that ANI animation steps and embedded CUR resolution variants are flattened with their ANI metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Theory]
+    [WithFile(Work, PixelTypes.Rgba32, 17, 1, 6U, 6U)]
+    [WithFile(MultiFramesInEveryIconChunk, PixelTypes.Rgba32, 54, 3, 3U, 3U)]
+    [WithFile(Help, PixelTypes.Rgba32, 4, 1, 10U, 12U)]
+    public void AniDecoder_Decode(
+        TestImageProvider<Rgba32> provider,
+        int expectedFrameCount,
+        int variantsPerStep,
+        uint expectedDisplayRate,
+        uint expectedFrameDelay)
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = provider.GetImage(AniDecoder.Instance);
+
+        Assert.Equal(expectedFrameCount, image.Frames.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedDisplayRate, image.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().DisplayRate);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
+        {
+            AniFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames[i].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+
+            Assert.Equal((i / variantsPerStep) + 1, metadata.SequenceNumber);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedFrameDelay, metadata.FrameDelay);
+            Assert.Equal(AniFrameFormat.Cur, metadata.FrameFormat);
+            Assert.NotEqual(0, (int)metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that identification exposes the same flattened ANI frame structure without decoding pixels.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(Work, 17)]
+    [InlineData(MultiFramesInEveryIconChunk, 54)]
+    [InlineData(Help, 4)]
+    public void AniDecoder_Identify(string path, int expectedFrameCount)
+    {
+        TestFile file = TestFile.Create(path);
+        using MemoryStream stream = new(file.Bytes, false);
+
+        ImageInfo info = AniDecoder.Instance.Identify(DecoderOptions.Default, stream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(expectedFrameCount, info.FrameMetadataCollection.Count);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < info.FrameMetadataCollection.Count; i++)
+        {
+            Assert.True(info.FrameMetadataCollection[i].GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber > 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that invalid sequence metadata follows the ancillary-segment integrity policy.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniDecoder_InvalidSequenceReference_FollowsIntegrityHandling()
+    {
+        byte[] data = TestFile.Create(Help).Bytes.ToArray();
+        int sequenceOffset = data.AsSpan().IndexOf("seq "u8);
+        Assert.True(sequenceOffset >= 0);
+
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(sequenceOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize), uint.MaxValue);
+
+        using MemoryStream strictStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions strict = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.Strict };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(strict, strictStream));
+
+        using MemoryStream ignoreStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions ignore = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.IgnoreAncillary };
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(ignore, ignoreStream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(3, image.Frames.Count);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that ignored corrupt resources retain their sequence-table slot.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniDecoder_UnsupportedResource_FollowsIntegrityHandling()
+    {
+        byte[] data = TestFile.Create(Work).Bytes.ToArray();
+        int resourceOffset = data.AsSpan().IndexOf("icon"u8);
+        Assert.True(resourceOffset >= 0);
+
+        int iconTypeOffset = resourceOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + sizeof(ushort);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(iconTypeOffset), ushort.MaxValue);
+
+        using MemoryStream strictStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions strict = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.Strict };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(strict, strictStream));
+
+        using MemoryStream ignoreStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions ignore = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.IgnoreImageData };
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(ignore, ignoreStream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(16, image.Frames.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(2, image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that a malformed rate chunk follows the ancillary-segment integrity policy.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniDecoder_InvalidRateChunk_FollowsIntegrityHandling()
+    {
+        byte[] source = TestFile.Create(Help).Bytes.ToArray();
+        int rateOffset = source.AsSpan().IndexOf("rate"u8);
+        Assert.True(rateOffset >= 0);
+
+        int rateSizeOffset = rateOffset + sizeof(uint);
+        int rateSize = (int)BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(source.AsSpan(rateSizeOffset));
+        int rateEnd = rateOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + rateSize;
+        byte[] data = new byte[source.Length + 2];
+        source.AsSpan(0, rateEnd).CopyTo(data);
+        source.AsSpan(rateEnd).CopyTo(data.AsSpan(rateEnd + 2));
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(rateSizeOffset), (uint)rateSize + 2);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(sizeof(uint)), (uint)data.Length - 8);
+
+        using MemoryStream defaultStream = new(data, false);
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(DecoderOptions.Default, defaultStream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(4, image.Frames.Count);
+        foreach (ImageFrame<Rgba32> frame in image.Frames)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(10U, frame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().FrameDelay);
+        }
+
+        using MemoryStream strictStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions strict = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.Strict };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(strict, strictStream));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that oversized control arrays are rejected before allocation and follow ancillary integrity handling.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="sequence"><see langword="true"/> to append a sequence chunk; otherwise, a rate chunk.</param>
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(false)]
+    [InlineData(true)]
+    public void AniDecoder_OversizedControlChunk_FollowsIntegrityHandling(bool sequence)
+    {
+        byte[] source = TestFile.Create(Help).Bytes.ToArray();
+        int chunkOffset = (source.Length + 1) & ~1;
+        int payloadSize = AniConstants.MaxAncillaryChunkSize + sizeof(uint);
+        byte[] data = new byte[chunkOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + payloadSize];
+        source.CopyTo(data, 0);
+
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> identifier = sequence ? "seq "u8 : "rate"u8;
+        identifier.CopyTo(data.AsSpan(chunkOffset));
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(chunkOffset + sizeof(uint)), (uint)payloadSize);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(sizeof(uint)), (uint)data.Length - AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize);
+
+        using MemoryStream defaultStream = new(data, false);
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(DecoderOptions.Default, defaultStream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(4, image.Frames.Count);
+
+        using MemoryStream strictStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions strict = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.Strict };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(strict, strictStream));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that oversized information text is rejected before allocation and follows ancillary integrity handling.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniDecoder_OversizedInformationText_FollowsIntegrityHandling()
+    {
+        byte[] source = TestFile.Create(Help).Bytes.ToArray();
+        int listOffset = (source.Length + 1) & ~1;
+        int textSize = AniConstants.MaxAncillaryChunkSize + 1;
+        int paddedTextSize = textSize + (textSize & 1);
+        int listSize = sizeof(uint) + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + paddedTextSize;
+        byte[] data = new byte[listOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + listSize];
+        source.CopyTo(data, 0);
+
+        "LIST"u8.CopyTo(data.AsSpan(listOffset));
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(listOffset + sizeof(uint)), (uint)listSize);
+        "INFO"u8.CopyTo(data.AsSpan(listOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize));
+        int textOffset = listOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + sizeof(uint);
+        "INAM"u8.CopyTo(data.AsSpan(textOffset));
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(textOffset + sizeof(uint)), (uint)textSize);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(sizeof(uint)), (uint)data.Length - AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize);
+
+        using MemoryStream defaultStream = new(data, false);
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(DecoderOptions.Default, defaultStream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(4, image.Frames.Count);
+
+        using MemoryStream strictStream = new(data, false);
+        DecoderOptions strict = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.Strict };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => AniDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(strict, strictStream));
+    }
+}

