High Quality Image Scaling Library [closed]

Answer 1

Try the different values for Graphics.InterpolationMode. There are several typical scaling algorithms available in GDI+. If one of these is sufficient for your need, you can go this route instead of relying on an external library.

Answer 2

CodeProject articles discussing and sharing source code for scaling images:

• Two Pass Scaling using Filters
• Matrix Transformation of Images in C#, using .NET GDI+
• Resizing a Photographic image with GDI+ for .NET
• Fast Dyadic Image Scaling with Haar Transform

Answer 3

I have some improve for Doctor Jones's answer.

It works for who wanted to how to proportional resize the image. It tested and worked for me.

The methods of class I added:

public static System.Drawing.Bitmap ResizeImage(System.Drawing.Image image, Size size)
{
    return ResizeImage(image, size.Width, size.Height);
}


public static Size GetProportionedSize(Image image, int maxWidth, int maxHeight, bool withProportion)
{
    if (withProportion)
    {
        double sourceWidth = image.Width;
        double sourceHeight = image.Height;

        if (sourceWidth < maxWidth && sourceHeight < maxHeight)
        {
            maxWidth = (int)sourceWidth;
            maxHeight = (int)sourceHeight;
        }
        else
        {
            double aspect = sourceHeight / sourceWidth;

            if (sourceWidth < sourceHeight)
            {
                maxWidth = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Round((maxHeight / aspect), 0));
            }
            else
            {
                maxHeight = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Round((maxWidth * aspect), 0));
            }
        }
    }

    return new Size(maxWidth, maxHeight);
}

and new available using according to this codes:

using (var resized = ImageUtilities.ResizeImage(image, ImageUtilities.GetProportionedSize(image, 50, 100)))
{
    ImageUtilities.SaveJpeg(@"C:\myimage.jpeg", resized, 90);
}

Answer 4

Use this library: http://imageresizing.net

Have a read of this article by the library author: 20 Image Sizing Pitfalls with .NET

Answer 5

When you draw the image using GDI+ it scales quite well in my opinion. You can use this to create a scaled image.

If you want to scale your image with GDI+ you can do something like this:

Bitmap original = ...
Bitmap scaled = new Bitmap(new Size(original.Width * 4, original.Height * 4));
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(scaled)) {
  graphics.DrawImage(original, new Rectangle(0, 0, scaled.Width, scaled.Height));
}

Answer 6

Tested libraries like Imagemagick and GD are available for .NET

You could also read up on things like bicubic interpolation and write your own.