Question

I’m resizing an image using bitmap.GetThumbnailImage() however I seem to be losing image quality/resolution. For example the original image was 300dpi resolution, and the resized 1 is much smaller.

How can I retain the image resolution when resizing?

Answer 1

Here’s a function I use to reduce my images. The quality is excellent.

    private static Image ResizeImage(Image imgToResize, Size size)
    {
        int sourceWidth = imgToResize.Width;
        int sourceHeight = imgToResize.Height;

        float nPercent = 0;
        float nPercentW = 0;
        float nPercentH = 0;

        nPercentW = ((float)size.Width / (float)sourceWidth);
        nPercentH = ((float)size.Height / (float)sourceHeight);

        if (nPercentH < nPercentW)
            nPercent = nPercentH;
        else
            nPercent = nPercentW;

        int destWidth = (int)(sourceWidth * nPercent);
        int destHeight = (int)(sourceHeight * nPercent);

        Bitmap b = new Bitmap(destWidth, destHeight);
        Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage((Image)b);
        g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;

        g.DrawImage(imgToResize, 0, 0, destWidth, destHeight);
        g.Dispose();

        return (Image)b;
    }

Here’s how I use it:

        int length = (int)stream.Length;
        byte[] tempImage = new byte[length];
        stream.Read(tempImage, 0, length);

        var image = new Bitmap(stream);
        var resizedImage = ResizeImage(image, new Size(300, 300));

Holler if you need help getting it running.