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Ani/AniEncoderTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Icc;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestDataIcc;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestUtilities.ImageComparison;
+using static SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestImages.Ani;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Ani;
+
+[Trait("Format", "Ani")]
+[ValidateDisposedMemoryAllocations]
+public class AniEncoderTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that ANI resources, including multi-resolution CUR resources, survive an encode/decode round trip.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Theory]
+    [WithFile(Work, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
+    [WithFile(MultiFramesInEveryIconChunk, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
+    [WithFile(Help, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
+    public void AniEncoder_RoundTrips(TestImageProvider<Rgba32> provider)
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = provider.GetImage(AniDecoder.Instance);
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+
+        image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder());
+
+        // The RIFF size covers everything after its identifier and size field.
+        Assert.Equal(stream.Length - 8, BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(4, sizeof(uint))));
+
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+
+        ImageComparer.Exact.VerifySimilarity(image, decoded);
+        Assert.Equal(image.Frames.Count, decoded.Frames.Count);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
+        {
+            AniFrameMetadata expected = image.Frames[i].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+            AniFrameMetadata actual = decoded.Frames[i].Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected.SequenceNumber, actual.SequenceNumber);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.FrameDelay, actual.FrameDelay);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.FrameFormat, actual.FrameFormat);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.EncodingWidth, actual.EncodingWidth);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.EncodingHeight, actual.EncodingHeight);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.Compression, actual.Compression);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.BmpBitsPerPixel, actual.BmpBitsPerPixel);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.HotspotX, actual.HotspotX);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.HotspotY, actual.HotspotY);
+            Assert.Equal(expected.ColorTable?.ToArray(), actual.ColorTable?.ToArray());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that per-step rates and RIFF information metadata are emitted and decoded.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Theory]
+    [WithFile(Work, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
+    public void AniEncoder_WritesVariableRatesAndInformation(TestImageProvider<Rgba32> provider)
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = provider.GetImage(AniDecoder.Instance);
+        AniMetadata imageMetadata = image.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        imageMetadata.Name = "ImageSharp ANI";
+        imageMetadata.Artist = "Six Labors";
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
+        {
+            image.Frames[i].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().FrameDelay = (uint)(i + 1);
+        }
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder());
+
+        Assert.Equal(stream.Length - 8, BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(4, sizeof(uint))));
+
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+        AniMetadata decodedMetadata = decoded.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+
+        Assert.Equal(imageMetadata.Name, decodedMetadata.Name);
+        Assert.Equal(imageMetadata.Artist, decodedMetadata.Artist);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < decoded.Frames.Count; i++)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal((uint)(i + 1), decoded.Frames[i].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().FrameDelay);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies the encoder and decoder paths for embedded ICO and BMP resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(AniFrameFormat.Ico)]
+    [InlineData(AniFrameFormat.Bmp)]
+    public void AniEncoder_RoundTripsOtherFrameFormats(AniFrameFormat frameFormat)
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(16, 16, Color.Red.ToPixel<Rgba32>());
+        AniMetadata imageMetadata = image.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        imageMetadata.DisplayRate = 6;
+        imageMetadata.BitCount = 32;
+        imageMetadata.Planes = 1;
+
+        AniFrameMetadata frameMetadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        frameMetadata.FrameDelay = 6;
+        frameMetadata.SequenceNumber = 1;
+        frameMetadata.FrameFormat = frameFormat;
+        frameMetadata.Compression = IconFrameCompression.Bmp;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder());
+
+        Assert.Equal(stream.Length - 8, BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(4, sizeof(uint))));
+
+        if (frameFormat is AniFrameFormat.Bmp)
+        {
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> encoded = stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(0, (int)stream.Length);
+            int frameChunkOffset = encoded.IndexOf("icon"u8);
+            Assert.True(frameChunkOffset >= 0);
+
+            // AF_ICON-clear resources contain a headerless BMP DIB, not a standalone file beginning with BITMAPFILEHEADER.
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> frameData = encoded[(frameChunkOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize)..];
+            Assert.False(frameData.StartsWith("BM"u8));
+        }
+
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+
+        ImageComparer.Exact.VerifySimilarity(image, decoded);
+        Assert.Equal(frameFormat, decoded.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().FrameFormat);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that metadata suppression is propagated to every embedded resource encoder.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(AniFrameFormat.Ico)]
+    [InlineData(AniFrameFormat.Cur)]
+    [InlineData(AniFrameFormat.Bmp)]
+    public void AniEncoder_SkipMetadataPropagatesToEmbeddedEncoder(AniFrameFormat frameFormat)
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(16, 16, Color.Red.ToPixel<Rgba32>());
+        image.Metadata.IccProfile = new IccProfile(IccTestDataProfiles.ProfileRandomArray);
+
+        AniMetadata imageMetadata = image.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        imageMetadata.BitCount = 32;
+        imageMetadata.Planes = 1;
+
+        AniFrameMetadata frameMetadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        frameMetadata.FrameFormat = frameFormat;
+        frameMetadata.Compression = IconFrameCompression.Bmp;
+        frameMetadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder { SkipMetadata = true });
+
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> encoded = stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(0, (int)stream.Length);
+        int frameChunkOffset = encoded.IndexOf("icon"u8);
+        Assert.True(frameChunkOffset >= 0);
+
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> resource = encoded[(frameChunkOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize)..];
+        int dibOffset = 0;
+
+        if (frameFormat is not AniFrameFormat.Bmp)
+        {
+            dibOffset = checked((int)BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(resource[(IconDir.Size + IconDirEntry.Size - sizeof(uint))..]));
+        }
+
+        // Metadata-free ICO/CUR bitmaps use BITMAPINFOHEADER, while raw transparent ANI bitmaps require BITMAPV4HEADER.
+        int expectedHeaderSize = frameFormat is AniFrameFormat.Bmp ? BmpInfoHeader.SizeV4 : BmpInfoHeader.SizeV3;
+        Assert.Equal(expectedHeaderSize, BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(resource[dibOffset..]));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that an independent frame cannot collide with an explicit sequence group.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniEncoder_NonPositiveSequenceDoesNotCollideWithExplicitGroup()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(16, 16, Color.Red.ToPixel<Rgba32>());
+        image.Frames.AddFrame(image.Frames.RootFrame);
+        image.Frames[1].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber = 1;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder());
+
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, decoded.Frames.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(1, decoded.Frames[0].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber);
+        Assert.Equal(2, decoded.Frames[1].Metadata.GetAniMetadata().SequenceNumber);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that an explicit source sequence is preserved as an identity table after playback-order expansion.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniEncoder_PreservesExplicitSequence()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(16, 16, Color.Red.ToPixel<Rgba32>());
+        image.Frames.AddFrame(image.Frames.RootFrame);
+        image.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().Flags = AniHeaderFlags.IsIcon | AniHeaderFlags.ContainsSequence;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder());
+
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> data = stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(0, (int)stream.Length);
+        int sequenceOffset = data.IndexOf("seq "u8);
+
+        Assert.True(sequenceOffset >= 0);
+        Assert.Equal((uint)(2 * sizeof(uint)), BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[(sequenceOffset + sizeof(uint))..]));
+        Assert.Equal(0U, BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[(sequenceOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize)..]));
+        Assert.Equal(1U, BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(data[(sequenceOffset + AniConstants.ChunkHeaderSize + sizeof(uint))..]));
+
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+
+        Assert.True(decoded.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().Flags.HasFlag(AniHeaderFlags.ContainsSequence));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that unsupported public frame metadata is rejected before any container data is written.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AniEncoder_UnsupportedFrameFormatThrowsBeforeWriting()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(16, 16);
+        image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata().FrameFormat = (AniFrameFormat)byte.MaxValue;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+
+        Assert.Throws<ImageFormatException>(() => image.Save(stream, new AniEncoder()));
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Length);
+    }
+}

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Ani/AniMetadataTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Ani;
+
+[Trait("Format", "Ani")]
+public class AniMetadataTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that resizing scales the ANI-owned encoding dimensions exactly once.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void AfterFrameApply_ScalesEncodingDimensionsOnce()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(32, 32);
+        AniFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        metadata.EncodingWidth = 32;
+        metadata.EncodingHeight = 32;
+        metadata.FrameFormat = AniFrameFormat.Cur;
+
+        image.Mutate(context => context.Resize(64, 64));
+
+        AniFrameMetadata resized = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetAniMetadata();
+        Assert.Equal((byte)64, resized.EncodingWidth);
+        Assert.Equal((byte)64, resized.EncodingHeight);
+    }
+}

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Icon/Cur/CurDecoderTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
+using System.Numerics;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
@@ -13,6 +14,19 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Icon.Cur;
 [ValidateDisposedMemoryAllocations]
 public class CurDecoderTests
 {
+    [Fact]
+    public void CurFormat_HasCorrectName()
+        => Assert.Equal("CUR", CurFormat.Instance.Name);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CurDetector_RejectsIco()
+    {
+        TestFile file = TestFile.Create(TestImages.Ico.Flutter);
+        CurImageFormatDetector detector = new();
+
+        Assert.False(detector.TryDetectFormat(file.Bytes, out _));
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [WithFile(WindowsMouse, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
     public void CurDecoder_Decode(TestImageProvider<Rgba32> provider)
@@ -38,4 +52,30 @@ public class CurDecoderTests
         Assert.Equal(IconFrameCompression.Bmp, meta.Compression);
         Assert.Equal(BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32, meta.BmpBitsPerPixel);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CurFrameMetadata_DeepClonePreservesColorTable()
+    {
+        Color[] colors = [Color.Red, Color.Green];
+        CurFrameMetadata metadata = new() { ColorTable = colors };
+
+        CurFrameMetadata clone = metadata.DeepClone();
+        colors[0] = Color.Blue;
+
+        Assert.Equal(Color.Red, clone.ColorTable.Value.Span[0]);
+        Assert.Equal(Color.Green, clone.ColorTable.Value.Span[1]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CurFrameMetadata_ScalesZeroEncodingDimensionsFrom256()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> source = new(256, 256);
+        using Image<Rgba32> destination = new(128, 128);
+        CurFrameMetadata metadata = new() { EncodingWidth = 0, EncodingHeight = 0 };
+
+        metadata.AfterFrameApply(source.Frames.RootFrame, destination.Frames.RootFrame, Matrix4x4.Identity);
+
+        Assert.Equal((byte)128, metadata.EncodingWidth);
+        Assert.Equal((byte)128, metadata.EncodingHeight);
+    }
 }

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Icon/Cur/CurEncoderTests.cs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing.Processors.Quantization;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestUtilities.ImageComparison;
 using static SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestImages.Cur;
 using static SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestImages.Ico;
@@ -124,4 +127,37 @@ public class CurEncoderTests
             }
         });
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_UsesBitmapDepthInsteadOfHotspotForQuantizerSelection()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(32, 1);
+        for (int x = 0; x < image.Width; x++)
+        {
+            image[x, 0] = new Rgba32((byte)(x * 8), (byte)(255 - (x * 8)), (byte)(x * 4));
+        }
+
+        CurFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetCurMetadata();
+        metadata.Compression = IconFrameCompression.Bmp;
+        metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit8;
+        metadata.HotspotY = 32;
+
+        CurEncoder encoder = new()
+        {
+            Quantizer = new WuQuantizer(new QuantizerOptions { MaxColors = 2 })
+        };
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, encoder);
+        stream.Position = 0;
+
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+        HashSet<Rgba32> colors = [];
+        for (int x = 0; x < decoded.Width; x++)
+        {
+            colors.Add(decoded[x, 0]);
+        }
+
+        Assert.InRange(colors.Count, 1, 2);
+    }
 }

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Icon/Ico/IcoDecoderTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+using System.Numerics;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
@@ -14,6 +16,15 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Icon.Ico;
 [ValidateDisposedMemoryAllocations]
 public class IcoDecoderTests
 {
+    [Fact]
+    public void IcoDetector_RejectsCur()
+    {
+        TestFile file = TestFile.Create(TestImages.Cur.WindowsMouse);
+        IcoImageFormatDetector detector = new();
+
+        Assert.False(detector.TryDetectFormat(file.Bytes, out _));
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [WithFile(Flutter, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
     public void IcoDecoder_Decode(TestImageProvider<Rgba32> provider)
@@ -306,6 +317,43 @@ public class IcoDecoderTests
         Assert.Single(imageInfo.FrameMetadataCollection);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncatedEntry_FollowsImageDataIntegrityHandling()
+    {
+        byte[] data = TestFile.Create(Flutter).Bytes.ToArray();
+        ushort entryCount = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(4));
+        Assert.True(entryCount > 1);
+
+        // Limit the first resource below the PNG signature length. A bounded child decoder must not read into following data.
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(data.AsSpan(IconDir.Size + 8), 4);
+
+        using MemoryStream defaultStream = new(data, false);
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidImageContentException>(() => IcoDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(DecoderOptions.Default, defaultStream));
+
+        DecoderOptions ignore = new() { SegmentIntegrityHandling = SegmentIntegrityHandling.IgnoreImageData };
+
+        using MemoryStream decodeStream = new(data, false);
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = IcoDecoder.Instance.Decode<Rgba32>(ignore, decodeStream);
+        Assert.Equal(entryCount - 1, image.Frames.Count);
+
+        using MemoryStream identifyStream = new(data, false);
+        ImageInfo info = IcoDecoder.Instance.Identify(ignore, identifyStream);
+        Assert.Equal(entryCount - 1, info.FrameMetadataCollection.Count);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IcoFrameMetadata_ScalesZeroEncodingDimensionsFrom256()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> source = new(256, 256);
+        using Image<Rgba32> destination = new(128, 128);
+        IcoFrameMetadata metadata = new() { EncodingWidth = 0, EncodingHeight = 0 };
+
+        metadata.AfterFrameApply(source.Frames.RootFrame, destination.Frames.RootFrame, Matrix4x4.Identity);
+
+        Assert.Equal((byte)128, metadata.EncodingWidth);
+        Assert.Equal((byte)128, metadata.EncodingHeight);
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [WithFile(MultiSizeMultiBitsA, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]
     [WithFile(MultiSizeMultiBitsB, PixelTypes.Rgba32)]

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Icon/Ico/IcoEncoderTests.cs

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 // Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
 
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Cur;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Icon;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Exif;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestUtilities.ImageComparison;
 using static SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestImages.Cur;
@@ -121,4 +124,52 @@ public class IcoEncoderTests
             }
         });
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PngEntry_PreservesExifProfile()
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(16, 16);
+        image.Metadata.ExifProfile = new ExifProfile();
+        image.Metadata.ExifProfile.SetValue(ExifTag.Software, "ImageSharp");
+        image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetIcoMetadata().Compression = IconFrameCompression.Png;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, Encoder);
+
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        using Image<Rgba32> decoded = Image.Load<Rgba32>(stream);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(decoded.Metadata.ExifProfile);
+        Assert.Equal(image.Metadata.ExifProfile.Values, decoded.Metadata.ExifProfile.Values);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that the final partial AND-mask byte contains every pixel when the bitmap width is not byte-aligned.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="width">The bitmap width to encode.</param>
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1)]
+    [InlineData(7)]
+    [InlineData(9)]
+    [InlineData(15)]
+    public void BmpEntry_WritesPartialAlphaMaskByte(int width)
+    {
+        using Image<Rgba32> image = new(width, 1, Color.Red.ToPixel<Rgba32>());
+        image[width - 1, 0] = Color.Transparent.ToPixel<Rgba32>();
+
+        IcoFrameMetadata metadata = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetIcoMetadata();
+        metadata.Compression = IconFrameCompression.Bmp;
+        metadata.BmpBitsPerPixel = BmpBitsPerPixel.Bit32;
+
+        using MemoryStream stream = new();
+        image.Save(stream, Encoder);
+
+        // These widths produce one DWORD-aligned mask row at the end of the bitmap resource.
+        ReadOnlySpan<byte> mask = stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(checked((int)stream.Length) - sizeof(uint), sizeof(uint));
+        int pixelIndex = width - 1;
+        int byteIndex = pixelIndex / 8;
+        int bitIndex = pixelIndex % 8;
+
+        Assert.Equal((byte)(0b10000000 >> bitIndex), mask[byteIndex]);
+    }
 }

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/ImageFormatManagerTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using Moq;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ani;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ public class ImageFormatManagerTests
     [Fact]
     public void IfAutoLoadWellKnownFormatsIsTrueAllFormatsAreLoaded()
     {
+        Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageEncoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<AniEncoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageEncoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<PbmEncoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageEncoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<PngEncoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageEncoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<BmpEncoder>().Count());
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ public class ImageFormatManagerTests
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageEncoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<TiffEncoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageEncoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<WebpEncoder>().Count());
 
+        Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageDecoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<AniDecoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageDecoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<PbmDecoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageDecoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<PngDecoder>().Count());
         Assert.Equal(1, this.DefaultFormatsManager.ImageDecoders.Select(item => item.Value).OfType<BmpDecoder>().Count());

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs

@@ -1400,6 +1400,13 @@ public static class TestImages
         public const string CurFake = "Icon/cur_fake.ico";
     }
 
+    public static class Ani
+    {
+        public const string Work = "Ani/Work.ani";
+        public const string MultiFramesInEveryIconChunk = "Ani/aero_busy.ani";
+        public const string Help = "Ani/Help.ani";
+    }
+
     public static class Exr
     {
         public const string Benchmark = "Exr/Calliphora_benchmark.exr";

tests/Images/Input/Ani/Help.ani

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c49cbb1ca0a3f268695a80df93b1ce2b2cba335a80e8244dd3a702863159bd99
+size 12998

tests/Images/Input/Ani/Work.ani

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:740353739d3763addddd383614d125918781b8879f7c1ad3c770162a3e143a33
+size 1150338

tests/Images/Input/Ani/aero_busy.ani

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ff38afb523490e1a9f157c0447bc616b19c22df88bdb45c163243d834e9745f8
+size 556304